NIR Spectroscopy

Pro-Lite Technology Ltd has acquired a majority shareholding in German company SphereOptics GmbH (Uhldingen, Germany), with effect from 1 April 2011. This will enable Pro-Lite to help grow its light measurement business in the German, German-speaking and Eastern European markets.

Entries are being accepted for the annual Alexander Goetz Instrument Support Program for the 2012 calendar year from researchers in all disciplines involving remote sensing and field spectroscopy.

JNIRS—Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy is to publish a Special Issue dedicated to “Medical Applications of NIR Spectroscopy”. You are invited to submit a suitable paper by 1 August 2011.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the new Thermo Scientific TruProcess analyser, a NIR spectrometer for real-time blend analysis, drying and other process analytical technology (PAT) applications.

IM Publications is pleased to support NIR-2011, the 15th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy, as a Gold Sponsor.

Perten Instruments and ABB, its partner in Turkey, have won a tender issued by the Turkish Grain Board (TMO) for 250 Inframatic wholegrain analysers for use at TMO’s grain terminals across Turkey.