Company Announcements ANDalyze named Hach an authorized distributor. SciAps received in November 2013 a $2.5 million investment led by new investor Gefinor Ventures. In December 2013, Datacolor opened a sales and service company in São Paulo, Brazil. FOSS announced in January that it will close its site in Höganäs, Sweden, which employs 160, by the […]

Kyoto, Japan 2/10/14; Boston, MA 2/12/14—HORIBA has acquired the assets of Photon Technology International (PTI), a supplier of fluorescence spectroscopy research instrumentation, including microscopy-based fluorometers. The purchase price was not disclosed. Based in New Jersey, PTI has 40 employees at sites in the US, UK, Canada and Germany. HORIBA stated that it aims to increase […]

Product Introductions In November, 2012, Magritek introduced the Spinsolve Carbon benchtop NMR spectrometer. Sales/Orders of Note Bridge12 Technologies announced in September 2013 the receipt of a three-year, $1.2 million Phase I NIH small business innovation research fast-track grant for the development of an integrated terahertz system for dynamic nuclear polarization–NMR that would eliminate the need […]

In November 2013, Agilent Technologies launched the ProPulse 500 and 600 MHz NMR platforms for routine liquid applications. The ProPulse includes a completely new mid-field NMR console. This console introduction follows the 2011 release of the DD2 console (see IBO 5/15/11). “The ProPulse NMR System is our new mid-range NMR system, perfect for routine small […]

The total market for molecular spectroscopy is forecast to grow 7.1% in 2014. Total demand for all of the technologies will approach $4 billion. These instruments generally use some form of electromagnetic radiation to probe samples in order to determine chemical composition. The largest market segment is NMR, which makes up more than a quarter […]

Company Announcements In September, X-Rite entered into a long-term partnership with MAC Group China for its photo portfolio. Centice named John Goehrke CEO in October. Most recently, he was CEO at Nextreme Thermo Solutions. Product Introductions BYK-Gardner introduced in September the portable BYK-mac i spectrophotometer for the quantification of fluorescence light. SciAps released the portable […]

Company Announcements Nanalysis opened a Boston, Massachusetts, office in August located at the Cambridge Innovation Center. Product Introductions Oxford Instruments launched in May the Pulsar benchtop NMR analyzer, featuring a 1.4 T (60 MHz) rare earth permanent magnet. Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced in August the Thermo Scientific picoSpin 80 portable benchtop NMR, featuring a 2 […]

Company Announcements Trinean named BIOKÉ a distributor for the Netherlands and Germany. In July, SciAps announced the completion of an additional $2.3 million round of financing. ASD named LICA United Technology a distribution partner for China. In July, Princeton Instruments promoted William Asher, vice president of Product Development and Engineering, to president. Avacta expanded its […]

Company Announcements Hach announced in April a sales partnership for LuminUltra’s microbiological monitoring solutions. In May, ASD named United Spectrometer Technologies a primary mining reseller in Southern Africa for its TerraSpec system. Korean firm Mecasys opened its first US office in Seattle, Washington, in May. In June, Analyze IQ announced a partnership under which Shimadzu […]