New general manager at Oxford Instruments WITec in Ulm

18-Dec-2024 - The next era has begun at Oxford Instruments WITec, where Dr. Benjamin Tordoff is leading the Raman imaging microscopy pioneers after taking over from the company's founders. Dr. Benjamin Tordoff joined Oxford Instruments WITec this summer, though the company and its exceptional technology that ...

WITec Honors Scientists with 2024 Paper Awards

The prizes for exceptional scientific publications go to researchers in Great Britain, the Netherlands and South Korea.

30-Aug-2024 - Scientists from Great Britain, the Netherlands and South Korea have been recognized with 2024 WITec Paper Awards for their work in cellular biology, biomineralization, and single-photon emitting materials, respectively. The awards highlight three of the many outstanding entries that include data ...

Bruker Acquires Nanophoton Corporation

Nanophoton Strengthens Bruker’s Portfolio of Molecular Microscopy Research Solutions

09-Feb-2024 - Bruker Corporation announced the acquisition of Nanophoton Corporation, a pioneer focused on advanced research Raman microscopy systems. Headquartered in Osaka, Nanophoton offers a broad portfolio of advanced Raman microscopes, serving academic and industrial research customers, primarily in ...

Researchers from Poland, France and Italy are honored for their work in cell biology, biomineralization and photonics

WITec Paper Award 2023 Recognizes Outstanding Publications

31-Jul-2023 - The WITec Paper Awards 2023 have been presented to scientists from Poland, France and Italy for their work in cell biology, biomineralization and the development of photonic devices, respectively. The competition recognizes three scientific publications per year that contain results acquired with ...

Diagnosing cancer in minutes

Identify tumour margins directly in the surgery room: Refined Laser Systems raises €2.7m

30-Jan-2023 - Refined Laser Systems, a dynamic biophotonics company specialised in pioneering laser systems for SRS-microscopy and quantum technology, today announces a Seed funding round of €2.7 million led by High-Tech Gründerfonds and APEX Ventures, along with NRW.BANK, Onsight Ventures and Papst Venture ...

analytica 2022: Analytics that benefit consumer and environmental protection

Does your mineral water contain nanoplastics or other pollutants?

28-Apr-2022 - Is that asparagus really local? Has the honey been diluted with cheap sugar? “analytica provides food inspectors with all the tools they need to answer these questions quickly and reliably,” says Armin Wittmann, analytica Exhibition director at Messe München. At the world's leading trade fair for ...

WITec joins Oxford Instruments

22-Jun-2021 - The management team of WITec GmbH announced that WITec was acquired by Oxford Instruments plc, a UK based company that has a great reputation in the scientific community, and in the future will be part of their Materials Analysis Group. WITec’s founders Dr. Joachim Koenen and Dr. Olaf Hollricher ...

WITec Begins Expansion of its Headquarters Facility

Increased capacity required to meet growing demand for Raman imaging microscopes

12-Jun-2020 - WITec GmbH is expanding its headquarters building in Ulm. The new addition will offer more space for production and quality assurance, laboratories for development and customer demonstrations or sample measurements, larger conference rooms and greater logistical capability. When complete, the new ...

2018 WITec Paper Award for Outstanding Scientific Publications

31-May-2018 - Every year WITec, the Raman imaging company, recognizes three peer-reviewed publications that stand out in terms of originality and significance and feature data acquired with a WITec microscope. This year, scientists from universities and institutes in Bochum, Bayreuth and Minneapolis received ...

2017 WITec Paper Award for Outstanding Scientific Publications

29-Jun-2017 - From nearly 60 submissions for the 2017 WITec Paper Award, our jury selected the three best publications. They were written by scientists from Ireland, Portugal and Germany who used WITec correlative confocal Raman microscopes to study transition metal dichalcogenides, textile fibers and cement. ...