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Water quality instrumentation specialists recognised as one of fastest growing companies in their region


Aquaread were recently identifi ed as one of the most fi nancially sustainable 100 fastest growing companies in Kent, UK, by KM Media and Kreston Reeves business consultants and accountants. “With 2020 and 2021 being a diffi cult couple of years, in many ways, it is great to receive recognition for all the hard work and effort that the team at Aquaread have put in.” stated Craig Harrison, Managing Director of Aquaread.


Aquaread manufacture a world-renowned range of water level and water quality instruments used in a wide variety of applications. The Aquaread story started back in 2008 with the launch of their water quality instruments. Since then, with the help of extremely important input from their global customers, they have added to the range with the most recent launch of the self-cleaning AP-6000 Aquaprobe which can measure many advanced parameters in a multiparameter probe.


All Aquaread products are manufactured in the UK by an experienced and highly professional team who are a key component in helping the company provide such a high- quality range of products to their customers. Aquaread’s dedicated sales and support team offer outstanding customer service and support, which is crucial for end-users of this type of instrumentation.


With over 60 key, global distribution partners, Aquaread provide excellent instrumentation and service worldwide. They continue to seek further growth opportunities in their distribution network, to further enhance their global coverage. Watch this space for further new product launches in 2022 as well as further growth from Aquaread, especially in North America.


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Michael Privik succeeds Dr. Christoph Mätzig at helm of SPECTRO Analytical Instruments


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SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH recently announced a change in management. Dr. Christoph Mätzig, who is moving within the AMETEK Group and has taken over the management of the Ultra Precision Technologies division effective January 1st, 2022, will be succeeded


by Michael Privik, who has been a member of the senior management team since 2016.


A native of Duisburg, Germany, Michael began his career at SPECTRO back in 1991. After starting out in the customer support center, he played a key role in helping to establish the X-ray fl uorescence analysis (XRF) product line, where he managed the applications laboratory. Finally, he moved to sales and held various positions including responsibility for all EMEA sales. Since 2016, Michael Privik has been a member of the Executive Board as Managing Director Global Sales & Marketing. He has now been appointed Business Unit Managing Director as of January 1st, 2022.


“In the course of my 30 years with SPECTRO, I have experienced all the ups and downs. Today, SPECTRO is excellently positioned – we have qualifi ed employees, state- of-the-art technologies and market-leading products. This is something we can grow with. I would like to continue this positive development. And the customer will defi nitely continue to be our focus,” explained Privik. However, there are also challenges to overcome. In particular, he said, rising infl ation and the global shortage of materials are worthy of mention. “We will respond to this with appropriate measures and make selective changes.”


Dave Samyn, Head of the Material Analysis Division of SPECTRO’s parent company AMETEK: “I would like thank Dr. Christoph Mätzig for his outstanding work over the past fi ve years. SPECTRO has built upon its strong history and evolved impressively under his direction. I am sure that Michael Privik, with his many years of management experience, will continue SPECTRO on the growth path that has been chosen and lead the company into a successful future. I am very much looking forward to further cooperation.”


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NEWS Mercury emissions in India and Indonesia


Established under the auspices of the International Energy Agency, which advises and lobbies government on energy policy, the International Centre for Sustainable Carbon provides educational resources, news and guidance for organised involved in the production, transport, processing and utilisation of coal. The aim work is to reduce the emission of CO2 and other pollutants through high-effi ciency, low-emissions technologies. Dr Lesley Sloss International Project manager at ICSC describes some of the work carried out by the Centre.


Among the pollutants released during the combustion of coal is mercury, which has been connected with various neurological diseases. Despite this danger, it is not typically a high-priority for countries early in their development of coal infrastructure, so regulation is often lacking.


As such, the International Centre for Sustainable Carbon has recently fi nished supervising projects to develop the infrastructure necessary to keep adequate mercury inventories. It is the Centre’s conviction that this is an indispensable fi rst step towards the reduction of mercury emissions, that without the proper understanding nothing can be improved.


The Centre favours a bottom-up approach to inventorying, and to gather data using either sorbent-trap technology or wet chemistry. Typically, the data is processed by multiplying the energy output for each plant with the coal-specifi c emission factor and the plant-specifi c emission factor, all of which enables the analyst to derive an individual estimate of emissions from each coal unit.


Recently, the Centre has intervened in a number of developing Asian economies.


In Indonesia, the mercury emissions of over 100 plants were inventoried and it was determined that 15 units were producing over 50% of emissions within the fl eet over a lifetime. It was recommended, then, that control technologies only needed to be added to the processes of the main offenders, saving local governments and regulators the time and money it would have taken to needlessly improve the remaining units.


In India, the ICSC evaluated current standards in mercury monitoring across the nation. On the whole, Indian plants are over-achieving, but the report suggested that data derived from continuous emissions monitoring be both real-time and transparent to regulators.


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Agilent acquires artifi cial intelligence technology to enhance lab productivity


Agilent Technologies Inc. have announced it has acquired advanced artifi cial intelligence (AI) technology developed by Virtual Control, an AI and machine learning software developer that creates innovative analysis solutions in lab testing. Agilent will integrate the software, known as ACIES, into its industry-leading gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GS/MS) platforms to improve the productivity, effi ciency and accuracy of high-throughput labs the company serves around the world.


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With the acquisition, Agilent obtained the software and other assets associated with ACIES. As part of the transaction, core members of the ACIES team also became Agilent employees.


ACIES automates the labour-intensive task of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry data analysis improving effi ciency in the laboratory workfl ow, from sampling to reporting. Agilent will integrate the technology into its MassHunter software package for LC/MS and GC/MS instruments.


“Our acquisition of this advanced technology is just one more example of Agilent’s focus on delivering the insights and innovation our customers can use to provide industry-leading solutions,” said Jacob Thaysen, president, Agilent Life Sciences and Applied Markets Group. “We’re extremely pleased to be adding these additional capabilities to our product lineup.”


A range of industries and applications will benefi t from Agilent’s acquisition of the technology, including food testing and agriculture, environmental, and applied materials, with broad potential to expand to other large markets.


The acquisition is Agilent’s latest investment in digital technology to improve lab productivity. It builds on the company’s existing investments and innovations to advance the analytical lab and transform its capabilities with new technology, better integration of instruments and data, and more effi cient lab workfl ow.


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