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New Partnership for the US Distribution: eralytics and Ayalytical Instruments breaking new ground for challenging new projects in the US-market!


After many successful collaborative years of distributing, installing and servicing lab instruments in the Latin American market and online analysers in the US-market together [CW1] , the Vienna based company eralytics and the US-based company Ayalytical Instruments, Inc.decided to further strengthen the already longstanding partnership of mutual trust through a joint venture agreement.


This led further to the decision to open joint Innovation Centers in Houston and Chicago. This innovation centers have dedicated showrooms for customer hands-on training sessions, sales trainings as well as newly upgraded service facilities and a research lab for method development and customer technical support and has been opened on July 12, 2018.


Additionally investments have been taken in further expanding the service capabilities at the two offi ces. Both highly rated service centers are strategically located at major business hubs, central to many of our customers facilities allowing to react even faster on customer concerns. With the mutual goal in continuing to provide the industry leading turnaround times many of our customer have already experienced.


“This Joint Venture is an excellent opportunity to leverage the combined unparalleled strengths of a manufacturer of high performance analyzers with an experienced and highly reliable sales and service specialist team, while still remaining independent companies. Together we can take advantage of synergies, roll out new services and products more quickly and react even faster on industry needs for our customers.” says Dr. Christoph Wagner, CEO of eralytics.


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AMETEK Brookfi eld names Vicki Case as Global Marketing Director


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Element opens new oil and gas laboratory in Singapore


Element Materials Technology (Element) has opened a new laboratory in Singapore, servicing customers in the oil and gas sector.


Located in Tuas, Element Singapore is an ISO 17025 accredited materials testing laboratory which offers specialized metallurgical and fracture toughness testing. It will provide services to all the major oil and gas EPC contractors and fabricators around the Asia Pacifi c region.


The laboratory will employ 21 people and signifi cant investments have been made in state-of- the-art equipment to ensure the provision of the most effi cient service for customers. In addition to metallurgical and fracture toughness testing, the laboratory now has multiple baths for ASTM G48 corrosion testing and has the capacity to conduct coating testing, such as cathodic disbondment testing at room temperature and elevated temperature, as well as indentation and impact testing. The sour service corrosion testing facilities have also been upgraded thanks to investment in a high end scrubber system.


Rod Martin, EVP Oil & Gas and Infrastructure at Element, said: “Over the last few years, we have invested heavily in growing Element’s Oil & Gas testing presence globally, so we are very excited to have now opened our new Element Singapore laboratory.


“This investment in our testing capabilities, particularly in new and highly specialized equipment, also allows us to boost capacity, therefore better meeting the technical needs of our customers across the Asia Pacifi c region and worldwide.”


Element has one of the largest independent metallurgical testing service capabilities in the world. The company’s network of experts and specialist centres of excellence deliver an extensive range of destructive and static testing services from Charpy and tensile testing, to more technically demanding fatigue and fracture toughness tests and corrosion testing services.


Metrohm Acquires B&W Tek


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Ametek Brookfi eld is pleased to announce the appointment of Vicki Case to the position of Global Marketing Director. Vicki spent the past 12 years at Sealed Air in Saddle Brook, New Jersey. For the past 3 years, Vicki served as VP Marketing, Global e-Commerce and Fulfi llment Solutions. She was responsible for market strategy, demand generation, business development and implementation of new business models for the e-commerce sector.


While serving in this role, Vicki created a 3-year strategy to address e-commerce industry needs, expanded marketing efforts by deploying new digital platforms to better reach customer segments, developed the Automated Fulfi llment Solutions business and led the Operational Excellence team.


Vicki Case is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.


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“We are pleased to strengthen our product portfolio in spectroscopy by the acquisition of B&W Tek’s R&D, production and sales organizations,” says Dr. Christoph Fässler CEO and president of Metrohm AG, summarizing the goal of the acquisition on behalf of Metrohm.


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Dr. Jack Zhou, CEO of B&W Tek LLC, says: “We are excited to see the accelerated growth potential as the result, in furthering the focus on customer-centric solutions and innovations. The addition of complementary products and technologies by B&W Tek, together with Metrohm’s expertise in products and commercialization as well as market presence will allow us to serve a much larger global customer base.”


Both parties agreed to keep details about the acquisition confi dential. To give B&W Tek customers the best possible experience and avoid any disruption, B&W Tek will continue to operate under their own brand with their own service and sales organization for the time being. After a transition period, the gradual integration of B&W Tek into the Metrohm organization will start.


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Metrohm AGfrom Herisau, Switzerland and B&W Tek from Newark, DE., USA are pleased to announce the acquisition of B&W Tek’s Spectroscopy Solution Business, B&W Tek LLC, as well as several overseas subsidiaries. This acquisition contributes to the strategic growth of Metrohm enhancing the company’s capabilities to further develop its Raman product line with industry-leading analytical instrument solutions.


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