Company Announcements In May, Tribogenics added PE Systems, PSS and Hitech as distributors for the US West Coast, Nevada and Utah. Eurocontrol Technics’ 2015 Detectors and Other sales, which include all Xenemetrix revenue, declined 15.7% to CAD 1.3 million ($1.0 million).   Product Introductions HORIBA launched the Differential Interferometry Profiling option for its glow discharge […]

Analytica 2016 featured a wide variety of new products. Below is a list of products officially launched at the show or in recent months. The list is not all inclusive. Atomic Spectroscopy Agilent Technologies introduced the 5110 ICP-OES spectrometer. The 5110 features a dichroic spectral combiner that integrates light from both the axial and radial […]

Berwyn, PA 5/4/16; Berwyn, PA 5/4/16—AMETEK announced that CEO Frank S. Hermance has transitioned to executive chairman and David A. Zapico has been elected CEO and to the Board, effective May 5. Most recently, Mr. Zapico served as executive vice president and COO. “I expect the transition of Dave to CEO to be seamless, as […]

While many elements can be quantified by general purpose atomic spectroscopy instruments, there are a number of applications that have created niches for specific techniques dedicated to particular elements of interest. One important species of elemental analyzers is carbon/sulfur analyzers. Carbon and sulfur can be critical elements to measure in a variety of matrices. A […]

Company Announcements In February, Nikon Americas announced a $10 million strategic investment in Tribogenics, a provider of handheld XRF technology. Tribogenics has around 50 employees. In February, Elementar opened a regional office in Yokohama, Japan. The Silicon Valley Business Journal reported in March that x-ray light source firm Lyncean Technologies named Michael Feser as CEO. […]

Currency fluctuations and economic turbulence not only produced a shift among IBO’s 2015 list of the top 30 analytical and life science instrument, aftermarket and lab product companies, but also yielded a calendar year sales decline when translated into US dollars. Total sales for the top 30 companies (see page 6) as reported in US […]

Following each Pittcon (see IBO 3/15/16), IBO details the new products introduced at the show. These are products that began shipping in winter 2015 or later. Part 1 of this article appeared in the March 15 issue. The list is not all inclusive. Atomic Spectroscopy Alpha Resources displayed a new elemental analyzer from Eltra, the […]

Each year, IBO compiles a list of new products on display or introduced at Pittcon. New products are generally defined as those that started shipping since winter 2015 or later. More new products will appear in the March 31 issue. The list is not all inclusive. Atomic Spectroscopy SciAps announced new versions of its Z […]

Companies continue to sharpen their focus on integrated solutions and workflows to increase lab productivity and differentiate themselves in the marketplace. At this year’s Pittcon, IBO spoke with executives at MilliporeSigma, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) and Thermo Fisher Scientific. Each company has recently reorganized executive responsibilities to reflect an emphasis on the integration of workflow […]

After a five-year absence from Atlanta, Georgia, Pittcon returned to the city this year from March 6 to March 10. Attendance figures as of the end of the day on March 9 showed that conferee attendance declined 14.9% to 6,890. Exhibitor attendance was down 12.6% to 5,064. With Europe’s largest analytical instrument show, Analytica, taking […]