The surface science technology category contains a broad range of instruments that can loosely be called microscopes. Traditional optical microscopes are included, but there are also other instruments that probe and image surfaces at the microscopic scale. Overall, the surface science market is forecast to achieve growth of 9.1% for 2014, with total market demand […]
Reflectometry, as its name suggests, is a measurement technology that depends on analyzing the light reflected off a surface. The technique is used to characterize the properties and qualities of surfaces and surface coatings. Applications include thin film metrology, thin film optical properties, surface roughness, optical roughness, luminance, opacity, gloss, haze and other features of […]
Company Announcements In August, HORIBA Scientific agreed to distribute AIST-NT’s scanning probe microscope products in most of Europe, China and South America. Bruker joined SEMATECH, a consortium of semiconductor chipmakers, in October. Product Introductions FEI introduced in August the Metrios transmission electron microscope (TEM) for semiconductor manufacturing metrology, the Talos TEM for high speed imaging […]
Company Announcements DENSsolutions named Angstrom Scientific its distributor for North America. FEI announced in June a research collaboration agreement with the University of Oklahoma to establish an oil and gas center of excellence, which will focus on the development of routine quantitative methods to classify shales in the economic assessment of tight oil and gas […]
Billerica, MA 9/12/13—Bruker has acquired Prairie Technologies, a supplier of life science fluorescence microscopy products, for an undisclosed amount. Prairie had 2012 revenues of $11 million and has 30 employees. “Their Ultima two-photon microscopy product line and the new Opterra swept field multipoint scanning confocal fluorescence product line present new exciting areas of growth for […]
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was historically the first form of electron microscopy to be developed and successfully marketed. The technology represented a true breakthrough in microscopy, as it allowed researchers to achieve resolutions far beyond the capabilities of conventional light microscopes. Optical microscopes, being dependent on light, are generally limited to resolving features no smaller […]
Company Announcements In April, Nikon named Alta Tecnologia en Laboratorios an authorized dealer for Mexico for its Eclipse and SMZ Biological Microscopes, Digital Sight Microscope Cameras and NIS-Elements Microscope Imaging Software. In May, ZEISS reported that revenue for its Microscopy business group for the half year ending March 31 fell 2.3% to €303 million ($394 […]
Brno, Czech Republic 8/5/13—Tescan, a provider of scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) and focused ion beam (FIB) workstations, has merged with Orsay Physics, a supplier of FIB and electron beam technology, to form Tescan-Orsay. Orsay Physics has been Tescan’s sole supplier of ion beam technology since 2007.
Company Announcements In February, Olympus began selling its microscopy products directly in seven US states, taking over the former business of distributor Hitschfel Instruments. FEI’s 2012 revenues grew 7.9% to $891.7 million (see IBO 2/28/13). On an organic basis, sales rose 6.8%. Adjusted operating income rose 0.4% to $34.2 million. Electronics, Materials Science, and Service […]
In March, NanoSight began shipping its NS300 nanoparticle characterization system, a smaller and less costly alternative to its NS500. The systems utilize nanoparticle tracking analysis technology based on automated digital microscopy to provide the size distribution and concentration of nanoparticles from 10 nm to 2000 nm in size in liquids. At 23 x 39 cm […]
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