Company Announcements In October, MTS Systems named Dr. Arthur R. Baker senior vice president and chief technology officer. He was previously general manager of the Test Division. CSC Scientific added the Fungilab Master Series Rotational Viscometer to its product line. Beckman Coulter Life Science announced in October the combination of its Particle Characterization business with […]
Graz, Austria 11/18/13—High precision instrument firm Anton Paar has acquired CSM Instruments for an undisclosed amount. Based in Switzerland, CSM develops, produces and markets laboratory instruments for the characterization of mechanical properties on material surfaces at the micro- and nano-scales. The company generated sales of €12 million ($15 million = €0.78 = $1) in 2012 […]
IBO’s annual Industrial Design Awards recognize recently introduced products whose physical appearance and features make a distinct and valuable impression, enable the products’ functionality and successfully communicate the products’ messages. In a more general sense, the Awards highlight how the looks of the products make people want to use the products. The IBO Industrial Design […]
Company Announcements NETZSCH Instruments North America formed a collaboration with the DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop an isothermal calorimeter to test the performance and safety of large-format Li-ion batteries. In April, Izon Science announced a distribution agreement with HORIBA Scientific for France. Malvern Instruments and NETZSCH Grinding & Dispersing announced in April a […]
Allschwil, Switzerland 6/13—SOTAX, a provider of dissolution testing, automated sample preparation and physical testing equipment, has acquired Dr. Schleuniger Pharmatron. Financial details were not disclosed. Headquartered in Thun, Switzerland, Pharmatron engineers and manufactures equipment for the physical testing of pharmaceutical dosage forms. “The acquisition and integration of Dr. Schleuniger Pharmatron is a further step towards […]
In the oil, gas and fuel industries, there are many test methods for the analysis of the products’ various parameters. One of the major types of petroleum analyzers is the vapor pressure tester, which provides a measure of the sample’s volatility. When a liquid has a physical interface with air, another gas or a vacuum, […]
Company Announcements DKSH signed an exclusive agreement with Normalab in November 2012 to provide market expansion services for the petrochemical sector in Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. NETZSCH appointed Dietmar Bolkart as chairman effective January 1. He jointly heads the company with Dr. Hanns-Peter Ohl and replaces Dr. Otto Max Schaefer. In December 2012, Malvern […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker’s N8 Horizon instrument was introduced in November 2012. The N8 has a brilliant microspot source with a 0.5 mm spot size, and a sample holder that can be configured for small-angle and grazing incidence XRD. The standard Vantec area detector can also be augmented by an optional linear detector to provide wide-angle […]
Atomic Spectroscopy Bruker debuted the Aurora Elite inductively coupled plasma (ICP)–MS, a high-performance sibling to its existing Aurora M90. The improved ion optics and fast electronics increase the sensitivity of the system, and Bruker considers it the most sensitive single quadrupole ICP-MS on the market. The base price is $178,000, though a complete system with […]
Montgomeryville, PA 1/4/13—Microtrac, a Nikkiso subsidiary and provider of particle characterization techniques, has acquired Norwegian firm AnaTec. AnaTec supplies dynamic image analysis instruments and software. “Having the ability to market instruments that provide 3D image analysis and online capabilities represents a distinct opportunity that no other particle analysis company in the market can offer,” stated […]
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