ImpactAir® high performance air sampler range joins Cherwell’s portfolio of cleanroom microbiology products
Cherwell Laboratories, specialists in cleanroom microbiology solutions, have signed a distribution agreement with Pinpoint Scientific for the ImpactAir® range of microbial air samplers. The new ImpactAir range of high performance microbial air samplers has been designed to meet the demanding environmental monitoring requirements of aseptic processing in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries....
Researchers at BRGM (the French Geological Survey in Orleans, France) study the physical, chemical, and structural properties of minerals. BRGM is a public agency which produces and disseminates geological information for government departments, foreign countries, industry and academic research in France and across the world.
They use a co-located SEM-Raman system from Renishaw to provide comprehensive in situ sample characterisation. Dr Guillaume Wille works in the Mineral Physicochemical and Textural Characterization Unit. In describing the analysis methods used at BRGM, Dr Wille said, “Numerous techniques are used, like infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy and microanalyses....
SCION Instruments, a global supplier of GC and GCMS instruments and chromatography data system, is pleased to announce new GC analyzer solutions which tailor the capabilities of gas chromatography systems to meet specific analytical requirements.
Building on a legacy in GC stretching back to Varian, SCION Instruments’ customers benefit from SCION’s unique experience in providing configured and custom GC solutions. Based on their 436 and 456 gas chromatography platforms, SCION Instruments has the capability to configure systems with multiple columns, switching valves and temperature controlled ovens...
Spectro Scientific, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oil, fuel, and processed water analysis instrumentation and software, has introduced Version 8 of its SpectrOil® Series analyzers.
The new capabilities are included in both the SpectrOil 100 Series and SpectrOil M Series for the elemental analysis of oil, fuel, coolant and water. SpectrOil technology measures trace quantities of elements dissolved or suspended as fine particles in natural or synthetic petroleum-based products....
Spectro Scientific, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oil, fuel, and processed water analysis instrumentation and software, has introduced Version 5 of its FluidScan® portable infrared oil analyzer technology.
FluidScan oil chemistry analysis enables users to determine when oil is no longer fit for use due to liquid contamination or other degradation. Lubrication abnormalities are a major cause of equipment downtime and failure. FluidScan Version 5 includes a variety of new features that improve performance and enhance user experience....
Autoscribe Informatics is providing two opportunities to have a close-up look at the new Environmental Sampling module for the Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System).
A 4-minute video provides a short demonstration of this versatile module which has been designed in conjunction with a leading food safety organisation, Deibel Laboratories. Aimed at anyone involved in environmental sampling of production and storage areas in food/beverage production and other...
Enhances Quality Control with Early Detection of Miniscule Contaminants
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is introducing the HIAC PODS+ Liquid Particle Counter, with advanced features for the early detection of minute contaminants. The portable PODS+ delivers fast, lab quality liquid contamination analysis in less than 60 seconds. Its multi-liquid testing capability means it is suitable for heavy industrial environments such as...
Spectro Scientific noted five years of the company’s growth in the Chinese market with a celebratory event in Beijing.
More than 100 industrial customers, government representatives, and members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences attended the gathering. Spectro Scientific global sales vice president Yuegang Zhao, company chief financial officer Carey Ross, and the staff of the Spectro Beijing office hosted the event, where local speakers revealed development trends in oil analysis technologies implemented in Chinese industrial facilities....
Now available from Martindale Electric is the new Legionella Testing Thermometer Kit, which quickly and reliably tests and monitors water temperature and conditions that can favour the growth of Legionella and other harmful bacteria.
Carrying a risk of infection, such as Legionnaires disease, legionella bacteria is commonly found in installations such as cooling towers and air conditioning and industrial cooling systems in larger buildings, such as hotels and hospitals. With water temperature being a key factor...
Continuous success with innovative solutions for real-time trace VOC analysis since 1998.
