The company expands its particle size measurement portfolio by acquiring Particle Sizing Systems.

Agilent Technologies announced it has
acquired Particle Sizing Systems, a privately held company that
designs and manufactures instruments that measure the particle size
and stability in materials ranging from soft drinks to inkjet inks to
semiconductor polishing slurries. Financial terms were not disclosed.




The acquisition expands Agilent's
growing portfolio of particle analysis solutions and directly
addresses customer needs in small nanoparticles and large particle
agglomerates.




“With the growth of products based on
nanomaterials, from medicines to diesel fuel catalysts, understanding
the size of these particles is increasingly important both for the
manufacturer to control product performance and stability, and to
understand the impact of these new materials on the environment,”
said Mike Gasparian, vice president and general manager of Agilent's
Materials Science Solutions Unit. “Agilent now offers customers
instruments that measure a large spectrum of particles.”




Particle Sizing Systems designs and
manufactures instruments that provide the highest accuracy particle
size measurements using industry standard laser light scattering
technology. Proprietary algorithms and patents provide superior
characterisation of the entire particle size distribution with the
ability to measure both large and small particles in the dispersion.
Industries needing such measurements include pharmaceuticals,
inks/pigments, CMP slurries, polymers, food and cosmetics.




Most of the 37 Particle Sizing Systems
employees will join Agilent.