Platinum Sponsors

With decades worth of combined expertise and a lineage tracing back to the very first commercially produced laser ablation systems, ESL has been at the forefront of laser ablation sampling for atomic spectroscopy since the very beginning. ESL laser ablation products are designed and developed with an emphasis on superior performance and benchmark analytical results, application flexibility, operating convenience and reliability.

Ligero Technical Services, LLC has over 25 years experience in the scientific, educational and manufacturing industries. Located in Austin, Texas, Ligero is the exclusive distribution partner for Elemental Scientific Lasers, LLC laser ablation systems in North America. Please visit our product pages for more information.

Gold Sponsors

Nu is a market leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance mass spectrometers. Our highly specialized instrumentation includes; Multi-Collector ICP-MS (MC-ICP-MS), Time-of-Flight ICP-MS (TOF-ICP-MS), High Resolution ICP-MS (HR-ICP-MS), Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry (GD-MS), Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS), Gas Analysis Mass Spectrometry, Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (TIMS).

Exum pioneers instruments and software ecosystems for fast and cost-effective materials characterization. The Massbox is the first instrument to deliver Exum's patented Laser Ablation Laser Ionization (LALI) technique with Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (TOF-MS). LALI-TOF-MS accelerates development and discovery in research and product development across a diverse range of material types. 

Agilent Technologies leads the industry with robust, reliable instruments that provide the ability to analyze, confirm and quantify substances of interest. Our workflow solutions enable you to maintain stringent practices from sample preparation, through analysis, to final report. When combined with our informatics architecture, large quantities of data can be managed while preserving the integrity and security of the results. Agilent offers a complete line of GC, LC, MS and Spectroscopy instruments and technologies, as well as the related consumables, support and services.  For more information visit our website – www.agilent.com.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We proudly offer the world’s largest geosciences research portfolio — ready and waiting for your next discovery, because exciting things happen when geoscientists start exploring. Whether that research takes you deeper into the earth, the fossils, the sea or the sky, our comprehensive portfolio of geoscience solutions can power your next breakthrough and enable your next moment of scientific excellence.

Bronze Sponsors

PerkinElmer is a trusted global leader in scientific solutions with an 80+ year history of bringing thought leadership, innovation and technology to our customers, enabling and accelerating scientific outcomes. Manufacturing the latest in analytical tools combined with our expansive OneSource service offerings, we provide our customers the insights needed to reshape the world for the better. Utilizing our deep scientific knowledge and experience, we strive to provide the products, services, and expertise that matter most to your laboratory.

Teledyne Photon Machines produce a range of high quality laser ablation systems and powerful data reduction software.  We offer a full suite of laser products ranging from Fusions CO2 & Diode systems, the industry leading Iridia excimer platform and femtosecond systems.

Applied Spectra, Inc. provides laser ablation (LA) and laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) instruments that can meet and exceed your elemental and isotopic analysis needs. Our instruments can tackle the most challenging research project, be used for routine analysis, and come with a state-of-the-art software package and support from our world-class team of scientists.

SciAps, Inc., is a Boston-based instrumentation company specializing in handheld portable analytical instruments to measure any element, any place on the planet. Their industry-leading X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and laser-based (LIBS) analyzers are at work across every major industry. These breakthrough instruments have been expanding applications for portable, in-field measurements of elements, minerals, and compounds in corporate, research, and government laboratories around the world. Many academic labs, field research teams, and classroom professors use SciAps X-Series and Z-Series analyzers as teaching tools. Profile Builder software offers full calibration and method development.