ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Advanced Photonix® company (NYSE Amex: API), announced today that it has shipped the second Computer Tomography (CT) accessory to NICT in Japan. Building upon its previously purchased T-Ray 4000®, NICT is expanding its base system capability, by incorporating a CT gantry with a 20″ horizontal and a 12″ vertical scanning capability. […]

Peabody, Mass. – Effective April 1, 2011, JEOL, Ltd., (Akishima, Japan), a global leader in the design and manufacture of scientific instrumentation, and the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) have formed a new joint venture company dedicated to the development of next-generation NMR instrumentation. The new spinoff, JEOL Resonance, Inc., will allow the flow […]

Marlborough, MA – Block Engineering, a leading developer of Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) based spectrometers, announced today that Michael L. Bickford, of Vero Beach, Florida, has made a major equity investment and has become a Director. Daniel J. Cavicchio, Jr., Executive Chairman, said: “I am very pleased that Michael has decided to join our company. […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Advanced Photonix® company (NYSE Amex: API), announced today that it has promoted Robin Risser, currently the Chief Financial Officer to Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Richard (Rick) Kurtz President and CEO of Advanced Photonix, Inc, stated, “Our rapidly expanding sales pipeline in our fast growth areas […]

Sunnyvale, Calif. – Picarro, the maker of the world’s leading instruments for carbon and water cycle measurements today unveiled its new Induction Module – Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (IM-CRDS) system, a compact, field-deployable and high-precision water isotope measurement solution that can extract water from plant, soil, and food samples and measure hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in […]

San Dimas – Micro-displays are currently being developed for the next generation of displays and feature ever smaller components. Component geometries have shrunk so much that standard metrology tools have difficulty accurately measuring color and intensity variations with the degree of spatial resolution required. Enter the 308 FPD™ microscope spectrophotometer from CRAIC Technologies. The 308 […]

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – Datacolor® (www.datacolor.com), a global leader in color management solutions, today announced Select QC, a portable colorimeter and software package. Select QC provides a low-cost entry into precision color management, offering true color data to organizations that previously conducted visual confirmations only. The technology in Select QC, for use in a variety of […]

SUNNYVALE, California – Picarro, the maker of the world’s leading instruments for carbon and water cycle measurements announced today the launch of two new gas concentration analyzers designed to dramatically improve the ability of scientists to measure and trace greenhouse gases (GHGs) emanating from urban centers or biomass combustion. The G2401 and G2401-m models are […]

Avacta Group plc (AIM:AVCT), the provider of innovative, high value proprietary technologies and services to the pharmaceutical and diagnostics markets is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive agreement for the distribution of Optim, the market leading low volume protein analysis system, with DKSH Japan (“DKSH”), the leading Market Expansion Services Group with […]

OKYO – Agilent employees and facilities were unaffected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and Agilent in Japan is now operational. However, due to planned power outages by Tokyo Electric Power Company, Agilent’s Hachioji operations are fluctuating. The company is working on alternative processes to best serve its customers and cause the least amount […]