Company Announcements

In August, Bruker announced a strategic partnership with FlavorActiV and the launch of the Flavor Stability Package for its e-scan EPR system to ensure beer freshness.

Wilhelmsen Ships Service announced in August a partnership with Turner Design to market the handheld Ballast-Check 2 PAM Fluorometer to check the quality of treated ballast water for compliance with new regulations. A Pulse Amplitude Modulated (PAM) fluorometer, theBallast-Check 2 measures fluorescence emitted by algae in the 10–50 um size range.

Metrohm USA announced in September a partnership with MarqMetrix to combine their respective Mira compact Raman spectrometer and TouchRaman BallProbe. The TouchRaman allows measurements to be taken without any sample preparation or handling. Applications include lab, field and process.

In October, Nanalysis and MestreLab Research announced a collaborative marketing arrangement under which Nanalysis will include MestreLab’s Mnova software with its NMReady compact NMR.

In November, Renishaw named Blue Scientific as a spectroscopy product distributor for the Nordic region.

Datacolor will name Thomas Studhalter to its Board in December. He works at BDO, an audit, tax and business law advisory services firm.

Product Introductions

In August, Oxford Instruments and Green Imaging Technologies launched the GeoSpec12 benchtop NMR core analyzers. The range of systems now includes a 20 MHz unit, as well as the existing 2 MHz and 12 MHz units.

StellarNet released in August the rugged, portable Stellar-CASE Raman system, pre-configured for “open and measure” applications.

Ocean Optics launched in September the Flame-CHEM spectrophotometer for educators. It combines the Flame UV-Vis or Vis NIR spectrometer with an all-in-one, direct-attach light source and cuvette holder.

MyDx released in September the AquaDz sensor chip for the analysis of toxic chemicals in water. It works interchangeably with the MyDx Analyzer.

In October, MyDx launched the OrganaDz single-use sensor chip for analyzing pesticides and heavy metals in cannabis, fruits and vegetables.

In September, Princeton Instruments introduced the FERGIE spectroscopy system, a fully integrated, aberration-free spectrograph. It is designed for fast set up of experiments.

Konica Minolta released in September the CM-25cG spectrophotometer and CM-M6 multi-angle spectrophotometer, specifically designed for the automotive industry. Designed for measurements of automotive interiors, the CM-25cG measures color and gloss simultaneously. The CM-M6 is designed for measuring vehicles’ exterior finishes.

In October, Bio-Rad Laboratories released the KnowItAll 2017 spectroscopy software and databases, which includes an additional 976,000 reference spectra, bringing the collection to over 2.3 million spectra.

Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced in October the v 1.6 software update for its Raman spectroscopy–based Thermo Scientific TruNarc handheld narcotics analyzer, featuring an updated library to detect W-18, a designer drug, as well as other drugs, bringing the onboard library to nearly 300 suspected narcotics and narcotics precursors.

In October, Bruker introduced v 3.1 of its Wine-Profiling module for the NMR FoodScreener platform. The new release provides improved coverage of white wines and is based on 19,000 reference samples.

Molecular Devices launched in October the SpectraMax QuickDrop Micro-Volume Spectrophotomer for DNA, RNA, and protein quantitation and qualification with one touch. It works with sample volumes as small as 0.5 µL and has a four-second read time.

In October, CEM released the ORACLE Fat Analyzer, an NMR system that requires no method development and can analyze fat in any unknown food sample. Its technology completely isolates the detection of the proton signal in fat molecules from all other compositional proton sources. Measurement time is 30 seconds.

FOSS introduced in October the CombiFoss 7 for raw-milk testing. It features an advanced form of somatic cell count analysis, differential somatic cell count, for better management of Mastitis in diary cattle. It can measure up to 16 parameters of a single sample in 6 sec.

In November, Renishaw released the RA802 Pharmaceutical Analyzer, a compact benchtop Raman imaging system exclusively designed for the pharmaceutical industry for formulation analysis. It features LiveTrack focus tracking technology for users to analyze samples with uneven, curved or rough surfaces at fast speeds without sample preparation.