Bruker Corporation and Thun-based TOFWERK AG announced a strategic partnership for applied and industrial analytical solutions, in conjunction with a Bruker minority investment in TOFWERK. The partnership allows the Swiss company to leverage technical and operational synergies to better serve its customers through Bruker’s global commercial and service channels.
The partnership provides a basis for technology collaborations to advance instrument capabilities and for the development of novel analytical applications where high speed and ultra-sensitivity matter. TOFWERK expects to leverage Bruker’s commercial scale to accelerate penetration of selected market segments. This includes offering TOFWERK’s compact time-of-flight mass spectrometers (TOF-MS) for small molecule and volatiles analyses that require exceptional speed and sensitivity, as well as mobility and customization.
TOFWERK instruments offer the speed and sensitivity of time-of-flight mass spectrometry with compact, robust construction to enable use in any environment and flexible design to accelerate new applications. The instruments are used in applications such as ambient air monitoring, breath analysis (for research use only), food and flavor analysis, and for airborne molecular contamination (AMC) monitoring in the semiconductor industry. Small footprints and robust engineering enable powerful TOF-MS analysis in demanding industrial environments and aboard mobile platforms, as well as in laboratory settings.
Katrin Fuhrer, co-founder and CFO of TOFWERK, commented: "We are pleased to partner with Bruker as it allows us to leverage technical and operational synergies to better serve our customers through Bruker’s global commercial and service channels.”
Bruker is a developer, manufacturer and distributor of high-performance scientific instruments and analytical and diagnostic solutions that enable its customers to explore life and materials at microscopic, molecular and cellular levels. The products are used to detect, measure and visualize structural characteristics of chemical, biological and industrial material samples. The company was founded in Germany in 1960. In the 2000s, the company was restructured and the headquarters moved to Massachusetts. Today, the group employs 7200 people. In 2021, Bruker achieved sales of USD 2.4 billion.
(Press release / SK)
Picture: TOFWERK's Vocus Elf CI-TOF used to measure chemical emissions in an area burned during Colorado's 202 Marshall wildfire.
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