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Microtrac company profile and philosophy

Particle Characterization At Its Best

MICROTRAC is your preferred partner for the comprehensive characterization of particulate systems. We provide our customers with advanced technologies to obtain consistently reliable results. Innovation and quality are at the core of everything we do.

As part of Verder Scientific, we provide worldwide support through a network of subsidiaries and distributors.

MicrotracBEL – Japan


MicrotracBEL is a leading company that develops, manufactures and sells various gas and vapor adsorption amounts, BET surface area and pore size distribution measuring instruments for porous and non-porous materials using gas adsorption technology. The company also handles Microtrac particle size distribution measuring equipment by laser diffraction and scattering and DLS as the core technology.

The company's products are widely used in the research and quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) fields of various kinds of functional powder materials that are in active development all over the world.

The MicrotracBEL headquarters are located in Osaka, Japan.

Milestones

2018
Launching automatic specific surface area / pore size distribution measurement instrument BELSORP-MINI X.

2013
Introducing the multi-sample BET surface area measurement system BELSORP MR6.

2006
Market launch of the catalysis analyzer BELCAT-A.

2002
Premiere of the breakthrough curve measurement system by adsorption column, BELSORP-Dyna.

1991
The high precision surface area and pore size analyzer, BELSORP-28SA, hits the market.

1988
MicrotracBEL is founded as BEL JAPAN, Inc. and begins to sell the first range of products.

1987
Rollout of the high-precision gas adsorption instrument BELSORP-28.

1985
Professor Hiromitsu Naono and his graduate student, Kazuyuki Nakai (present CEO of MicrotracBEL) start to develop the first "automatic gas adsorption isotherm measurement instrument".

Microtrac Inc. – USA


Microtrac is a pioneer and leading manufacturer of light scattering instruments for particle analysis. While Microtrac existed first as a business segment within a larger organization, the company Microtrac Inc. was ultimately founded in 1999 and has since been growing steadily. The instruments are used both for industrial applications and material research.

Microtrac Headquarters are based in the USA where Microtrac develops and manufactures all products in Montgomeryville and York, Pennsylvania. 
 

Milestones

2018
Launch of Microtrac Sync: Synchronizing size and shape measurement in one instrument.

2012
The Nanotrac Wave is introduced to provide particle size, zeta potential, and molecular weight analysis in one instrument.

2007
Debut of the Bluewave diffraction instrument that uses blue lasers (not simply blue light sources) to produce the highest resolution and sensitivity available in diffraction instruments.

1987
Microtracs first solid-state detector instrument, the model 7997, makes its debut. 

1974
First commercial laser diffraction analyzer hits the market, Microtrac Model 7991.

1972
Foundation of Microtrac

Microtrac Retsch – Germany


Microtrac Retsch (formerly Retsch Technology) is a leading provider of image analysis equipment and has been successfully developing optical particle analyzers for more than 20 years. Their innovative CAMSIZER series is based on the unique dual camera technology which has revolutionized dynamic image analysis. The analyzers are employed in various industries for production and quality control as well as in R&D.

Microtrac Retsch is located at the VERDER SCIENTIFIC Headquarters in Haan/Duesseldorf, Germany.

Milestones

2020   
Parallel to the merger as Microtrac, Retsch Technology GmbH is renamed Microtrac Retsch GmbH.

2019   
Retsch Technology launches the CAMSIZER M1, enhancing the product portfolio with a static image analyzer.

2014-2017   
Continuous technical improvement of the Camsizer portfolio with innovative features; launch of models P4 and X2.

2011   
Introduction of CAMSIZER XT with optional modules for wet and dry measurement.

2006   
Improvement of CAMSIZER® with AutoHeight, LED technology, Software, improved resolution, sharpness and contrast.

2002-2003   
New shape features introduced for CAMSIZER® and step into online installation; launch of the AutoSampler System.

2000   
Transfer of Retsch Technology into an independent company, after operating under the roof of Retsch, dedicated to the innovative CAMSIZER® particle sizer with unique, patented 2 camera system.