Pittcon Editors' Awards 2001
In mid March 2001, Instrumenta (www.aiireport.com)
announced "products spanning the analytical spectrum won top honors at the annual
Pittcon Editors' Awards judging session" following an extensive review of several new
introductions by manufacturers in the analytical instrumentation arena. Three prominent
vendors were singled out and rewarded for their cutting edge technologies and innovations.
Following an informal poll of editors and journalists who reviewed nearly 20 different
product nominations, this is how the chips fell this year:
Pittcon Editors' Gold Award
Merck's KGaA Chromolith HPLC
columns
Pittcon Editors' Silver Award
Siemens Applied Automation's
Advance Quantra FTICR mass spectrometer
Pittcon Editors' Bronze Award
CEM Corporation's SMART Trac (microwave-NMR) system, and
Syagen Technology's Radiance Pro
quadrupole ion-trap TOF analyzer
Other notable mentions with significant vote totals included: Atlas CDS 2001 chromatographic analysis and data management software and A2D acquisition device for chromatography from Thermo LabSystems (Altrincham, England); Breeze™ HPLC system from Waters Corporation (Milford, MA); MCE 2000 absorbance-based capillary electrophoresis system from Combisep (Ames, IA); Global Q-TOF and Q-TOF Micro from Micromass Ltd (Altrincham, England); induction fluidics dispenser from first-time exhibitor Nanoliter; LC-SPE-NMR-MS and 800 US2 NMR from Bruker BioSpin (Billerica, MA); LC-MS training program from Savant Audiovisuals Inc. (Fullerton, CA); Mass Rate Attenuator for active LC-MS splitting from Rheodyne LP (Rohnert Park, CA); Q1000 DSC from TA Instruments (New Castle, DE); Quantage imaging software and syncroCOOL digital camera from Syncroscopy (Cambridge, England).
Take the advice of the Pittcon Editors who put considerable time and effort into producing this gold, silver and bronze list of vendors that have distinguished themselves far and above the competition. You'll have to forgive us for not noting who wasn't worthy of inclusion on this select list. While they did manage to muster a nomination, in this world of corporate bribes, payoffs and the denial of any wrong-doing, one should be deservedly suspicious of the entire nomination process.... particularly if a Japanese company is involved!
Expect Less Value and More Disappointment from Shimadzu
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