PLEASANTON, CA (February 18, 2008) – Aspectrics appointed Scientific Support Services Ltd as UK distributor. With over 13 years’ experience in distribution, Scientific Support Services Ltd is a leading provider of high quality instrumentation and related support services in science laboratories in a broad range of industries. This partnership will see Scientific Support Services Ltd become the exclusive distributor of Aspectrics’ complete range of EP-NIR biodiesel process analyzers across UK and Ireland.Jim Yano, vice president of marketing and international channels, Aspectrics, Inc. comments: “This strategic agreement further extends our commitment to our customers by strengthening our UK and Irish distribution network.
As Aspectrics is growing its worldwide customer base, we are seeing the need to service customers across more geographies and Scientific Support Services Ltd gives us this UK coverage.”Hampshire-based Scientific Support Services Ltd will be responsible for the distribution of Aspectrics’ complete range of biodiesel analyzers, including the company’s Biodiesel Quality Analyzer 1000 (BQA 1000) and the Aspectrics 2750 Biodiesel Analyzer. The BQA 1000 is an at-line analyzer designed to provide fast and accurate results with an impressive rate of 100 scans/second. The analyzer has been pre-calibrated for a number of harsh biodiesel production applications to expedite set up and on-going analyses. In addition, new calibrations can be added to the analyzer to meet future testing requirements.
Scientific Support Services Ltd will also be distributing the Aspectrics 2750 Biodiesel Analyzer which is capable of performing reliable and accurate quality assurance measurements of methanol, water and total glycerin in biodiesel. It is also designed to measure water content in ethanol, biodiesel blend determination and is capable of analyzing ethanol/gasoline blends. The analyzer is a highly flexible platform able to provide pass/fail information on multiple biodiesel contaminants before samples are sent out for ASTM certification.
With a rich heritage in the distribution of scientific instrumentation, Scientific Support Services Ltd is certified to BS EN ISO 9001:2000 by BSI Management Systems for the Sale and Service of Analytical Instrumentation and the Provision of Training and Consultancy Services. It has been supplying and servicing laboratory analytical systems with advanced technologies to major corporations, hospitals and universities for research, testing and QA/QC. Under the terms of the agreement, Scientific Support Services Ltd will provide a comprehensive range of support services from fast and efficient technical support to preventative maintenance and performance verification.
The distributor can also supply complimentary product lines including, Chromatography, UV-Visible Spectroscopy and Thermal Analysis solutions.
About Aspectrics
Founded in 2000 and based in Pleasanton, California, Aspectrics Inc. provides innovative Encoded Photometric Infrared and Near Infrared Spectroscopy (EP-IR and EP-NIR) analyzers to OEMs supplying detector instrumentation to chemical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and automotive markets. Aspectrics holds nine U.S. patents and one European patent for its encoding disc technology and associated optics.