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PANalytical Open New Office with Demo Facility Near Houston
Assets of A2 Technologies Acquired by Agilent
Agilent Technologies Inc. (USA) and A2 Technologies announce they have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire specific assets of A2 Technologies. The acquisition includes substantially all of A2 Technologies’ intellectual property, technology, employees and its spectroscopy product portfolio.
Privately held A2 Technologies focuses on Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) technology for lab and
field use. The company designs, develops and manufactures FT-IR spectrometers for routine analysis and out-of-lab applications in the petrochemical, environmental, aerospace, art conservation, academia and geosciences markets. A2 Technologies’ unique, patented technology offers customers high-performance analytical capabilities in a compact size.
“A2 Technologies’ products, technology and people are a great fit with Agilent,” said Mike McMullen,
PANalytical (Netherlands) announces the opening of a new office with demonstration laboratory and meeting space near Houston, TX. Located just 10 minutes from George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the Kingwood, TX facility is focused on serving the needs of the many petrochemical companies situated in the Gulf Coast region. The office will showcase PANalytical’s wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometers, featuring the new Axios system with cost-effective 1 KW operating power, no external cooling required, and the industry’s most advanced XRF X-ray tube, the SST with CHI-BLUE coating and best X-ray tube warranty on the market – five years non-prorated. Also featured will be energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometers, along with other laboratory instruments, calibration standards, software and consumables.
PANalytical's XRF spectrometers are the
industry standard for R&D and process control tasks for quantitative analysis of any petrochemical: from heavy elements in crude oil to additives in lubricants, biofuels, and finished products like gasoline, coke and waxes. A very important application of XRF is the determination of sulphur in fuels and oils according to norms and regulations. In the oil and oil processing industry, XRF is used for elemental and trace element analysis of catalysts, metals and hazardous ingredients in crude oil, as well as analysis of engine performance and wear by determining metallic traces in lubricants.
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president of Agilent’s Chemical Analysis Group. “We set out to grow our spectroscopy business, which we acquired this past year when Varian joined us, so we can offer customers an even wider range of the industry’s best solutions. Adding A2 Technologies’ cutting-edge, patented technology and top talent is a major move in this direction.”
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Draeger Appoints Service Team Leader For Aberdeen
Industrial Scientific’s Continued Growth Prompts Leasing of Larger Office Space
Industrial Scientific (USA) recently announced that business operations went live on 14 February in its newly leased office space at 125 Enterprise Drive in Pittsburgh. The company’s corporate headquarters will remain at 1001 Oakdale Road in Oakdale, PA.
As the global leader in Gas Detection as a Service, Industrial Scientific has experienced tremendous
growth over the last decade. Space shortages soon became a challenge as the company and its number of employees continued to expand.
The 35,000-square-foot space within the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Building in RIDC Park West
now serves as Industrial Scientific’s primary design and commercial facility. It provides several functions throughout the company the additional space needed for future growth. The open space design also offers a lively environment that fosters communication and collaboration between employees.
“We believe that great people, working with great tools in a supportive environment results in better
products and services being delivered to our customers,” said Justin McElhattan, Industrial Scientific’s President and CEO. “As a company with an Employees First philosophy, we are extremely pleased to be able to provide our employees a space in which they feel empowered and motivated to continue working toward our Vision of eliminating death in the workplace by the end of this century.”
The ONS Building was completed in 2002 and is the national headquarters for the staff of 130
employees of the Oncology Nursing Society. It has been designated a green building by the Green Building Alliance of Pittsburgh.
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New Distribution Rights of Scandura Products in USA
NIR Specialists Celebrate 6 years in Business and Introduce Offices in Asia
Topnir Systems (France), a leader in the field of online Near InfraRed (NIR) analysers, proudly announces the addition of two new offices in Asia. These new subsidiaries allow Topnir to attend to their local customers needs with dedicated service, sales, after-sale support, training, and spare parts. In partnership with the North American offices and European headquarters Topnir is now easily accessible worldwide.
"With the growing list of our customer base in Asia, Topnir has been considering ways to provide a more localised and accessible network," said Didier Lambert,
President of Topnir. "I am extremely pleased with this latest development.” James Ooi will manage the offices located in Singapore. Ooi has experience serving the refining industry in the region for many years. As Manager of Business
Development for the Singapore office, Ooi says “I’m impressed with Topnir’s growth, and I’m excited to have the opportunity to expand Topnir’s presence in the region. Topnir offers a unique view of strong client care that I find both unique and exciting.”
Huxin will head up Topnir China support and service center in Beijing, hosted a technical team for local service in China. Xin has been working for more than
ten years in the refining industry. He has built an excellent contribution in China market. For 6 years Topnir has been independently and successfully offering its full suite of on-line and at line systems as well as laboratory analysers and modeling services
to the downstream industry. On its own Topnir is a state of the art, platform independent software that provides the full suite of properties in less than 2 minutes, Topnir characterises any
hydrocarbon such as crude, intermediate and finished product streams in real time. Topnir applications cost significantly less to maintain. Reply Card no 17
Scandura (Italy) has just announced that it has finalised an agreement with East Hills Instruments Inc. granting them the master distribution rights for USA and Canada. East Hills Instruments Inc. (USA) will sell, market and warehouse Scandura instruments under the brand name of Scandura U.S.A.
Scandura U.S.A. will be based out of East Hills
Instruments Inc. headquarters in New York, NY. Marcello Caravaggio Vice President of Scandura says “this deal will allow the Scandura brand to gain a stronger market share and brand awareness in America and Canada”.
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Draeger Safety has appointed Kenny Durward as Service Team Leader at the new Draeger Sales and Service Centre in Aberdeen. Responsible for the smooth running of the Centre, which offers specialist support to all Draeger users, Kenny has extensive experience in rental, service and maintenance as well as the marine, oil and gas industries.
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