Bruker Biosciences Corporation
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Bruker Biosciences Corporation is a Massachusetts-based company formed in 2003 which develops and manufactures scientific instrumentation for academic research and industrial use. Bruker Biosciences is the parent company for three smaller businesses, Bruker-AXS, Bruker Daltonics, and Bruker Optics.
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[edit] Bruker-AXS
Bruker-AXS provides X-ray analysis tools such as single-crystal diffractometers, materials research diffractometers, and x-ray fluorescence equipment. Bruker-AXS was formerly the Siemens X-ray instruments group prior to its acquisition by Bruker Biosciences in 1997. For several years their equipment was marketed under both the Siemens and Bruker brand names. In 2005, Bruker-AXS acquired Roentec, a developer of x-ray microanalysis peripherals for electron microscopes.
[edit] Bruker Daltonics
Bruker Daltonics supplies time-of-flight mass spectroscopy tools targeted to life science applications. Bruker Daltonics is currently partnered with Proteogenix to develop high-throughput mass spectrometers for biomarker discovery applications.
[edit] Bruker Optics
Bruker Optics which supplies vibrational spectroscopy equipment (including FTIR and Raman spectroscopy). Bruker Biosciences is publicly traded, listed on the NASDAQ exchange as BRKR.
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