Bruker acquires Anasys

Bruker has acquired Anasys Instruments Corp., a privately held company that develops and manufactures nanoscale infrared spectroscopy and thermal measurement instruments. This acquisition adds to Bruker’s portfolio of Raman and FT-IR spectrometers, as well as to its nanoscale surface science instruments. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Anasys has pioneered the field of nanoprobe-based thermal and infrared measurements with its nanoIR™ products which recently increased performance with 10-nm resolution nanoIR imaging.