The convergence of highly capable instruments and the need for their performance in many applications is helping the market for TOF GC/MS (GC-TOF) to finally begin taking off. Despite a strong array of products from smaller MS competitors, the technology has now been validated in the eyes of many end-users thanks to the entrance of […]
IBO has made some minor changes to the separations market compared with last year’s forecast issue (see IBO 1/15/12). The overall market size and definition remain consistent, but how we account for a few categories has been updated. Perhaps the most obvious change is the addition of supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC), which was disaggregated from […]
Product Introductions Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced in September the addition of negative and positive ion chemical ionization capabilities, as well as direct insertion and direction exposure probe options, to its Thermo Scientific TSQ 8000 triple quadrupole GC/MS system. INFICON’s third-quarter Emergency Response & Security sales rose 23.4% to $5.8 million. Vernier Software & Technology released […]
Founded in 1985 in Oregon, Optimize Technologies aims to make HPLC easier to use and more efficient. “In 1985, HPLC was an established technique, but the instrumentation and componentry was cumbersome and instrument specific,” said President Douglas Ford. Mr. Ford experienced these issues firsthand as a graduate student involved with synthetic organic chemistry. Working with […]
Tokyo, Japan 12/3/12; Tokyo, Japan and Villach, Austria 12/7/12—Showa Denko has announced a strategic partnership with BIA Separations for joint marketing and R&D, expanding its business to include chromatography resins for biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Showa Denko currently offers lab-scale HPLC products under the Shodex brand name. Based in Austria with 80 employees, BIA Separations provides short […]
Company Announcements In August, BIA Separations announced a cooperation agreement with the Centre for Bio Separations Technology at India’s VIT University. Product Introductions Advion introduced in June the affordable and easy-to-use Chip-Mate ESI chip based on a nano-LC ion source. The company also released a fit-for-purpose smaller array ESI Chip with 25 emitter nozzles. Knauer […]
Company Announcements DKSH agreed in April to exclusively distribute CDS Analytical products in Australia and New Zealand. INFICON’s second-quarter Emergency Response & Security sales grew 58.5% to $6.5 million Product Introductions LECO introduced in May a pulsed electron impact ionization source as an add-on option for its Pegasus GC-HRT system. It is designed to improve […]
Glycoscience assists in the development of new drugs and biofuels, but for greater benefits, advances in the field must occur, according to Transforming Glycoscience: A Roadmap for the Future, a report released earlier this month by the National Academy of Sciences. The report evaluates the current state of glycoscience research, notes its contributions and limitations, […]
In a little more than a decade, triple quadrupole GC/MS has developed from a nascent area into a major segment of the GC/MS market. The inherent capabilities of the technique make it valuable in an increasing number of applications. The major application areas that triple quadrupole GC/MS serves are environmental, agriculture and food. Forensics and […]
Company Announcements Agilent announced in April a comarketing agreement for GC Image’s LCxLC Edition software. In April, YMC established a subsidiary in Taiwan. Semba Biosciences announced in May that it will distribute ChromWorks’ Simulation Software. In June, SiliCycle announced the acquisition of Chromatography Sciences Company (CSC). LEWA exclusively licensed Bayer Technology Services’ EcoPrime process HPLC […]
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