Last month, FOSS and Mérieux NutriSciences announced a strategic partnership for improving food safety. The strategic collaboration between FOSS and Mérieux NutriSciences incorporates their respective strengths in innovating platforms for testing and QC, as well as R&D and analysis solutions in the food testing sector. The collaboration between FOSS and Mérieux NutriSciences highlights the growing […]

Company Announcements In May, 6SensorLabs, a company providing gluten testing systems to the consumer market, announced it raised $9.2 million in Series A funding, led by Foundry Group. It will operate under the Nima brand. In total, the company has raised $14 million. In June, Endress+Hauser announced a $8.6 million development of Kaiser Optical Systems’ […]

Company Announcements Bruker announced that Eurofins Scientific and the Bruker-led Honey Consortium will harmonize their honey profiling models and released an updated Honey Profiling module for Bruker’s NMR FoodScreener. In April, INFORS HT became the sole distributor of aquila biolabs’ Cell Growth Quantifier for noninvasive online monitoring of biomass in shake flasks. ASD launched an […]

One of the more interesting developments in molecular spectroscopy over the past 10 years has been the introduction of spectrometers designed for use with small samples, generally on the order of a microliter. The need for such devices stems primarily from life science researchers. Foremost among the applications that have been enabled by these instruments […]

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 […]

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 […]

Company Announcements Panorama Synergy announced in November 2015 an exclusive licensing agreement with the University of Western Australia for its MEMS-based optical spectroscopy sensor technology. Felix Instruments announced a joint marketing collaboration with Hanna Instruments for the US. Trinean announced in February that its DropSense96 spectrophotometer was integrated with Freeslate’s (now Unchained Labs’) CM3 automation […]

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 […]

Every year, IBO selects three new products at Pittcon that standout among the many product introductions. These three products are distinguished by their innovation, commercial potential and advanced technology. This year’s top products feature capabilities that are the first of their kind. Hitachi High-Technologies’ AeroSurf 1500 SEM One of the drawbacks of EM is that […]

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 […]