PRESS RELEASE
Bruker AXS and DECTRIS Announce Supply
Agreement for HPC Detector Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany and Baden, Switzerland, September 2,
2015 — Bruker AXS and DECTRIS Ltd. today announced an agreement
for the supply of Hybrid Photon Counting (HPC) pixel detectors for
Bruker’s X-ray diffraction (XRD) business.
“We have chosen DECTRIS as a supplier because of its highperformance, reliable, and proven HPC detector technology and highvolume production capacity”, says Frank Burgaezy, President of Bruker
AXS. “The combination of our world-class technologies will benefit
customers in a wide range of demanding applications such as microhigh-resolution diffraction (HRXRD), grazing incidence small angle Xray scattering (GISAXS) and kinetic studies’’
“DECTRIS is pleased to supply state-of-the-art HPC detectors to
Bruker, a global leader in X-ray technology with a long tradition of
innovation”, states Christian Broennimann, CEO of DECTRIS. “We are
excited by the performance of our noise-free PILATUS3 detector
combined with the cutting-edge D8 DISCOVER diffraction solutions.”
The PILATUS3 R 100K-A 2D X-ray detector for the D8 DISCOVER
diffraction solutions was announced today at the Japan Analytical &
Scientific Instrument Show 2015 (JASIS).
About Bruker AXS:
Bruker AXS, a division of the Bruker Corporation (BRKR), is a global
market and technology leader in materials research, life science and
quality control instrumentation for elemental and crystalline structure
investigations. The solutions cover bulk material and surface sensitive
X-ray diffraction, biological and chemical crystallography, wavelength
and energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis, optical emission
DECTRIS Ltd.
Neuenhoferstrasse 107
5400 Baden
Switzerland
Phone +41 56 500 21 00
Fax
+41 56 500 21 01
E-mail info@dectris.com
www.dectris.com
spectroscopy, and combustion analysis. Learn more about Bruker AXS
at www.bruker.com.
About DECTRIS Ltd.
DECTRIS is the technology leader in Hybrid Photon Counting X-ray
detection. Based in Baden, Switzerland, the company has all the
required experiences and resources for the design, production and
global distribution of its detectors.
The DECTRIS photon counting detectors have transformed basic
research at synchrotron light sources, as well as in the laboratory and
with industrial X-ray applications. DECTRIS aims to continuously
improve the measurement quality, thereby enabling new scientific
findings. This pioneering technology is the basis of a broad range of
products, all scaled to meet the needs of various applications.
DECTRIS also provides solutions for customer developments in
scientific and industrial X-ray detection.
For further information please contact Clemens Schulze-Briese at sales@dectris.com
DECTRIS Ltd.
Neuenhoferstrasse 107
5400 Baden
Switzerland
Phone +41 56 500 21 00
Fax
+41 56 500 21 01
E-mail info@dectris.com
www.dectris.com