IONICON Analytik, the Austrian based leading manufacturer of real-time trace VOC analyzers, based on the unique PTR-MS technology, has sold its 300th instrument. The analyzer, a PTR-TOF 1000 system, was shipped abroad in September 2016 and will be used for analyzing chemical pollutants in industrial areas. The whole IONICON team with currently more than 30 employees celebrates this achievement. Taking a look back. Everything started in...
Smart innovation revolutionizes the measurement of microbial contamination in water - a technological leap that has won the innovation competition in singapore.
The Vienna-based company VWM GmbH – Vienna Water Monitoring Solutions (VWM) announced today that it has won a highly-coveted award at the world's foremost trade fair for water management, the Singapore International Water Week. The company was selected by the jury as the winner of the Innovation Competition for the development of its pioneering technology, the ColiMinder®, which allows bacterial contamination in...
Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, announces an expansion of products and services available through direct channels in North America.
Working together with Lab Synergy, this agreement supports Xylem’s strategic goals to expand geographically and accelerate growth. Lab Synergy has been the exclusive distributor of Xylem’s SI Analytics titration products in North America, and has been a key Xylem partner for many years. With deep technical application expertise in industries such as food and beverage, pharmaceutical and life science...
Automated real-time VOC trace gas analysis of large sample quantities with IONICON PTR-MS
The real-time measuring capability of a PTR-MS trace gas analyzer is ideally suited for continuous VOC monitoring but also for rapid analysis of discrete samples within seconds. The new IONICON autosampler for PTR-MS enables automated screening of hundreds of sample vials. This fully integrated, high throughput system for VOC head-space analysis, drastically reduces processing cost for larger...
Thermo Scientific Delta Ray IRIS and Delta Ray Connect IRIS among highlights at EGU 2016
Scientists can now benefit from a portable infrared spectrometer, designed to provide continuous measurement of isotope ratios and CO2 concentrations in air and in containers. Live demonstrations of the Thermo Scientific Delta Ray Isotope Ratio Infrared Spectrometer (IRIS) with URI Connect were conducted at The European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU), at Austria Center Vienna...
Jenway®, are pleased to announce the addition of two new portable pH meters, models 550 and 570, to the range. These new pH meters can be used in the field to perform accurate measurements, removing the need to take samples back to the laboratory, providing immediate results.
Jenway’s new portable pH meters have been designed to readily withstand a diverse range of environments, whilst accurately and reliably measuring pH levels for a variety of sample types. Both models offer 2-point pH calibration and automatic buffer recognition, and come with a market-leading 2-year warranty.
Thermo Scientific Dionex Integrion HPIC system breaks new ground in productivity and efficiency for applied markets
Now scientists in environmental, food safety, pharmaceutical and industrial/petrochemical laboratories can rely on a new flexible and configurable HPIC system designed to deliver exceptional performance, productivity and efficiency. The Thermo Scientific Dionex Integrion HPIC system, exhibited for the first time at Pittcon 2016 (booth 2239) at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, is the newest addition to Thermo Fisher...
Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has released a new sorbent tube dedicated to the reliable analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air.
The new ‘PAH tube’ is the outcome of a detailed optimisation process for the analysis of these highly challenging analytes, which are subject to very low limit levels worldwide because of their carcinogenic properties. Ilaria Ferrante, Markes’ Marketing Manager for Consumable Products, explains the need for the new tubes. “Existing solvent-based techniques for analysis of PAHs in air are labour-intensive and prone to loss of analytes...
The high-ranking judges evaluated the finalists presenting their technology for demonstrated excellence in the key areas, uniqueness, business potential and long-term vision and elected Austrian Vienna Water Monitoring Solutions (VWM GmbH) as "First Place Innovator" in the Industrial Water Sector.
It takes only 15 minutes to get a result on the actual bacterial contamination of water using VWM's ColiMinder® technology. Traditionally, a classical lab test on bacterial contamination takes 24 to 72 hours to deliver a result. VWM's newest technology, for the first time in history, provides an extremely important parameter of microbiological water quality as an online parameter for quality monitoring, process control and early warning...
