Company Announcements Agilent Technologies agreed in June to distribute Cerno Bioscience’s MassWorks calibration and analysis software with all Agilent GC/MSD systems. The technology increases the mass accuracy of Agilent’s single-quadrupole GC/MSD to enable unknown-compound identification. In August, Agilent Technologies and Shimadzu released each other’s GC instrument control for their respective chromatography data systems (CDSs). INFICON’s […]
Hong Kong 10/9/14; Singapore 10/9/14—Techcomp has agreed to acquire from Bruker the assets related to Bruker’s GC and single-quadrupole GC/MS businesses, including inventories, intellectual property, trademark, licenses and other assets, for $13.5 million. The net book value of the tangible assets is $14 million. Techcomp stated that the acquisition will allow it to expand its […]
The market for high-end GC/MS technologies has been experiencing rapid growth over the past several years, led by robust demand from environmental and food-testing applications. Users are migrating from single-quadrupole MS to triple-quadrupole MS technology for quantitative analysis of known compounds. While Q-TOFs MS systems are more widely recognized for their use with LC, their […]
Washington, DC 7/23/14—Bruker has announced in an SEC filing that it plans to divest certain assets of its Chemical & Applied Markets Division (CAM) and restructure the unit. In 2013, CAM had revenues of $100 million. Bruker stated that it plans to divest or restructure CAM’s GC product lines, including its single-quadrupole GC and GC/MS […]
Company Announcements DANI Instruments opened a US subsidiary in New Jersey in January. INFICON first quarter Emergency Response & Security revenue rose 60% to $8.8 million to make up 12% of company sales due to demand for portable devices to analyze toxic organic substances. In May, VUV Analytics closed a $5.8 million Series A equity […]
Analytik Jena entered the ICP market with the introduction of the PlasmaQuant PQ 9000 ICP-OES, which features a compact design and delivers high resolution, ease of use, flexibility and precision. The PQ9000 is a simultaneous ICP system that employs four key components: high-resolution optics, the V (vertical) Shuttle Torch, Dual View PLUS technology and a […]
At a time when large exhibitions seem to be declining in attendance and exhibitor participation, Analytica has clearly established itself as a “must-attend event” based on a proven formula for success. The trade fair took place May 10–13 in Munich, Germany. Held at an outstanding modern venue in the heart of Europe, well planned and […]
Company Announcements Alpha Mos revenues for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, increased 3.3% to €8.87 million ($11.7 million). In March, LECO and CDS Analytical announced a technology relationship that interfaces their respective GC TOFMS and programmable pyrolysis sample introduction system. INFICON Emergency Response & Security revenue grew 36.7% in the fourth quarter 2013 […]
Atomic Spectrometry Bruker introduced its second generation S1 Titan handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) product line. In addition to a more ruggedized, weatherproof housing, the new versions include a detector shield as standard. Four models are available, with different sources and detectors. The high-end S1 Titan 800 has a variable voltage X-ray source and a silicon […]
Atomic Spectroscopy SciAps revealed its handheld laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument, which is available in two models, the Z 500 and the Z 100. The system is comparable to handheld XRF for heavier elements, but LIBS can also detect lighter elements that are difficult or impossible for XRF to detect. The laser is an […]
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