Intevac has completed acquisition of the assets and certain liabilities of DeltaNu, a Laramie, Wyoming company specialising in small footprint and handheld Raman spectroscopy instruments
Intevac Imaging vice-president and general manager Joe Pietras stated: "DeltaNu has pioneered the development of miniaturised, high-performance Raman spectrometers.
"Its unique platform provides a family of portable and easy-to-use instruments for chemical identification in various laboratory and field applications, such as medical diagnostics, scientific research, forensics and industrial materials control.
"We eagerly look forward to new product opportunities that can be created by combining DeltaNu's miniature Raman spectrometer designs with Intevac's capabilities in near-infrared sensors, which will enable a new class of portable instruments with greatly enhanced chemical detection capabilities".
DeltaNu founder and Intevac's Raman spectroscopy general manager Keith Carron stated: "I am excited that DeltaNu will be a part of Intevac's growing imaging business.
Intevac's capabilities in sensor technology provide a powerful, enabling addition to DeltaNu's experience in Raman spectroscopy instruments and applications, which will allow rapid growth of the DeltaNu business".
DeltaNu will be operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Intevac, based in Laramie, Wyoming, USA.
DeltaNu manufactures complete and ready-to-use, low-cost, high-performance Raman spectrometers for education, research and industry.
Its product line includes Raman microscopes, bench-top Raman spectrometers and handheld Raman spectrometers for field use.
Raman spectrometers are used to identify materials by illuminating the material to be identified with a laser and measuring the characteristic bands of light emitted from the material.
The process is quick and nondestructive.
Intevac is a supplier of magnetic media sputtering equipment for the hard disk drive industry and a developer and provider of leading-edge extreme low-light imaging sensors, cameras and systems.