Wastewater treatment plants can benefit from a new chemical oxygen demand (COD) analyzer that will provide plant engineers with another tool to monitor water quality and prevent environmental contamination.
COD analysis is used to detect levels of organic pollutants in water, and early identification of these contaminants can indicate an issue in the treatment process of wastewater. The new Thermo Scientific Orion 3106 COD analyzer is the latest addition to the portfolio of Orion products serving the wastewater industry. The analyzer combines a digestion step with colorimetric analysis to measure the concentration of organic compounds that...
The Rocket Synergy Evaporator from Genevac is proven to provide fast, unattended operation that significantly improves environmental laboratory productivity.
Developed as a result of users’ demands for an evaporator that could quickly process large-volume environmental samples in parallel without supervision, the Rocket Synergy Evaporator can concentrate or dry 18 ASE tubes or up to 6 large-volume 450 ml flasks. This enables the user to focus on other tasks, confident that the Rocket Synergy Evaporator will achieve reproducible evaporation with excellent recovery rates. In addition using Genevac’s proprietary SampleGenie™ technology in...
Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, report on how the National Physical Laboratory applies the ASD, a PANalytical company FieldSpec 4 analyser to study vegetation to compare with data recorded from satellites.
The Environmental Division of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has a group which specialises in the investigation of the quality of Earth Observation satellite data. The TREES group (TRaceability in tErrestrial vEgetation Sensors and biophysical products) aims to provide end-to-end traceability for terrestrial vegetation sensors and satellite-derived products of biophysical Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) through a range of research activities...
Cherwell Laboratories, specialists in cleanroom microbiology solutions, have signed a distribution agreement with Pinpoint Scientific for the ImpactAir® range of microbial air samplers. The new ImpactAir range of high performance microbial air samplers has been designed to meet the demanding environmental monitoring requirements of aseptic processing in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries....
They use a co-located SEM-Raman system from Renishaw to provide comprehensive in situ sample characterisation. Dr Guillaume Wille works in the Mineral Physicochemical and Textural Characterization Unit. In describing the analysis methods used at BRGM, Dr Wille said, “Numerous techniques are used, like infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy and microanalyses....
Building on a legacy in GC stretching back to Varian, SCION Instruments’ customers benefit from SCION’s unique experience in providing configured and custom GC solutions. Based on their 436 and 456 gas chromatography platforms, SCION Instruments has the capability to configure systems with multiple columns, switching valves and temperature controlled ovens...
The new capabilities are included in both the SpectrOil 100 Series and SpectrOil M Series for the elemental analysis of oil, fuel, coolant and water. SpectrOil technology measures trace quantities of elements dissolved or suspended as fine particles in natural or synthetic petroleum-based products....
FluidScan oil chemistry analysis enables users to determine when oil is no longer fit for use due to liquid contamination or other degradation. Lubrication abnormalities are a major cause of equipment downtime and failure. FluidScan Version 5 includes a variety of new features that improve performance and enhance user experience....
A 4-minute video provides a short demonstration of this versatile module which has been designed in conjunction with a leading food safety organisation, Deibel Laboratories. Aimed at anyone involved in environmental sampling of production and storage areas in food/beverage production and other...
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is introducing the HIAC PODS+ Liquid Particle Counter, with advanced features for the early detection of minute contaminants. The portable PODS+ delivers fast, lab quality liquid contamination analysis in less than 60 seconds. Its multi-liquid testing capability means it is suitable for heavy industrial environments such as...
More than 100 industrial customers, government representatives, and members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences attended the gathering. Spectro Scientific global sales vice president Yuegang Zhao, company chief financial officer Carey Ross, and the staff of the Spectro Beijing office hosted the event, where local speakers revealed development trends in oil analysis technologies implemented in Chinese industrial facilities....
