Oxford Instruments announces the appointment of Hillsborough General Trading LLC as distributor for its handheld X-MET8000 range of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysers in the Middle East.

With offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah and Riyadh and a wide direct network of sales and services, Hillsborough provides a high level of support to their customers across the entire Middle East. The new partnership will now allow them access to the world-class products developed and manufactured by Oxford Instruments.

Paul Bunting, Territory Sales Manager EMEA said, “We are delighted to welcome Hillsborough to our partnership network. It is our goal to provide our customers with world-class sales and service support for our range of handheld XRF analysers and we are confident that Hillsborough will help us to achieve this in the Middle East.”

Bala Subramanian, President and CEO of Hillsborough said, “We are proud that we have been selected by Oxford Instruments as their business partner for selling their state-of-the-art handheld XRF analysers for the Middle East market. We look forward to continued success in the handheld XRF business in the years ahead with Oxford Instruments.”

With nearly ten years experience in the handheld XRF market, Hillsborough are very well positioned to supply and service the full range of Oxford Instruments handheld XRF analysers including the successful new generation X-MET8000 series for rapid alloy identification. Designed to cover all analysis needs and budgets, the range includes three models: X-MET8000 Expert; X-MET8000 Optimum and X-MET8000 Smart designed to enable reliable, uninterrupted metals analysis, all-day long, in the harshest environments.