Spectro Establishes Japanese Office and Demonstration Facility

Spectro Analytical Instruments (Germany) has opened an instrument demonstration and application laboratory along with a direct sales, service and marketing office in Tokyo near Shinagawa station to better
serve its growing Japanese customer base.
“We are very pleased with our new Tokyo office and demonstration facility. It represents a further expansion of our presence in Japan and reflects the growing importance of our customer base here,” notes
Manfred Bergsch, Spectro Business Unit Manager.
Spectro has offered arc/spark, ICP optical emission and X-ray fluorescence spectrometers in Japan since the 1980s with more than 700 systems installed countrywide.
“We are now able to provide our customers with a wider range of products and services, including product demonstrations, customer training seminars, applications workshops and factory direct service and
support, “ adds Mr. Andreas Eerden, General Manager of Spectro Japan.
Spectro operates the facility jointly with EDAX. Both Spectro, based in Germany, and EDAX, based in the United States, are units of Ametek Materials Analysis Division, which is a global leader in applying
analytical instrumentation to satisfy the materials analysis needs of its customers.
Among the products and technologies available include arc/spark and ICP optical emission spectrometers, energy dispersive and EBSD microanalysis systems, and X-ray fluorescence spectrometers for the fast accurate analysis of solids, liquids, and powders. Spectro and EDAX provide its instruments for applications in the metals, environmental, R&D, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and electronics manufacture.