Company Announcements

Polychromix selected Anaytik as its exclusive distributor for the UK and Ireland.

Datacolor AG’s revenues for the year ended September 30, 2009 declined 29.2% to CHF 51.2 million ($46.0 million). Operating loss was CHF 2.5 million ($1.8 million), compared to a profit of CHF 2.7 million ($2.5 million) a year ago (see IBO 12/15/09). Industrial sales declined 31.7% to make up to 77% of revenues. Consumer sales fell 18.8%.

Picarro named Thomas Fallon, president and CEO of Infinera, to its Board in November 2009.

BioTools established its first international subsidiary in Surrey, UK, in January.

Product Introductions

ANDalyze introduced the handheld AND1000 Fluorimeter, a catalytic DNA biosensor for the detection of heavy metals and chemicals in water.

Bibby Scientific released the Jenway 67 series spectrophotometers, featuring split-beam optics. The 6705 and 6715 systems cover the wavelength range of 190–1100 nm, and the 6715 system provides a ultra-narrow bandwidth of 1.5 nm.

Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the compact, affordable GENESYS 10S Vis and GENESYS 10S UV-Vis spectrophotometers, featuring an increased scanning performance for speeds up to 4,200 nm per minute. Thermo also released the BioMate 3S spectrophotometer, featuring built-in biological test methods and 1.8 nm resolution.

TeraView launched the affordable CW Spectra 400 pulsed terahertz system with fiber fed external devices.

Picarro introduced the Picarro Combustion Module-Cavity Ring-Down Spectrometer, a portable system for bulk 13C analysis that features an autosampler and the Liasion Universal interface.

Picarro released: the G5101-i Isotope N2O Analyzer for concentration and isotope measurements; the G1301-f for CO2, CH4 and H2O measurements, which combines high speed and long-term stability; and the A010 Liquid Standards Delivery Module for water vapor measurements.

Varian launched FT-IR solutions for polymer and materials applications, featuring its 600-IR Series spectrometers and microscopes.

Konica Minolta Sensing Americas introduced the stand-alone CM-5 top-port benchtop spectrophotometer for color measurement. It replaces the CT-300 Series.

In January, A2 Technologies launched the Flexscan portable FT-IR system for dedicated field applications.

Sales/Orders of Note

The US Transportation Security Administration placed a $21.9 million delivery order for portable liquid detection scanners based on Smiths Detection’s RespondeR RCI (Raman chemical identifier).