Spectro opens application and demonstration laboratory

Spectro Analytical Instruments Inc., with U.S. headquarters in Mahwah, New Jersey, has opened a new application and demonstration laboratory in Irvine, California.

The company developed the laboratory “due to the remarkable growth in demand for application development support and strong interest in our next generation instrument lines,” says Mark Grey, vice president and general manager, Spectro Analytical Instruments.

The laboratory features the latest in the company’s instrumentation and technology for elemental analysis, including inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and optical emission spectroscopy using arc and spark excitation (arc spark OES).

Grey encourages laboratory managers, scientists, technicians and other professionals to use the laboratory’s state-of-the-art Spectro analyzers and staff of lab technicians to assist in their application research, development and trouble-shooting projects.

The laboratory also will host technical events, training sessions and instrument and application demonstrations, Grey says.

Spectro, a unit of the materials analysis division of AMETEK Inc., manufactures instruments and develops solutions for elemental analysis for a broad range of applications. From its founding in 1979 until today, more than 40,000 analytical instruments have been delivered to customers around the world.

AMETEK Inc., headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical products with more than 15,000 employees at nearly 150 locations in the United States and in 30 other countries.