Company Announcements

Great Holdings and KFP Partners acquired SpectrAlliance from Expo Technologies in March and renamed the company Prozess Technologie.

Advanced Photonix entered into a value added reseller agreement in April with Automation and Control Technology for its T-Gauge measurement system.

Process NMR Associates and Quantum Tessera Consulting entered into a strategic partnership in May.

Xylem partnered in July with Visenti to develop smart optimization of water networks by utilizing energy efficient technology and smart sensing platforms.

CAMO Software partnered with up to data professional services to integrate their respective Unscrambler X and StudyReporter software to create iStudyReporter QbD. The product will launch in the fourth quarter.

In July, Endress+Hauser acquired a minority stake in CompuCal Calibration Solutions.

IONICON Analytik named Ecotech a distributor for Australia and New Zealand.

COSA Xentaur agreed in August to produce online multigas component instrumentation based on Precisive’s multiplex tunable filter spectrometry focused on impurity analysis for the air separation and industrial gas markets.

In September, Cemtrex agreed to represent Modcon Systems in the North American petroleum market.

Product Introductions

Advanced Photonix introduced the terahertz technology–based T-Gauge system.

COSA Xentaur, in cooperation with Resonance Systems and Process NMR Associates, launched in May a new line of 20 MHz TD-NMR instruments, available in 10 mm, 20 mm and 40 mm configurations.

In June, EMD Millipore launched Provantage Solutions process development, manufacturing consulting and implementation services.

Hach introduced in June the LDO Probe Model 2, which requires no membrane replacement.

Hach released in September the new RTC101 Phosphorus Control System for real-time control of chemical dosing. It can be used for open- and closed-loop control.

Tiger Optics launched in June the HALO-KA Analyzer, which can detect traces of contaminants to 200 ppt levels in an ultra-high-purity gas stream.

Ocean Optics introduced in July the NIRQuest512-1.9 spectrometer with response from 1100–1900 nm.

Applied Instrument Technologies released the new SpectraQ Analytical Software package for its systems.

In August, Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the Thermo Scientific AroSpector Hydrocarbons-in-Water Monitor for continuous low-level detection of hydrocarbons that contain aromatic compounds.