Bruker Nano Analytics

The Bruker Nano Analytics (BNA) Division, headquartered at Bruker Nano GmbH in Berlin, Germany, develops, manufactures and markets X-ray systems and components for elemental and structural analysis on the micro- and nano-scale. BNA's product range comprises: Analytical tools for electron microscopes, such as energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometers (EDS), wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectrometers (WDS), electron backscatter diffraction systems (EBSD) and micro-spot X-ray sources for micro-XRF on SEM, Mobile and bench-top micro X-ray fluorescence (micro-XRF) spectrometers, Total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) spectrometers, Handheld X-ray fluorescence (HH-XRF) spectrometers Handheld laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (HH-LIBS) analyzers. The company was founded in 1991 as ROENTEC GmbH and started with the production of EDS. In 2005 it was purchased by Bruker Inc. and is now part of its materials analysis business group. Meanwhile Bruker Nano Analytics employs more than 250 persons worldwide. Further sides are in Milan, Italy and Penang, Malaysia.