Company Announcements

Dani and JEOL (Europe) BV announced an exclusive distribution agreement or the Benelux for their respective Master-TOF MS and JMST100GCv.

INFICON’s third-quarter Emergency Response & Security sales declined 43% to CHF 4.3 million ($4.2 million) due to lower North American sales. Third-quarter revenue for the Agilent Micro GC business (see IBO 3/31/10) was $1.5 million.

Product Introductions

Agilent released the Agilent J&W DB-35ms Ultra Inert GC Column, calling it the first mid-polarity column that specifically addresses the unique needs of drugs of abuse testing and pesticide analysis.

Shimadzu introduced the GC-2025 capillary GC, with energy savings of approximately 30% compared to previous Shimadzu instruments.

Shimadzu released the GC/MS Forensic Toxicological Database for the identification of 1,011 types of illegal drugs and pharmaceuticals.

Shimadzu launched the GCMS-QP2010 SE, an advanced standard GC/MS featuring a column flow of up to 4 mL/min, direct sample injection without any changes to the system and an Ecology mode for energy savings.

ALMSCO International introduced TargetView Software, which is designed to automate and improve detection and measurement of multiple target chemicals in complex GC/MS data.