Bruker Announces Majority Investment in MIRO Analytical AG, an Innovator in Compact, Highest-Precision QCL-Based Multi-Gas Analyzers (MGA)
October 04 2023 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
MIRO MGA systems enable fast, simultaneous
trace gas analysis for Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) and pollutants for
atmospheric and climate research, and industrial gas
monitoring
Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced a majority
investment in MIRO Analytical AG, an innovative provider of fast,
compact Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL)-based multi-gas analyzers for
simultaneous, highest-precision monitoring of up to 10 trace gases.
Based near Zürich, the Swiss start-up company MIRO serves
atmospheric research and industrial customers, enabling fast,
mobile, highest-precision air pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG)
analysis to advance climate science, air pollution and industrial
process monitoring.
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Compact MGA10 instruments offer fast,
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MIRO Analytical complements the Bruker Optics gas-analysis
spectroscopy portfolio with fast, compact, highest-precision QCL
multi-trace gas analyzers. MIRO anticipates 2023 revenue of ~$2.5
million and expects to grow rapidly in high-precision, simultaneous
trace gas analysis markets with a TAM of greater than $100 million
annually. Financial details of the transaction were not
disclosed.
MIRO’s portfolio consists of compact QCL-based trace gas
analyzers with highest precision for fast measurements of up to 10
trace gases simultaneously, and sensitivity at the ppt level. MIRO
MGAs have applications in mobile monitoring of greenhouse gas and
pollution sources to stationary air-quality monitoring. MIRO’s
customers include leading climate scientists from research
institutes such as German Space Agency, Research Center Jülich and
French INRAE, with MGAs deployed in mobile labs in aircrafts or
vehicles, in remote research stations and for laboratory
experiments. MIRO’s products complement Bruker OMEGA and Matrix MG
spectroscopic gas analyzers, with MIRO’s automated, compact,
high-precision MGAs for real-time trace gas monitoring.
Dr. Morten Hundt, CEO of MIRO Analytical AG, commented: “We are
delighted to become part of the Bruker family. MIRO and Bruker
together are a perfect fit – we share the vision as a high-quality
solutions provider in trace gas analysis. Together, we will deliver
significant benefits and application insights to our customers in
the environmental, climate research and industrial markets.”
Dr. Andreas Kamlowski, President of the Bruker Optics division,
stated: “The majority investment in MIRO is an exciting next step
for our gas-analysis business, adding state-of-the-art QCL
technology into our portfolio. We welcome the MIRO team with
outstanding expertise, and we are eager to advance climate research
and environmental pollution analysis, as well as industrial
trace-gas monitoring solutions, with fast, compact and
highest-precision QCL MGAs.”
About MIRO Analytical AG Empowering the world to
combat climate change and air pollution. MIRO Analytical AG is
a young high-tech company from Switzerland. We provide authorities,
scientists and companies with powerful tools to monitor and report
on air pollution and greenhouse gases. We use direct laser
absorption spectroscopy with multiple Quantum Cascade Lasers
(QCLs). Our technology simplifies fast, highest-precision
measurements of up to 10 trace gases simultaneously. For more
information, please visit: www.MIRO-Analytical.com
About Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) Bruker is
enabling scientists to make breakthrough discoveries and develop
new applications that improve the quality of human life. Bruker’s
high performance scientific instruments and high value analytical
and diagnostic solutions enable scientists to explore life and
materials at molecular, cellular and microscopic levels. In close
cooperation with our customers, Bruker is enabling innovation,
improved productivity and customer success in life science
molecular and cell biology research, in applied and pharma
applications, in microscopy and nanoanalysis, as well as in
industrial applications. Bruker offers differentiated, high-value
life science and diagnostics systems and solutions in preclinical
imaging, clinical phenomics research, proteomics and multiomics,
spatial and single-cell biology, functional structural and
condensate biology, as well as in clinical microbiology and
molecular diagnostics. For more information, please visit:
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Investor: Justin Ward Sr. Director, Investor Relations
& Corporate Development Bruker Corporation T: +1 (978) 313-5800
E: Investor.Relations@bruker.com
Media: Michael Mueller Marketing Manager Bruker Optics
GmbH & Co. KG T: +49 7243 504 2652 E:
Michael.Mueller@bruker.com
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