Company Announcements

Six-month revenue for INFICON AG’s Emergency Response and Security segment rose 51.9% to CHF 11.7 million ($6.3 million), primarily due to military sales in Asia, to represent 8% of company sales. The company disclosed that it paid $3.5 million to acquire Agilent’s Micro GC business in May (see IBO 3/31/10).

Alpha MOS announced that nine-month sales for the period ending June 31 increased 30.8% to €5.5 million ($7.5 million), highlighted by growth in the agricultural-food field. Third-quarter sales in China, Korea and North America increased substantially.

In July, GERSTEL GmbH announced the establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore. The company also has subsidiaries in the US, Japan and Switzerland.

Product Introductions

Restek released Rxi-17Sil MS fused silica capillary columns.

GERSTEL introduced the Selectable 1D/2D-GC/MS System, which is based on a single standard GC system.

PAC, a Roper Industries company, introduced the AC Analytical Controls Radian UltraFast GC, which utilizes microwave energy for faster heating and cooling.

Teledyne Tekmar released the AQUATek 100 Waters-only purge and trap autosampler, which utilizes a fixed-volume sample loop filled using a pressurization gas. It replaces the AQUATek 70 and provides 30% more sample capacity.

Agilent launched two Triple Quadrupole GC/MS Pesticide Analyzers based on the Agilent 7000 GC/MS. Version one permits the addition of GC detectors and is easily scaled to shorten run times. Version two delivers higher performance and shorter run times while consuming less carrier gas.

Bruker released the MS Workstation 7, which features a next-generation software package for Bruker’s 3×0 series GC triple quadrupole MS.

Shimadzu introduced the GCMS-QP2010 Ultra GC/MS in June, which features faster scan speeds, the capability to install two narrow-bore capillary columns into the MS simultaneously, and reductions in power consumption, carbon dioxide emissions and helium consumption.

Phenomenex introduced the Zebron AB-1XT SimDist metal GC column, which is specially designed for simulated distillation analyses in petrochemical applications.

Seacoast Science and Forston Labs released the Forston Mini GC, based on Seacoast’s SeaPORT Mini GC, which uses MEMS technology.

Sales/Orders of Note

Electronic Sensor Technology announced in March an order for six Model 4500 zNose systems from the Macedonian government for use in customs enforcement and border security.