Bruker Optics

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Bruker Optics is a global scientific instrument manufacturer. The company is a part of Bruker Biosciences Corporation (Nasdaq:BRKR) (now Bruker Corporation), and specializes in vibrational spectroscopy. The Bruker Optics headquarters are in Billerica, MA - USA and Ettlingen, Germany.

[edit] Company History

  • 1974 Bruker built its first Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer
  • 2004 Acquired Chromex Division of Hoya, manufacturer of Dispersive Raman Microscopes, Process Raman analyzers, Imaging Spectrographs and Monochromators.
  • 2006 Acquired by Bruker Biosciences Corporation (Nasdaq:BRKR)(now Bruker Corporation as of February 2008)

[edit] Product Line

Bruker Optics' instruments are used in academic and industrial research and development, pharmaceutical Process Analytical Technology, food and feed quality control.

  • FTIR Spectroscopy and Microscopy
  • Raman Spectroscopy and Microscopy
  • Near InfraRed Spectroscopy
  • Time Domain, Low Resolution NMR Analyzers
  • Imaging Spectrographs and Monochromators

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