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Environmental Analysis Certified Reference Materials Company Formed
Phenomenex Inc (USA), specialists in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, have announced the creation of a new company – Phenova, Inc. – which culminates the integration and expansion of Colorado-based Wibby Environmental.
Phenova provides proficiency standards and testing services to environmental laboratories working under strict regulatory guidelines. Many of the EPA- regulated methods involve HPLC or GC, for which Phenomenex is a major supplier of media and columns. Phenomenex and Phenova together now offer a total solution to environmental customers such as water municipalities, agricultural companies and contract laboratories. The company initially serves customers in the United States, with plans to expand internationally to meet country-specific environmental regulatory requirements.
Phenova provides standards that simulate a laboratory’s typical samples. Customers use these standards to perform proficiency tests and demonstrate conformance with regulatory guidelines. Phenova delivers results directly to the regulatory agencies and archives test information for customers to use in creating internal performance metrics. The company also offers standards that help laboratories internally monitor their data quality, as well as products for rapid retesting.
Phenomenex is investing in a modern 30,000 square foot modern facility with state-of-the-art equipment that will triple the laboratory space in Colorado to accommodate growth. A new interactive website is now online, offering easy access to Phenova products and services. An innovative data reporting tool – PT Manage – simplifies data entry and enables users to easily generate insightful reports. Demonstrating its dedication to providing high-quality products, the company has received additional quality accreditations including ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO Guide 34.
Jason Campbell, who has been with Phenomenex for 15 years, has been named president and general manager of Phenova. “We have nearly doubled the company’s staff since the acquisition process began, and we have made significant investments in our analytical resources,” Campbell comments.
According to Fasha Mahjoor, CEO of Phenomenex, “The acquisition is part of our growth strategy, which centers on providing total solutions to the application areas we serve. This environmental product portfolio is a natural fit with Phenomenex’s offering and we serve the same customers.”
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Phenomenex, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2012, is a global technology leader committed to developing novel analytical chemistry solutions that solve the separation and purification challenges of researchers in industrial, clinical, government and academic laboratories. From drug discovery and pharmaceutical development to disease diagnosis, food safety and environmental analysis, Phenomenex chromatography solutions accelerate science and help researchers improve global health and well-being.
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New Hand Held GC for Environmental Analysis
Analysing environmental BTEX to 1 PPB levels in less than 6 minutes and weighing in at just 2.5Kg the Frog 4000 hand-held GC is a truly portable system capable of delivering immediate results in the field at the push of a button. The Frog 4000 requires no gas cylinders and utilises cutting edge microfabricated technology that reduces component size down to battery operated size for 6-8 hours of operation. The miniature GC column and PID will also separate TCE, PCE and other VOC’s in water, soil or air and effectively eliminates the need to send samples back to a lab for analysis thus eliminating cost, waiting times and allowing on-site decisions to be made right away and as many samples and required to be analysed at will.
SMI-LabHut (UK) are actively appointing distributors in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia and is already working with a number of potential customers directly since the interest level has been so high since the product introduction.
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Wireless Solutions for Composting Process Temperature Monitoring
Wireless compost probe approved for indoor and outdoor use with mechanical protection bracket
Radio link status indicator on Wireless node Probe identifier with simple-to-use rotary switches
Robust stainless steel probe (1.5 m) with 3 separate measuring points
GORE-TEX® plug to avoid internal condensation
Battery life up to 3 years Maximum ‘line of sight’ range of 3 km
One gateway can communicate with up to 48 wireless compost probes in a single network, with the possibility to create multiple networks without interference.
Curiosity Rover with Ocean Optics instruments (Germany) on-board survives rigorous descent to surface of the red planet
Three Ocean Optics instruments have completed their eight month journey to Mars to study soil composition as part of the ChemCam mission. NASA’s Mars Science Lab rover, Curiosity, was launched last November carrying customised Ocean Optics HR2000 spectrometers.
The Curiosity Rover has the most advanced scientific instrumentation ever used to study the surface of Mars, and weighing in at 1 tonne, has the heaviest payload. The 7 minute descent through Mars’ atmosphere relied on a complex landing sequence never before attempted. To withstand the rigors of space travel and descent, the on-board Ocean Optics spectrometers were modified to handle extreme temperature ranges, radiation, shock and vibration.
After 14 tense minutes of waiting (the amount of time it takes for a signal to reach NASA’s mission control from Mars), NASA was able to confirm that Curiosity survived the descent intact. Shortly after, it beamed back the first pictures from the surface of the Gale Crater where it landed. Now, the work begins for the Ocean Optics spectrometers as the rover journeys to Mount Sharp, a 3 mile high mountain inside the crater, collecting data as it goes.
The three modular HR2000 high-resolution miniature fibre optic spectrometers will study Martian rock and soil composition using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). Each ChemCam spectrometer is configured to detect elemental signatures over a different wavelength of light: 240-336 nm, 380-470 nm, and 470-850 nm. The use of the three spectrometers simplifies the design and creates redundancy, as many elements under study have spectral lines in more than one of the spectral ranges covered by the three units.
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Ocean Optics equipment has been used by NASA researchers for missions both on Earth and in space. A custom Ocean Optics spectrometer named ALICE was instrumental in detecting the presence of water ice on the moon during the LCROSS mission. The company’s modular Jaz spectrometer scaled Mt. Everest with a team that included NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski to measure solar irradiance at extreme altitude.
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