Press releases
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01/10/11
Shimadzu UK's office in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire is more than just a company headquarters, the facility has been developed as a major ‘Centre of Excellence’ for analytical and environmental instrumentation. The new Centre is specifically geared to help UK customers evaluate technical solutions tailored to their specific requirements.
01/10/11
Shimadzu UK is delivering a winning combination of reference grade performance and research grade footprint with the launch of the company’s new series of ultra-high performance scanning spectrophotometers. The new instruments offer high-precision spectral analysis of a wide range of samples including organic and inorganic compounds, biological samples, optical materials and photovoltaic devices.
01/10/11
Ultra-fast triple quadrupole measurement times are now a reality with the release in the UK of Shimadzu UK’s LCMS-8030 Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer. Combining an unmatched scanning speed with the power of triple quadrupole mass spectrometry provides a major boost to lab productivity and gives researchers the opportunity to get more information for less effort.
01/10/11
Shimadzu UK is introducing its next-generation Nexera UHPLC system which is a flexible modular chromatography solution packed full of ultra-high performance benefits including open access, the lowest carryover, highest pressure rating, shortest autosampler cycle time and the highest injection volume precision.
01/09/11
The next-generation single channel capillary FID gas chromatograph being introduced to the UK market by Shimadzu UK is capable of achieving high performance analysis results while making energy savings of approximately 30 percent compared to previous Shimadzu instruments. The energy-saving GC-2025 completes analyses in 25 percent the time of conventional capillary GCs. Shimadzu has designed the compact, eco-friendly GC-2025 from scratch with energy efficiency in mind. The new small footprint gas chromatograph features a more compact column oven. Improved thermal insulation materials inside the oven minimize the heat capacity and heat loss to reduce electricity costs and offer environmentally friendly benefits.
01/09/11
To support Shimadzu UK Limited’s continuing UK investment programme the Milton Keynes based instrumentation manufacturer has appointed Dr Robert Keighley as the company’s new Spectroscopy and TOC Business Manager. Shimadzu UK has invested heavily in recruiting sales personnel and has expanded the company’s sales team to 11 while adding business development managers for the company’s GC, (+GC-MS) LC (+LC-MS) and Spectroscopy product groups.
01/07/11
Shimadzu UK's next-generation Nexera UHPLC system offers a number of ultra-high performance benefits including the lowest carryover, highest pressure rating, shortest autosampler cycle time and the highest injection volume precision, all with the flexibility of Open Access. The combined benefits lower the system’s Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while delivering the highest level of productivity gains required by the most demanding application markets such as the pharmaceutical and food industries. The system is capable of running at high throughput with a 2300-plus sample capacity.
01/07/11
This summer Shimadzu UK is offering up to 25 percent savings on a complete GCMS system that is ready to produce high quality analytical results for a diverse range of laboratory applications, which cover R&D, academia, hospitals and general chemical manufacturing.
01/07/11
Shimadzu UK has unveiled a new 1500m² world-class, ‘state of the art’ product evaluation laboratory facility at the leading analytical and environmental instrument manufacturer’s central UK headquarters in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
26/08/10
Shimadzu Corporation, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of analytical instrumentation, has released a new gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GC-MS) that offers the highest performance in its class.
26/04/10
Shimadzu introduces the Nexera ultra high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) system, which delivers high-speed and high-resolution analysis without sacrificing basic performance parameters such as excellent precision, near-zero carryover, good linearity, stability and ruggedness.
28/09/09
As financial supporters, Shimadzu UK Ltd has pledged £50,000, over 5 years, plus an annual student prize of £500 per year to Bristol ChemLabs.
24/08/09
Shimadzu Corporation’s BioSpec-nano is a dedicated spectrophotometer for the quantitation of nucleic acids.
27/07/09
Shimadzu introduces a gel permeation chromatography (GPC) mass spectrometer for quick analysis of ultra-trace substances such as impurities and additives in plastics and synthetic polymers.
29/06/09
Shimadzu Corporation has designed the compact HyperVision HPV-2 to meet the demand for high-speed video cameras that are functionally advanced and easy to use.
01/04/09
Shimadzu Introduces New Multi-Dimensional Gas Chromatography System for Structure and Quality Control Analysis
01/03/09
Shimadzu Introduces Smaller, Fastest and Most Sensitive LCMS System
10/11/08
Shimadzu UK Limited has recently undergone an expansion and renovation of its Milton Keynes facilities.
10/11/08
Shimadzu UK Limited has launched a new ‘GC Consumables’ brochure showing it’s range of convenient, optimised and competitively priced consumables for its GC and GCMS instruments.
01/12/08
2008 - Seegene, Inc. and Shimadzu Corporation today announced a strategic partnership to combine Seegene's Seeplex(R) multi-pathogen tests with Shimadzu's MultiNA(1) analytical platform. Under terms of the deal, Shimadzu and Seegene will collaborate on integrating the Seeplex polymerase chain reaction-based tests with Shimadzu's MultiNA high-speed electrophoresis system to provide a highly sensitive, high-throughput multi-pathogen detection and analysis solution.
01/06/08
Shimadzu introduces the Prominence nano, a high-performance liquid chromatograph that supports high-precision gradient analysis by providing advanced flow-rate precision in the nano flow-rate range.
02/06/08
Shimadzu has designed the IRAffinity-1 Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer with high-throughput optics and a dynamic alignment mechanism to increase sensitivity, stability and usability. The IRAffinity-1 is ideal for high-precision infrared analysis to confirm, identify and detect foreign matter in raw materials, medical products, packages and coatings.
01/05/08
Shimadzu has updated its line of AXIMA MALDI TOF mass spectrometers (MS) with three new systems to meet the needs of researchers with varying applications and budgets.
01/01/08
Shimadzu introduces its latest UV-VIS spectrophotometer, the UV-1800. While still maintaining the highest level of wavelength resolution in its class* (1 nm), the UV-1800 functions as a standalone instrument or can be PC-controlled with USB memory.
* As of March 2007, according to Shimadzu research.
03/03/08
Adding to its Prominence line of HPLC chromatography products, Shimadzu has introduced the Prominence UFLCXR, an ultra fast liquid chromatograph (UFLC) with extra resolution.
01/11/07
Shimadzu Corporation (Kyoto, Japan) announced today that they have released the interface software to Waters® EmpowerTM Chromatography data processing software for controlling Shimadzu’s Prominence® HPLC series. The development was carried out based on the agreement with Waters Corporation (Milford, MA) originally announced at PittCon 2007.
02/10/07
In January 2005, The School of Chemistry at Bristol University was awarded £4.5m by HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) to create Bristol ChemLabS (Bristol Chemical Laboratory Sciences): a Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning.
As financial supporters, Shimadzu UK Ltd has pledged £50,000, over 5 years, plus an annual student prize of £500 per year to Bristol ChemLabS.
02/10/07
Shimadzu has launched a new range of convenient and competitively priced consumables for its GC and GCMS instruments. The range includes a line of capillary columns offering low bleed, high maximum temperatures and robust phase chemistries.
