Company Announcements

Nanophoton announced in September that a Japanese intellectual-property high court upheld a lower-court decision rejecting Renishaw’s claims on patents related to Raman microscopy systems (see IBO 12/15/10).

In September, Edinburgh Instruments added in direct sales support for the US.

Perten Instruments opened an office in Winnipeg, Canada, in October.

In November, Metrohm announced a strategic alliance with Snowy Range Instruments to develop and manufacture a handheld Raman spectrometer exclusively for Metrohm (see below).

Product Introductions

HORIBA introduced in August the NDIR-based OCMA-500 Series Oil Content Analyzers, which replaces the OCMA-300 and decreases solvent usage.

CRAIC Technologies released in September the Apollo Raman microspectroscopy packages for its 20/30 Perfect microspectrophotometer.

ASD launched the QualitySpec Trek handheld NIR contact spectrometer, featuring a wavelength range of 350–2,500 nm, for general-purpose applications.

Bruker introduced the new-generation Innova-IRIS tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) system, featuring new TERS-AFM probes.

HORIBA introduced the FluoroMax Plus fluorescence-spectroscopy systems, with an extended wavelength range of up to 1,650 nm.

In October, B&W Tek introduced custom solutions for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy applications.

Andor Technologies released the Shamrock 193i imaging spectrograph with adaptive-focusing technology.

JASCO launched the V-700 Series UV-Vis/NIR spectrophotometers, consisting of five models. The V-780 features a dual-grating, dual-detector system with an InGaAs NIR detector to cover wavelengths from 190 nm to 1600 nm.

In November, Agilent Technologies launched enhancements to the Cary 610 and 620 FTIR microscopes, including new high-magnification optics.

Agilent Technologies introduced the Agilent 4500 Polymer Package based on the portable 4500 FTIR spectrometer.

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments launched the UV-3600 Plus UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer, equipped with PMT, InGaAs and cooled PbS detectors for the NIR range. It features a wavelength range of 185–3,300 nm.

In November, Metrohm introduced the Mira (Metrohm instant Raman analyzer) handheld spectrometer with Orbital Raster Scan technology for reproducible measurements.

In December, Bruker Optics released new ONET networking software for FT-NIR spectrometer networks.