Carrying a risk of infection, such as Legionnaires disease, legionella bacteria is commonly found in installations such as cooling towers and air conditioning and industrial cooling systems in larger buildings, such as hotels and hospitals. With water temperature being a key factor...
IONICON Analytik, the Austrian based leading manufacturer of real-time trace VOC analyzers, based on the unique PTR-MS technology, has sold its 300th instrument. The analyzer, a PTR-TOF 1000 system, was shipped abroad in September 2016 and will be used for analyzing chemical pollutants in industrial areas. The whole IONICON team with currently more than 30 employees celebrates this achievement. Taking a look back. Everything started in...
The Vienna-based company VWM GmbH – Vienna Water Monitoring Solutions (VWM) announced today that it has won a highly-coveted award at the world's foremost trade fair for water management, the Singapore International Water Week. The company was selected by the jury as the winner of the Innovation Competition for the development of its pioneering technology, the ColiMinder®, which allows bacterial contamination in...
Working together with Lab Synergy, this agreement supports Xylem’s strategic goals to expand geographically and accelerate growth. Lab Synergy has been the exclusive distributor of Xylem’s SI Analytics titration products in North America, and has been a key Xylem partner for many years. With deep technical application expertise in industries such as food and beverage, pharmaceutical and life science...
Scientists can now benefit from a portable infrared spectrometer, designed to provide continuous measurement of isotope ratios and CO2 concentrations in air and in containers. Live demonstrations of the Thermo Scientific Delta Ray Isotope Ratio Infrared Spectrometer (IRIS) with URI Connect were conducted at The European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU), at Austria Center Vienna...
Jenway’s new portable pH meters have been designed to readily withstand a diverse range of environments, whilst accurately and reliably measuring pH levels for a variety of sample types. Both models offer 2-point pH calibration and automatic buffer recognition, and come with a market-leading 2-year warranty.
Now scientists in environmental, food safety, pharmaceutical and industrial/petrochemical laboratories can rely on a new flexible and configurable HPIC system designed to deliver exceptional performance, productivity and efficiency. The Thermo Scientific Dionex Integrion HPIC system, exhibited for the first time at Pittcon 2016 (booth 2239) at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, is the newest addition to Thermo Fisher...
The new ‘PAH tube’ is the outcome of a detailed optimisation process for the analysis of these highly challenging analytes, which are subject to very low limit levels worldwide because of their carcinogenic properties. Ilaria Ferrante, Markes’ Marketing Manager for Consumable Products, explains the need for the new tubes. “Existing solvent-based techniques for analysis of PAHs in air are labour-intensive and prone to loss of analytes...
It takes only 15 minutes to get a result on the actual bacterial contamination of water using VWM's ColiMinder® technology. Traditionally, a classical lab test on bacterial contamination takes 24 to 72 hours to deliver a result. VWM's newest technology, for the first time in history, provides an extremely important parameter of microbiological water quality as an online parameter for quality monitoring, process control and early warning...
COD analysis is used to detect levels of organic pollutants in water, and early identification of these contaminants can indicate an issue in the treatment process of wastewater. The new Thermo Scientific Orion 3106 COD analyzer is the latest addition to the portfolio of Orion products serving the wastewater industry. 
Developed as a result of users’ demands for an evaporator that could quickly process large-volume environmental samples in parallel without supervision, the Rocket Synergy Evaporator can concentrate or dry 18 ASE tubes or up to 6 large-volume 450 ml flasks. This enables the user to focus on other tasks, confident that the Rocket Synergy Evaporator will achieve reproducible evaporation with excellent recovery rates. In addition using Genevac’s proprietary SampleGenie™ technology in...
The Environmental Division of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has a group which specialises in the investigation of the quality of Earth Observation satellite data. The TREES group (TRaceability in tErrestrial vEgetation Sensors and biophysical products) aims to provide end-to-end traceability for terrestrial vegetation sensors and satellite-derived products of biophysical Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) through a range of research activities...