A proposed ASTM International standard (WK45240) will set out a general approach to the particle size distribution measurement of powders, suspensions or slurries using an appropriate wet or dry methodology by the laser diffraction technique.
AMETEK Brookfield, part of AMETEK’s Instrumentation & Specialty Controls Division, announced the opening of its first media room at its Middleboro, Massachusetts, headquarters.
Micromeritics Instrument Corp., a leader in material characterization technology, has named Carrie Mautz to the newly created position of Marketing Manager, North America.
Micromeritics Instrument Corp. celebrated the opening of its new German subsidiary and European application laboratory, Particle Testing Authority, in Unterschleissheim (near Munich), Germany.
Anton Paar GmbH has signed a contract to purchase CSM Instruments SA, a company that develops and produces laboratory instruments for the characterization of mechanical properties on material surfaces at the mirco- and nano-scales.
Malvern Instruments Ltd., Malvern, UK, has acquired nanoparticle characterization company NanoSight Ltd., Amesbury, UK. The acquisition was completed on September 27, 2013.
