Newark, Delaware – B&W Tek, Inc., an advanced instrumentation company that delivers lab quality Raman spectroscopy solutions through user-friendly mobile platforms is proud to announce that their award-winning TacticID-GP handheld spectrometer has been utilized by a Philippine federal safety agency as a critical safety tool for the identification of plastic rice – a quickly emerging […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Rand Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:RAND) (“Rand”), a business development company that makes venture capital investments in companies with emerging product, service or technology concepts, announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. Second Quarter 2015 Financial Highlights Achieved $5.16 net asset value (NAV) per share at June 30, 2015, up $0.73 […]

Zimon Norlin to lead manufacturing, service and logistics in Europe, Middle East, Africa Dunedin, Florida, USA (July 30, 2015) – Ocean Optics has increased support for its expanding EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) business with the appointment of Zimon Norlin to the position of EMEA Service and Operations Manager. Norlin will be charged with growing […]

The new grating extends the efficient range of the McPherson Model 251MX for more sensitive spectral acquisition. With a digital camera and adjustable slits it now works from 1 to 100 nanometers (10 to 1500 eV). Efficient 10 to 1500 eV Spectrometer McPherson’s SXR spectrometer, Model 251MX, is now available with improved efficiency over a […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. -– Expanding on the innovative 3MTM Molecular Detection System now relied on by food processors, laboratories, universities and government agencies in over 45 countries for reliable pathogen testing results, 3M Food Safety announces a next generation of 3MTM Molecular Detection Assays: the 3MTM Molecular Detection Assay 2 – Listeria and 3MTM Molecular […]

BOULDER, Colo. — Sage Analytics (www.sageanalytics.com), the developers of portable laboratory-quality cannabis potency measurement systems featuring technology used by NASA and the top pharmaceutical companies in the world, announced today the hiring of Herzog Scientific as the company’s West Coast sales representatives. Sage Analytics has developed a new generation of highly accurate systems that measure […]

Ithaca, NY –- MiTeGen LLC, a provider of innovative consumables for X-ray diffraction, crystallography and protein crystallization to academic, pharmaceutical, industrial and government researchers around the world, announced that it has signed mutual distribution agreements with Rigaku Reagents. “This is a very synergistic partnership for both companies, and we are pleased to expand our product […]

COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu Corporation today announced that it has named Mr. Katsuaki Kaito president of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI). Kaito will be responsible for all sales and management functions for SSI, the American subsidiary of Shimadzu Corporation (Kyoto, Japan). He takes the place of former SSI president Shuzo Maruyama, who has been promoted to […]

Marlborough, MA – Block Engineering, the leading manufacturer of Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) based infrared spectroscopy solutions, announced today that Mark Venske has joined the company as the new Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Venske will lead all aspects of International Sales, Marketing, and Business Development with a focus on Block’s QCL products […]

Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy, reports on the use of its SEM-SCA system to study textiles and fibres, non-destructively, at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. The full paper describing the work has been published by the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.). The Department of Materials Science […]