Drachten, Netherlands 7/3/18—Scientific instrumentation firm Bruker has acquired Lactotronic, which develops and manufactures instruments for the dairy industry. Financial details were not disclosed. Lactotronics’ products include the MIRA milk analyzer for QC and verification. The companies have previously collaborated on a high-end dairy analyzer based on FT-NIR. “As we expand in the food analysis markets, the acquisition of Lactotronic accelerates our development of solutions for milk and dairy analysis, and expands our dairy market presence,” stated Bruker Optics President Urban Faeh. “The Lactotronic technologies expand our food analysis offerings, and we welcome the talented Lactotronic team with their valuable expertise and long experience in milk analysis.”

Bruker’s offerings for the food market include FT-NIR and NMR systems tailored to particular food testing and safety applications. Other companies that provide molecular spectroscopy systems specifically for dairy QC include FOSS and Perten Instruments (PerkinElmer).