To keep pace with the rapid growth of the Chinese market for scientific instruments, WITec’s representative office in Beijing has moved to a larger space, now in the Air China Plaza Tower. Our new location features a dedicated equipment demonstration laboratory where visitors can experience our latest technologies in person, and see the advantages they... Read more
ParticleScout recognized by readers as an outstanding innovation Ulm, Germany November 24th, 2020 WITec GmbH, innovator of Raman and correlative imaging microscopes, has received a Wiley Analytical Science Award 2021 for its ParticleScout automated particle analysis tool. ParticleScout won 2nd Place in Category A: Spectroscopy and Microscopy. This award celebrates outstanding innovation in equipment used... Read more
We’ve produced aerial drone footage of our headquarters expansion that shows the current state of its construction. The work is progressing steadily and the scale of the addition that will double capacity at our core facility is clearly visible. We look forward to the new spaces for production, development, shipping, product demonstrations and many other... Read more
A paper just published in the Journal of Biophotonics describes how Raman spectoscopy can enable the detection of RNA viruses in human saliva. Dr. Amit Dutt’s group at the Tata Memorial Centre, based in Mumbai, obtained raw data with a WITec Raman microscope and carried out statistical analysis to find a set of 65 Raman... Read more
Increased capacity required to meet growing demand for Raman imaging microscopes Ulm, Germany June 10th, 2020 WITec GmbH, the technology leader in correlative Raman microscopy, is expanding its headquarters building in Ulm. The new addition will offer more space for production and quality assurance, laboratories for development and customer demonstrations or sample measurements, larger conference... Read more
WITec has created a new portal for instructional video content on our company website. It provides direct access to comprehensive tutorials and measurement demonstrations along with links to archived on-demand presentations. As many scientists have recently increased their use of web-based resources to keep current with the latest in research techniques and technology, we’ve decided... Read more
Self-aligning, self-optimizing system keeps the focus on results. Ulm, Germany April 28th, 2020 WITec GmbH, pioneer of Raman imaging and correlative microscopy, establishes the next level of automation and user-friendliness with the introduction of the new alpha300 apyron. Its AutoBeam technology unlocks the full potential of WITec’s industry-leading alpha300 series. The alpha300 apyron’s entirely new... Read more
Every year, the WITec Paper Award competition recognizes three exceptional peer-reviewed publications that feature results acquired with a WITec microscope. A record number of 113 publications was submitted this year, in a clear demonstration of the power of Raman imaging for diverse fields of application such as cancer research, electrochemistry, semiconductor research, geology and microplastics... Read more
ParticleScout, WITec’s advanced tool for microparticle analysis, has been recognized by The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards (TASIAs) as one of the most inventive scientific products of 2019. This distinction has been bestowed at a time when microparticles generally, and microplastics more specifically, are receiving widespread attention in media. The Analytical Scientist is a print and... Read more
This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.” https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/summary/ Raman microscopy is a well-established and compelling technique for the characterization of electrochemical materials. John B. Goodenough’s research group at the University of Texas in Austin relies on a WITec... Read more