Ulm, Germany — WITec launches its fully automated, easy-to-use, class-leading Raman imaging system apyron at Pittcon 2015 in New Orleans. With its unrivaled spectral resolution in 3D confocal Raman imaging and extremely sensitive laser power determination with a mouse click, apyron surpasses any previous standard of performance. “WITec’s tried and tested modularity makes the apyron […]

Wetzlar, Germany — Leica Microsystems launches the Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) device for widefield microscopy, Leica WF FRAP. The device is made for the investigation of cellular dynamics and provides users the flexibility to define their bleaching area using masks of various sizes and shapes. An addition to the inverted research microscope Leica DMi8, […]

HILLSBORO, Ore. — FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) announced that Anthony L. Trunzo has accepted an offer to join the company as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 10, 2015. Mr. Trunzo will succeed Raymond A. Link, who is retiring after having served as FEI’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since […]

JENA/Germany, OBERKOCHEN/Germany — Dr. Michael Kempe and Dr. Michael Totzeck have been designated as Fellows, the highest level of the ZEISS technical ladder. They both work at Corporate Research & Technology. Kempe is Head of the Technology area. Totzeck is Head of Industrial and Consumer Innovations. President and CEO of ZEISS Dr. Michael Kaschke congratulated […]

Santa Clara, CA — Park Systems, world-leader in Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM) announced today they have signed a Joint Development Project (JDP) with nanoelectronics research center imec, to develop in-line AFM metrology solutions of future technology nodes including but not limited to surface roughness, thickness, critical dimension (CD), and sidewall roughness. The JDP will develop […]

AXT would like to announce their new partnership with NT-MDT, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM). NT-MDT has been involved in the producing instrumentation for nanotechnology research for over 20 years. This new agreement will see AXT represent NT-MDT in Australia and New Zealand, looking after both sales and service. […]

Houston, TX. — FEI (NASDAQ: FEIC) introduced its new HeliScan™ microCT advanced imaging system during the grand opening of its Digital Rock Lab in Houston today. HeliScan provides highly accurate, high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) images used by oil exploration & production (E&P) operators and research institutes to support the imaging, analysis, and modeling of reservoir rocks […]

Wetzlar, Germany — Leica Microsystems launches the digital CCD color camera Leica DFC7000 T, which has been developed for both fluorescence and brightfield applications. The camera has a highly sensitive quad-tab sensor and is cooled. Users can acquire brightfield images due to the high camera resolution and distinctive color fidelity. At the same time, the […]

Kyoto, Japan — Shimadzu Corporation has established Shimadzu Malaysia Sdn Bhd, an indirectly-owned subsidiary, to further strengthen its capabilities in the India subcontinent and ASEAN region, which have shown remarkable economic growth in recent years and are projected to continue growing in the future. This new company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shimadzu (Asia Pacific) […]

MIDDLETON, Wisconsin -– Bruker today announced that the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute has purchased both an Opterra Multipoint Scanning Confocal Microscope and a Vutara 350 Super Resolution Microscope to further research on cardiac function. The Opterra utilizes a number of innovative features to obtain the speed of wide-field imaging and the resolution of traditional […]