Highly sensitive gas sensors for volatile organic compound detection

03-Feb-2017 - Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a group of carbon-based chemicals with low evaporation or vaporization points. Some VOCs are harmful to animal or environmental health so sensing these gasses is important for maintaining health and safety. VOCs also occur in nature and can be useful in ...

Elementar Expands its World-Wide Organization to Japan

12-Feb-2016 - Elementar announces that the company has opened its regional office in Japan to support the constant growing demands. Yuji Hirohata, General Manager at Elementar Japan K.K. said: “The aim is to establish a strong local presence in all our target markets in order to provide optimum support for our ...

BASF inaugurates Battery Materials R&D and Application Center in Japan

Extends R&D co-operation with leading Japanese research institutes and battery manufacturers

07-Feb-2014 - BASF inaugurated its Research and Development Laboratory and Application Technology Center for Battery Materials in Amagasaki, Japan. The facility, located in the Amagasaki Research Incubation Center (ARIC), is BASF’s first combined battery materials research and development (R&D) and application ...

Analytik Jena Acquires a Stake in Japanese Company Techno X

04-Dec-2012 - Analytik Jena AG, a manufacturer of analytical instrumentation technology, life science instruments and optoelectronics, has acquired a 21.05% stake in the Japanese company Techno X Co., Ltd. The contract was signed on November 30, 2012. Based in Osaka, Japan, Techno X was established in 2009. ...

Netzsch Acquires Bruker’s Thermal Analysis Instruments Business in Japan

07-Sep-2012 - The Netzsch Analyzing & Testing division and Bruker Corporation announced jointly that Netzsch Japan K.K. has acquired Bruker’s Thermal Analysis instruments business in Japan. Together with the well-established international Netzsch group, Netzsch Japan will further develop, produce, distribute ...

WITec opens branch offices in Japan and Spain

03-Sep-2012 - WITec GmbH continues to expand its worldwide presence with the opening of new regional offices in Japan and Spain. Both offices will provide sales operations, pre- and after-sales technical support, customer event organization or product demonstrations. The WITec office in Japan is conveniently ...

Eurofins signs an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Nihon Kankyo

25-Apr-2012 - Eurofins Scientific has signed an agreement to acquire a 52.6% majority stake in Nihon Kankyo K.K. (Nihon Environmental Services, on 31 March 2012. The transaction is expected to be completed this week.Nihon Kankyo K.K. was founded almost 40 years ago and is based in the greater Tokyo area. It ...

Analytik Jena: X-ray Fluorescence Equipment Business Successfully Launched in Japan

15-Mar-2012 - Analytik Jena has seen a successful start to its new X-ray fluorescence equipment business in Japan, with order volumes totaling more than EUR 1.6 million and initial sales in excess of EUR 1.2 million. At the start of the new financial year in October 2011, the manufacturer of analytical ...

Partnership in Japan: Analytik Jena Adds X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy to its Product Portfolio

14-Dec-2011 - Analytik Jena AG is expanding its product range in Japan, the world’s third-largest market for analytical measurement technology. As part of a sales partnership with Japanese company Techno-X, the Japanese subsidiary of the Jena-based Group will in future offer instruments for X-ray fluorescence ...

Wacker Closes Semiconductor Wafer Production in Japan

12-Dec-2011 - Siltronic, Wacker Chemie AG’s semiconductor division, intends to streamline its 200 mm wafer production capacities. As a result, Siltronic plans to close its production site in Hikari, Japan, by mid-2012. Hikari’s production volumes shall be transferred to Siltronic’s existing 200 mm wafer plants ...