For the first time in the company’s history, in June Anton Paar GmbH sold three SAXSess mc2 systems in a single week. Among the small-angle X-ray scattering systems’s applications: protein or food analysis, basic research or the pharmaceutical industry.

The three buyers are universities and research institutes in Australia, India and France. In total, the orders are worth approximately a million Euro. This year’s first two business quarters already saw 15 of the high-tech systems sold.

The measuring principle is used to analyze smallest sample structures in the nanometer range. To this end, the sample is “hit” with X-rays. The resulting scattering pattern enables users to determine the size, shape and internal layout of these nanostructures. Based on these analyses, for example, pharmaceuticals can be optimized in such a way that the medically active substance is not released immediately after intake, but rather later and precisely at the right spot in the body, where it can take effect.

The market for this innovative technology has seen considerable increase over the last years. The Material Characterization department, which among other products develops and sells SAXSess mc2, is one of Anton Paar GmbH’s five product departments.