Company Announcements

In a quarterly SEC filing, Entegris disclosed that it paid $37 million in cash for Particle Sizing Systems (see IBO 1/31/18).

In April, Biolin Scientific named Nanoscience Instruments as a distributor for North America. In Canada, Attension products will continue to be distributed by Spectra Research.

In May, MTS Systems appointed Quantarad Technologies and Quantum Technologies Global to support its MTS Materials, Vehicles and Structures market segments in Malaysia and Singapore, respectively.

Fluence Analytica entered a distribution agreement in May with Nihon Rufuto for Japan.

Product Introductions

Perten Instruments, a PerkinElmer company, released a new version of the Rapid Visco Analyzer 4800, featuring an extended temperature range up to 140°C. This enables new applications such as ingredient performance (under conditions relevant to ultra­-high-temperature pasteurization of dairy and food products, retorting, pressure cooking, extrusion and other aseptic processing conditions).

In April, Mettler-Toledo launched the RC1mx reaction calorimeter for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The temperature range of ­70°C–300°C is covered with just 1 thermostat and there are 2 different stirrer motors to choose from.

In May, Mettler-Toledo introduced the Flash DSC 2+, calling it the only commercially available chip calorimeter. Ideally designed for polymer analysis, it is capable of performing measurements from a wide temperature range of ­-95°C to 1000°C.

Malvern Panalytical debuted in May the Zetasizer Pro and Zetasizer Ultra for particle and molecule size and zeta potential analysis. Both systems offer dynamic light scattering and electrophoretic light scattering. A disposable capillary sizing cell holds sample volumes from 3 µL to 10 µL.

In May, Anton Paar launched the ViscoQC 100 rotational viscometer, available in three versions. The L ­version covers a measuring range from 1 mPa·s (milli­ Pascal ­second) to 6000 Pa·s, the R ­unit for medium viscosities covers from 10 mPa·s to 40,000 Pa·s, and the H­ version covers a measuring range from 60 mPa·s to 320,000 Pa·s. Four measuring spindles are available.