Company Announcements Picarro named Iain Green director of Marketing in June. He was previously senior marketing manager of NMR products for Varian. Picarro also appointed Mark Davis as vice president of Sales. He was previously director of US Sales for Hach. Picarro named new two distributors: Sanyo Trading for Japan and KNJ Engineering for South […]
Company Announcements ABB Switzerland merged its analyzer and software businesses for the cement and minerals industries in March, forming the Collaborative Production Management unit, which encompasses Expert Optimizer, Knowledge Manager and SpectraFlow solutions. Analytical NanoTechnologies acquired the Newton Galley Sampler manufacturing division of the Newton Industrial Group for £247,000 ($480,000). The Galley Sampler is a […]
The UK has awarded a consortium that includes Avecia, Intertek ASG, Lonza, Paraytec and the University of Bradford more than £1 million ($2 million) in grants to develop an instrument to monitor and quantify aggregation at line or online during biopharmaceutical processing.
Atomic Spectroscopy Applitek, a Belgian firm, debuted the eXaminer a portable/handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrument, which should begin shipping in August or September at a “competitive” price. In November 2007, Brooks Rand began shipment of the Merx methyl mercury system, which uses GC and its AFS mercury analyzer to make a direct measurement of methyl […]
Picarro signed exclusive distribution deals with Enviro Technology Services for the UK; ETG Risorse e Tecnologia for Italy; and Envitec for Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, France and Tunisia. Newport acquired Picarro’s Laser Products business in November 2007. The business has annual sales of $5–$7 million. Picarro named Michael Woelk president and CEO in November 2007. […]
Foss NIRSystems introduced the Optimized Powder Analysis Probe and the Optimized Purge Probe. Foss NIRSystem launched the NIR Bioprocess probe for in situ fermentation monitoring. Kaiser Optical Systems and Mettler-Toledo released iC Raman 2.0 for select RamanRxn System and PhAT System analyzers. Mettler-Toledo released the InPro6880i optical sensor for measuring dissolved oxygen in fermentation processes. […]
There were certainly no lack of nominees for IBO’s choice of the top three product introductions at Pittcon 2008. In choosing the top three products, IBO selected systems that demonstrated notable technical achievements based on the vendor’s specifications, were innovative in their analytical approach and product packaging, and demonstrated real commercial potential. After all, the […]
Siemens Automation and Drives introduced the Sitrans CV process GC for determining the chemical composition, superior and inferior calorific values, Wobbe index and density of natural gas. Lonza AG introduced the PyroSense online monitoring system for detection of endotoxin in water systems. ABB released the SpectraFlow CM100 raw material analyzer for cement manufacturing. Analytical Technology […]
Anapol Geratetechnik AG named Cemtrex the exclusive distributor of its portable emission analyzers in North America and India. Leister Process Technologies’ Axetris Microsystems business, an OEM provider of MEMS-based sensors and micro-optical components, acquired IR Microsystems SA, a developer of diode laser–based detection technology. In August, Emerson Process Management acquired Decision Management International, a provider […]
While it does not make up nearly as large a market as laboratory mass spectrometry (MS) does, process MS is an online analytical technique that is critical to certain applications. Much of the same basic technology used in laboratory mass spectrometers is applied to process instrumentation. While there have been few recent introductions of new […]
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