Tokyo, Japan – Rigaku Corporation, a global solutions partner in X-ray analytical instruments and a member of the Rigaku Holdings Group (Headquarters: Akishima, Tokyo; President: Jun Kawakami; hereafter “Rigaku”), today announced the launch of the DicifferX WAXS Edition, an advanced X-ray diffraction system for polymer structure analysis that dramatically improves efficiency in laboratory environments. The […]

Further growth in Brazilian and Latin American markets Jena / São Paulo – Analytik Jena is pleased to share that as of August 1st, 2025, the new entity “Analytik Jena Brasil Ltda.” has started operations. Analytik Jena has further developed its sales structure to serve customers and partners even more directly and efficiently in the […]

We’re proud to unveil POLLUX™, the latest addition to our family of laboratory X-ray detectors – and our most versatile one yet. Built on decades of expertise in Hybrid Photon Counting (HPC) technology, POLLUX was specifically developed for laboratory XRD, empowering scientists and instrument developers with fast, accurate, and energy-discriminating X-ray detection. POLLUX™ redefines what […]

PLEASANTON, CA – Gatan, Inc., a business of AMETEK, Inc. as well as a global leader focused on enhancing and extending the operation and productivity of electron microscopes, has launched the EDAX® Orbis™ II System, designed to support a wide range of non-destructive elemental analysis that use micro x-ray fluorescence (micro-XRF). The Orbis II System directly addresses two […]

Shimadzu Corporation and Kyoto University (Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi) have signed a comprehensive collaborative agreement with the objective of creating new business activities and innovation to contribute to solving social problems, and training global high-level human resources. In 2022, both parties signed a three-year comprehensive collaborative agreement with the objective of creating new business activities by […]

Jim Meyer to Become Chief Financial Officer, Effective March 1, 2026 WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that Stephen Williamson, senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), has decided to retire from the company, effective March 31, 2026. The company’s board of directors […]

Funding commitment makes Veralto a Cornerstone Investor of the new proposed fund, expected to launch in October WALTHAM, Mass. — Veralto Corporation (NYSE: VLTO) (the “Company”), a global leader in essential water and product quality solutions dedicated to Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™, announced a €20 million investment commitment in Emerald Technology Ventures’ Global […]

New UK-based technical innovation facility – building on HORIBA’s global network of customer scientific collaboration sites – opens in Nuneaton on MIRA Tech Park. From left to right: Managing Director of HORIBA MIRA and HORIBA Corporate Officer, Mr. Declan Allen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Embassy of Japan, Mr. Masaki Ikegami, British Ambassador to Japan, Her […]

PITTSBURGH – Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) announced today that it completed the acquisition of Evident’s Inspection Technologies division (Inspection Technologies), formerly part of the Scientific Solutions Division of Olympus Corporation, a global leader in Non-Destructive Testing, Remote Visual Inspection and Analytical Instruments solutions for mission critical assets. This acquisition strengthens Wabtec’s Digital Intelligence business with […]

The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) selected the research and development project proposed by Shimadzu Corporation in collaboration with Professor Masahiro Tsukamoto’s group at the Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Matsuura Machinery Corporation, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., MI-6 Ltd., the Industrial Research Institute of Ishikawa, […]