Company Announcements

Alpha Mos revenues for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, increased 3.3% to €8.87 million ($11.7 million).

In March, LECO and CDS Analytical announced a technology relationship that interfaces their respective GC TOFMS and programmable pyrolysis sample introduction system.

INFICON Emergency Response & Security revenue grew 36.7% in the fourth quarter 2013 to $10.8 million. For 2013, segment revenue declined 4.9% to $27.2 million to make up 13% of company revenues.

Product Introductions

In December 2013, Agilent Technologies introduced the Agilent Hydrogen Sensor for its 7890B GC, which automatically executes a safe sequence for the shutdown of the GC if a small hydrogen leak is detected.

In January, Agilent Technologies released the Agilent Large Valve Oven for the 7890B GC, with up to six positions for columns and valves.

In January, Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced new options for the Thermo Scientific TRACE 1300 Series GC: the Instant Connect Helium Saver module; the high capacity TRACE 1310 auxiliary oven, enabling the use of up to four conventional detectors simultaneously; the Dedicated Instant Connect flame photometric detector; and the Instant Connect gas sample valve module.

In March, Thermo Fisher Scientific released the Thermo Scientific TriPlus 100 LS Liquid Autosampler for GC and GC/MS. It can handle almost any type of liquid sample and has a capacity of 972 2 mL sample vials and multiple 100 mL wash/waste bottles.

Bruker launched in March its next generation GC-APCI (atmospheric pressure chemical ionization) II interface, featuring a flexible transfer line, so that exact alignment is no longer required, and a redesigned ionization chamber.

Restek introduced the Rt-Silica BOND PLOT (porous layer open tubular) columns for the analysis of light hydrocarbons, sulfur gases and halocarbons above ambient temperature.