Company Announcements

In September, Eurocontrol Technics, a provider of XRF instrumentation, announced an agreement to sell its Israeli subsidiaries, consisting of its Croptimal, Xenemetrix and Xwinsys Technology Development businesses, which have ceased operation, to DYG Holdings for a nominal consideration. DYG Holdings is owned by members of Eurocontrol Technics’ former management team.

Product Introductions

Malvern Panalytical launched in July the third generation Empyrean XRD platform, calling it “the first fully automated multipurpose x-ray diffractometer” with no need for operators to switch optics.

XOS, a Danaher company, debuted in July the Petra MAX portable XRF analyzer for onboard fuel testing, its first product for the marine market. The instrument is fully compliant with sulfur test methods in ISO 8217 for marine fuels.

In September, XOS introduced the portable Cadence analyzer, based on its High Definition X-ray Fluorescence technology, for the simultaneous measurement of cadmium and other heavy metals in soil and agricultural products, such as rice and wheat. The company stated that the system delivers best-in-class limit of detection for cadmium in soil below the China Agricultural regulatory limit of 0.3 ppm.

In July, Teledyne CETAC Technologies released the Oils 7400 Homogenizing Autosampler for oils, wear oils and coolants for ICP­-OES sample introduction. Built on the Teledyne CETAC ASX­7000 automation platform, the latest system is faster than previous models and  offers improved accuracy. It features the ability to switch between oil and coolant samples using the same automation.

Teledyne CETAC Technologies introduced in July the HDIP Software for laser ablation ICP-MS. The HDF (hierarchical data format)–based imaging processing software features automated image optimization, “autopilot” functions and data manipulation abilities.

In July, Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science launched the ExTOPE Connect data management and storage services for its Vulcan and X-MET handheld and LAB-X500 benchtop XRF analyzers. It enables the management of one or multiple instruments from a central location, as well as mobile phone access and cloud data storage.

In September, Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science released the compact FM EXPERT arc/spark OES system for metals quality assurance and production process control, as well as the analysis of nitrogen down to 30 ppm.

PAC released in September the ElemeNtS combustion analyzer for total sulfur and total nitrogen, enabling a simultaneous analysis of total sulfur and total nitrogen in hydrocarbon samples, as low as 10 ppb and up to 1%.

Analytik Jena announced in September the compEAct element analyzer for the petrochemical industry available in three models: the compEAct N for total nitrogen determination, the compEAct S for total sulfur determination, and the compEAct S^MPO for interference-free sulfur determination in fuels and other refinery samples.

Bruker debuted in September the new compact G4 ICARUS Series 2 combustion analyzer for carbon and sulfur concentration measurements in inorganic samples. It features the HighSense LED-powered detectors based on non-dispersive UV absorption photometry for sulfur detection.

Sales and Orders of Note

In July, the University of Melbourne in Australia and distributor AXT installed a Rigaku XtaLAB Synergy-S XRD system. The purchase was funded in part by the Australian Research Council.

Dalton Pharma Services installed in July an Agilent Technologies’ ICP-MS quadrupole analyzer for compliance with updated ICH Q3D elemental impurities regulatory guidelines.