MICROTRAC is your preferred partner for the comprehensive characterization of particulate systems. We provide our customers with advanced technologies to obtain consistently reliable results. Innovation and quality are at the core of everything we do.
MicrotracBEL is a leading company that develops, manufactures and sells various gas and vapor adsorption amounts, BET surface area and pore size distribution measuring instruments for porous and non-porous materials using gas adsorption technology. The company also handles Microtrac particle size distribution measuring equipment by laser diffraction and scattering and DLS as the core technology.
The company's products are widely used in the research and quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) fields of various kinds of functional powder materials that are in active development all over the world.
The MicrotracBEL headquarters are located in Osaka, Japan.
2018
Launching automatic specific surface area / pore size distribution measurement instrument BELSORP-MINI X.
2013
Introducing the multi-sample BET surface area measurement system BELSORP MR6.
2006
Market launch of the catalysis analyzer BELCAT-A.
2002
Premiere of the breakthrough curve measurement system by adsorption column, BELSORP-Dyna.
1991
The high precision surface area and pore size analyzer, BELSORP-28SA, hits the market.
1988
MicrotracBEL is founded as BEL JAPAN, Inc. and begins to sell the first range of products.
1987
Rollout of the high-precision gas adsorption instrument BELSORP-28.
1985
Professor Hiromitsu Naono and his graduate student, Kazuyuki Nakai (present CEO of MicrotracBEL) start to develop the first "automatic gas adsorption isotherm measurement instrument".
Microtrac is a pioneer and leading manufacturer of light scattering instruments for particle analysis. While Microtrac existed first as a business segment within a larger organization, the company Microtrac Inc. was ultimately founded in 1999 and has since been growing steadily. The instruments are used both for industrial applications and material research.
Microtrac Headquarters are based in the USA where Microtrac develops and manufactures all products in Montgomeryville and York, Pennsylvania.
2018
Launch of Microtrac Sync: Synchronizing size and shape measurement in one instrument.
2012
The Nanotrac Wave is introduced to provide particle size, zeta potential, and molecular weight analysis in one instrument.
2007
Debut of the Bluewave diffraction instrument that uses blue lasers (not simply blue light sources) to produce the highest resolution and sensitivity available in diffraction instruments.
1987
Microtracs first solid-state detector instrument, the model 7997, makes its debut.
1974
First commercial laser diffraction analyzer hits the market, Microtrac Model 7991.
1972
Foundation of Microtrac
Microtrac Retsch is a leading provider of image analysis equipment and has been successfully developing optical particle analyzers for more than 20 years. Their innovative CAMSIZER series is based on the unique dual camera technology which has revolutionized dynamic image analysis. The analyzers are employed in various industries for production and quality control as well as in R&D.
Microtrac Retsch is located at the VERDER SCIENTIFIC Headquarters in Haan/Duesseldorf, Germany.
2020
Parallel to the merger as Microtrac, Retsch Technology GmbH is renamed Microtrac Retsch GmbH.
2019
Retsch Technology launches the CAMSIZER M1, enhancing the product portfolio with a static image analyzer.
2014 - 2017
Continuous technical improvement of the Camsizer portfolio with innovative features; launch of models P4 and X2.
2011
Introduction of CAMSIZER XT with optional modules for wet and dry measurement.
2006
Improvement of CAMSIZER® with AutoHeight, LED technology, Software, improved resolution, sharpness and contrast.
2002-2003
New shape features introduced for CAMSIZER® and step into online installation; launch of the AutoSampler System.
2000
Transfer of Retsch Technology into an independent company, after operating under the roof of Retsch, dedicated to the innovative CAMSIZER® particle sizer with unique, patented 2 camera system.
Microtrac Formulaction develops and manufactures colloidal stability and dispersibility analyzers, the TURBISCAN range. Since 2024, Microtrac Formulaction has become the French branch of MICROTRAC and sells the complete MICROTRAC portfolio on the French market. The team provides Applications and Service support to MICROTRAC’s French customers.
The headquarters of Microtrac Formulaction are located in Toulouse, France.
2023
Launch of the Shelf-Life Simulator, the first online tool to simulate a formulation's shelf-life based on its physical parameters. Formulaction is acquired by Verder Scientific to join Microtrac, becoming Microtrac Formulaction SAS. Stability & dispersibility expertise is added to Microtrac's extensive portfolio for particulate systems characterization.
2022
Launch of TURBISCAN DNS, the unique platform for dispersibility and stability measurement that measures the dispersion / reconstitution capacities of a multitude of formulations. Launch of the TURBISCAN TRILAB, a 3-sample stability analyzer, to meet customers’ needs for medium-sized analytical instruments.
2019
Launch of TURBISCAN TOWER V2, an updated version of the TOWER, and new flagship of the TURBISCAN range.
2013
Launch of the TURBISCAN Stability Index, a unique and specific parameter allowing formulators to directly determine and compare the stability of their formulations. Launch of the TURBISCAN TOWER V1, a 6-sample stability analyzer.
2003
Launch of the TURBISCAN AGS, a high-throughput instrument (54 samples capacity and a fully automatic robotic arm).
2001
Launch of the TURBISCAN LAB, the first patented physical stability analyzer for liquid dispersions in their native state, based on Static Multiple Light Scattering (SMLS).
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