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15.09.02

The NEW D8 DISCOVER - New Frontiers in the Nano-World
The NEW D8 DISCOVER – more functionality, easier to use, higher safety … than ever before.

The NEW D8 DISCOVER is redesigned with improvements to not only the measurement software, but to more than 100 individual mechanical parts. This redesign increases the functionality of the system while making operation easier for the user. In addition, an extended level of operation safety is implemented.

The NEW D8 DISCOVER features:
the new Centric Eulerian cradle
the new Pathfinder module
the new LEPTOS thin film evaluation software
the new MULTEX Area software and
the new add-on robotic wafer handler

01.10.02

SPECTRO and Rigaku, the leading Japanese manufacturer of Wavelength Dispersive XRF spectrometers, began their strategic alliance in November of 1998. Since the original agreement for the distribution of the SPECTRO ICP spectrometers, the agreement has since been extended to include SPECTRO's line of Polarized Energy Dispersive XRF spectrometers.

10.10.02

Rainer Schramm left Spectro some 4 or 5 month ago. His successor is Mr. Melcom Haig
He is now the Product Manager for Europe.

15.10.02

SPECTRO Italy appoints new sales Agencies to expand its customer sales and support coverage in the Italian territory
ASSING S.p.A. of Monterotondo (RM) has been appointed the exclusive agency for SPECTRO XRF products in most of the Italian territory. ASSING is an established distributor of electron microscopy and X-ray instrumentation serving the Italian industrial and academic markets since 1971. Headquartered in Monterotondo, near Rome, and with offices in Milan and Catania it counts with an experienced and knowledgeable staff ready to address the opportunities and potential of SPECTRO XRF product lines (X-lab, X-test and Xepos) and to provide a high level of customer attention.

01.11.02

New relation between Omega systems and an ex Spectro worker:
Dr. Schramm worked for Spectro until June 2002. He started in Spectro about 8 years ago. He has a chemical background and was responsible for the development of the Xepos. His job in Spectro was the sales manager for the EDX systems in Europe. In June this year he started his own business selling sample cups and parts for sample preparation. He is now the European sales representative for a American sample preparation company (I think it is Spex). He is located in Kleve in the same building of the company HD Electronic. The owner of HD Electronic is Mr. Dzierzawa, some of you already know him. I heard from Mr. Dzierzawa and Dr. Schramm that they met Wil de Jongh jr. and that there will be a cooperation between their companies and Dr. Schramm will sell, install and train UniQuant. They are also working on a sample preparation method of glass beads for Ferro alloys. This will be finished beginning of 2003 and will be offered to UniQuant users.

10.11.02

THIRD QUARTER 2002
Net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2002 increased 27% to $26.9 million, compared to $21.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2001. The net sales increase was driven by continued strong demand for our systems, particularly in the materials research segment. Excluding favorable currency effects, third quarter 2002 net sales increased 19% year-over-year.
In the third quarter of 2002, Bruker AXS took a previously announced restructuring charge of $1.8 million before taxes, primarily for its workforce and cost reduction program. Net income for the third quarter 2002, excluding the after-tax effects of the restructuring charge, was $0.3 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $(0.3) million, or $(0.01) per diluted share, for the third quarter 2001. On a GAAP basis, the net loss for the third quarter 2002 was $(0.8) million or $(0.01) per diluted share.
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $49.1 million as of September 30, 2002.
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
Net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 increased 24% to $74.7 million, compared to $60.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2001. Excluding favorable currency effects, year-to-date net sales increased 21% compared to the prior year.

15.11.02

The Italian subsidiary of Spectro Analytical Instruments GmbH&Co has appointed six new local sales agencies. Among the appointments, Assing SpA (Monerotondo), an established distributor of electron microscopy and X-ray instrumentation, is now the exclusive agent for Spectro’s XRF products across most of Italy. Spectro Italia’s general manager, Stefano Pintossi, said that the changes brought the company "closer to our existing customer base of more than 850 installed units in Italy" and effectively doubled the commercial and technical capabilities of Spectro in the region.

15.11.02

The Bruker quarterly report published under news (11/14/02) on the Bruker AXS stock report page of the Nasdaq site makes interesting reading including:
S4 Pioneer sales in the third quarter were $1.6M ie around 12-13 units.
They made a loss.
Headcount is reduced by 5%
UK manufacturing (S2) will move to Germany.

10.01.03

Spectro has reduced the staff from 550 to 420 people
The organization is quite similar to ours: regional offices for Asia (Hong-Kong and Beijing), NAFTA (Fitchburgh, MA), Europe (Kleve), DACH & Benelux (Kleve) and Rest Of the World (Kleve). In the regional centers specialists are located to assists the sales-force, a similar set-up for after-sales is not in place yet.

15.01.03

Spectro has developed an energy-dispersive XRF system designed to meet soon-to-be-introduced EU directives for determining heavy metal content for " end of life vehicles (ELV)" and "waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). According to Spectro, its XEPOS instrument has "proven to be the ideal instrument for determining cadmium, lead, mercury and chromium at the limits set for ELV and the still-to-be-set limits for WEEE. Proprietary polarisation technology provides a detection limit of 8ppm, an "improvement by a factor of four-to-seven versus conventional ED-XRF"

   
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