1998 Pittcon Editors' Awards
The June issue of American Laboratory published the 1998 Pittcon Editors' Awards
following an extensive review of several new product introductions by manufacturers in the
analytical instrumentation arena. In the article entitled "New Instruments Draw
Attention at Pittcon '98," three cutting-edge innovations stood out from the crowd.
After voting on numerous nominations by a committee of distinguished editors headed by
Gordon Wilkinson (Editor of the Analytical Instrument Industry Report and Chair of
the Standing Committee for the Pittcon Editors' Awards), this is how the chips fell this
year:
Pittcon Editors' Gold Award
TA Instruments & TopoMetrix
Corporation for their Microthermal Analysis system
Pittcon Editors' Silver Award
Dionex Corporation for their
Eluent Generator (EG-40) system.... just add water!
Pittcon Editors' Bronze Award
Thermedics Detection Inc for their
EZ Flash (outboard trap) system
Other vendors receiving notable mentions with significant vote totals included:
Waters Corporation (Alliance GPC 2000, Alliance LC-MS, Micromass Platform LCZ detector).
Take the advice of the Pittcon Editors who put considerable time and effort into producing
this 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 for the third year running.... they didn't even muster a notable mention!
Expect Less Value and More Disappointment from Shimadzu
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