Corporate Retrospective 2007: Metrohm
May 1st 2007Metrohm has established itself in the competitive analytical instruments sector and has continually extended its position. We are the market leader in the fields of titration and voltammetry, in the ion chromatography sector we are a very strong number two. The company is owned by the Metrohm foundation, whose purpose is to keep the company independent, to provide employment to local people and to support causes of public interest in our area.
Corporate Retrospective 2007: Leap Technologies
May 1st 2007LEAP Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1989 by three liquid handling automation veterans. Applying liquid handling to chromatography and mass spectroscopy for a variety of labs was the focus. LEAP started as a one-product company representing a fledgling Swiss company, CTC Analytics. GC applications in environmental labs were the main market. LEAP's expertise was integrating its GC autosampler and the headspace sampler into GC and GC–MS systems. Flexibility and portability were the key to selling these very reliable samplers. A second product line was launched that served tablet dissolution applications in pharmaceutical companies. LEAP applied that know-how and launched the Opt-Diss, a unique fiber optic UV system adaptable to all waterbath testers.
Advanced Topics in Solid-Phase Extraction: Chemistries
May 1st 2007Although the majority of solid-phase extraction (SPE) is performed with conventional bonded silica- and polymeric-phases, difficult and complex samples may require more specialized stationary phases. In this instalment of "Sample Preparation Perspectives", columnist Ron Majors discusses advanced topics such as multimodal SPE, restricted-access media, molecular imprinted polymers, immunoaffinity extraction phases and other class-or compound-specific sorbents. These phases provide additional selectivity and procedures using them can be automated. Representative applications will be presented.
Corporate Retrospective 2007: OI Analytical
May 1st 2007OI Analytical entered the analytical instrument business in 1969. The company's first instruments were designed to measure water quality. A Total Carbon System (TCS) which employed a wet oxidation technique was invented through the efforts of Dr. Alan D. Fredericks, a research scientist at Texas A&M University.
Corporate Retrospective 2007: Horizon
May 1st 2007Horizon Technology, Inc. was incorporated in July 1992 to develop, manufacture, market, and support an innovative line of automated laboratory products for sample preparation. The initial products automated a new series of solid phase extraction (SPE) methods that have recently been approved by the US EPA. These new SPE methods provide a faster, less expensive, and solvent-reducing alternative to existing sample preparation procedures.
Corporate Retrospective 2007: LECO
May 1st 2007Over seventy years ago, the Laboratory Equipment Corporation introduced the first rapid carbon determinator to the American iron and steel industry. Soon our carbon determinators, resistance furnaces, and sulfur determinators were seen in industrial laboratories across the country, along with the acronym trademark they carried. LECO became synonymous with accurate, dependable instrumentation for the determination of carbon, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen in both ferrous and nonferrous industries.
Corporate Retrospective 2007: Orochem
May 1st 2007Orochem Technologies, Inc. is a wholly woman-owned business incorporated eleven years ago in the state of Illinois. Orochem today has a worldwide presence with customers in North America, Europe, and Asia. Orochem has three manufacturing, sales, and marketing facilities around the world
Corporate Retrospective 2007: PDR Chiral
May 1st 2007PDR-Chiral evolved from a strong educational background in physics, mathematics, and chemistry, as well as extensive engineering development experience in particle physics (measuring g-factor of positron), astronomy (photon counting spectra-photometers and polarimeters), and defense (active and passive remote sensing suites). We are experts in systems engineering, optimizing all aspects of complex multidisciplinary processes.
Corporate Retrospective 2007: Jordi
May 1st 2007Jordi FLP was founded in 1980 for the distinct purpose of providing the highest quality analytical services, polymer-based HPLC columns, and packing media in the industry. As a family-owned company, the Jordi family and the entire staff take pride in the research, production, and delivery of each of our products. We also understand the importance of quality customer care and strive daily to exceed our customers' expectations.