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Millbrook Scientific InstrumentsPLC
10 February 2005
Press Release 10 February 2005
Millbrook Scientific Instruments PLC
("Millbrook" or "the Group")
New orders in USA, Japan and China
Millbrook Scientific Instruments plc (AIM:MBK), the designer and manufacturer of
innovative scientific instruments used for nanoscale investigations of surfaces,
coatings and thin films, today announces three new orders worth #235,000 in
total received from universities in the USA and China and from a large
industrial business in Japan.
The Advanced Analysis Facility (AAF) of the University of Wisconsin at
Milwaukee, USA has ordered a Millbrook MiniSIMS which was delivered earlier this
week. AAF is acquiring sophisticated scientific equipment that can be used in
partnership work with private industry and government agencies. The MiniSIMS
will provide a further significant research tool to the AAF collection of
analytical techniques for applications in many disciplines including chemistry,
physics, engineering, materials, biology and geosciences.
Millbrook has also delivered a further MiniSIMS to a Japanese technology
research centre of a large company manufacturing a wide range of polymeric
materials to be used in electronics, automotive, textiles and medical
applications. The MiniSIMS has been bought as a replacement for older
equipment, and will provide the laboratory with an effective analytical
capability whilst being simpler to use and easier to maintain.
Aquila, an operating company of Millbrook has also delivered its nkd 7000
scanning spectrophotometer to the University of Nanchang in Jiangxi Province,
China. This will be used for fundamental research into new types of thin film
materials and flat screen display technology. This adds to the university's
scientific instruments, having previously purchased a MiniSIMS in 2004.
Peter Stefanini, Executive Chairman of Millbrook, said: "These orders
demonstrate Millbrook's continuing good progress in the Far East and
strengthening performance in North America. As our instruments increase in
recognition I believe they are becoming the instruments of choice for many
applications in nanoscience."
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For further information:
Millbrook Scientific Instruments plc
Dr Peter Stefanini, Executive Chairman Tel: +44 (0) 1254 699 606
f.p.stefanini@millbrook-instruments.com www.millbrook-instruments.com
Media enquiries:
Abchurch
Henry Harrison-Topham Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7700
henry.ht@abchurch-group.com www.abchurch-group.com
Notes to editors
Millbrook Scientific Instruments plc ('Millbrook'), via its three operating
companies, is a manufacturer and designer of innovative scientific instruments
used for nano-scale investigations of surfaces, coatings and thin films. Since
joining AIM on the 15th December 2004 Millbrook continues to develop its surface
measurement offering having acquired Aquila Instruments Limited in March 2003
and Micro Materials Limited in September 2004.
Millbrook Instruments Limited (Blackburn)
The core product of Millbrook Instruments Limited is the MiniSIMS, based on a
technology known as Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry - a sensitive analysis
technique that can examine the extreme surface of complex materials in three
dimensions. This automated, self-contained, portable instrument provides a
comprehensive and low cost route to surface chemical characterisation.
Aquila Instruments Limited (Cambridge)
The acquisition of Aquila Instruments Ltd by the group in March 2003 broadened
the portfolio to include instrumentation for measurement and investigation of
thin films - in particular optical coatings. Aquila supplies spectrophotometers
known as the nkd7000 and the nkd8000, which enable measurements of thickness,
refractive index and extinction coefficient to be made simultaneously on surface
coatings.
Micro Materials Limited (Wrexham)
Micro Materials Limited has brought to Millbrook expertise in the high growth
niche sector of mechanical nanotesting. The MML NanoTest is a system which
provides a high degree of precision and reproducibility in the mechanical
testing of coatings in the micro to nano range of thicknesses, including
hardness, fracture toughness, creep, adhesive failure, surface friction, impact,
scratch and wear resistance. These criteria can be analysed under varying
temperature and humidity conditions.
Millbrook has a global client base which includes a broad span of industries,
research facilities and universities and an extensive network of international
distributors. It is based in Blackburn in the North-West of England, an area
well known for mass spectrometry and scientific equipment manufacture. Exports
account for approx 80% of sales and the international success has driven growth
in sales by almost 90% per annum over the last three years.
Millbrook and its operating companies have won a range of prestigious scientific
and commercial accolades, including: the Achievement Award of the UK Worshipful
Company of Scientific Instrument Makers; three DTI Smart Awards; a DTI Smart
Achievement Award; Millennium Product status; and numerous local business awards
in the North West.
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