Company Announcements

In December 2017, Elemental Scientific (ESI) acquired Electro Scientific Industries’ Laser Ablation Division to create its Elemental Scientific Lasers subsidiary. The purchase expands the reach of ESI into solid sample introduction for ICP and ICP-MS.

In January, SPECTRO Analytical Instruments (SPECTRO) announced a cooperation agreement with Bernd Kraft, a German manufacturer of lab chemicals, effective January 1. Every SPECTRO customer in Germany, Austria and Switzerland will automatically receive a starter set of high-quality standard solutions when purchasing an ICP spectrometer.

Product Introductions

Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science launched in November 2017 the FOUNDRY-MASTER Pro2 OES for metals analysis in foundries and other metals industry applications. It features lower maintenance requirements, reduced argon consumption and the ability to measure nearly any size sample.

In December 2017, Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science released the LAB-X5000 compact benchtop ED-XRF analyzer, featuring a streamlined user interface and the shortest measurement-start sequence on the market, according to the company.

In November 2017, Teledyne CETAC Technologies introduced the Analyte HE High Energy Excimer Laser Ablation System, which offers excimer technology at 193 nm. It is designed to deliver finely controlled, “homogenized-flat” ablations.

In fall 2017, LECO launched the 928 Series for carbon/nitrogen analysis. It features a cycle analysis time of 5.3 minutes for the nitrogen/protein model and a 100-position autoloader.

Malvern Panalytical debuted in January the Epsilon 4 benchtop XRF spectrometer. It can be placed next to the production line anywhere in the process and enables most applications to be operated at ambient conditions. It is available in 10 W and 15 W versions.

In January, the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in Berlin, Germany, inaugurated its MAUS (Multi-scale Analyzer for Ultrafine Structures) facility, which houses an SAXS (Small Angle X-ray Scattering) system from Xenocs.

Sales and Orders of Note

In November 2017, Teledyne CETAC Technologies’ Analyte Excite excimer laser ablation system with HelEx II sample chamber and ARIS rapid aerosol introduction system coupled to TOFWERK’s icpTOF 2R MS, the first combination of its kind, and was installed at the University of Vienna. It is being used for imaging element-concentration distribution in biological samples.

Bruker announced in December 2017 the 100^th customer for its newly introduced TRACER 5i handheld XRF system. The system was purchased by Pennsylvania State University for plant research.