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DeltaNu Moving to New 12,000 Square Foot Facility
April 4th, 2008 - Laramie, Wyoming USA
DeltaNu, the leader and innovator in Raman spectrometers, will be moving to a new building in the fall of 2008. Keith Carron, General Manager of DeltaNu, a business unit of Intevac's Imaging Division, participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new 12,000 square foot building on Thursday, March 27th, 2008. The state-of-the-art facility will feature a 7,000 square foot manufacturing and production area with loading docks, several laboratories for product demonstrations and applications research, an area for research facilities and product development, and office space. The new building is located within the Professional Airpark and Research Center adjacent to the Laramie Regional Airport and is scheduled for completion in October of 2008. According to Keith Carron, "Over the past year, DeltaNu's new and existing product bookings have dramatically increased, making it imperative that we relocate to a new and larger facility. The Laramie Professional Airpark and Research Center provides us with the expansion capabilities that our company needs to continue to grow and be the leader in the deveopment in Raman spectroscopic instruments. In addition, the location provides convient air service for our sales team and their customers. We look forward to the new and exciting milestone in the history of DeltaNu."
DeltaNu Founder Receives Entrepreneurship Award
April 13th - Laramie, Wyoming USA
DeltaNu founder, Dr. Keith Carron, was awarded with the 2007 Bravo Entrepreneur Award for the Southeast Wyoming region. The Bravo Entrepreneur Award recognizes those that demonstrate the best traits of entrepreneurship, including vision, drive, perseverance, and willingness to take risks.
Dr. Carron was recognized for his role in the growth of DeltaNu in Laramie, Wyoming. DeltaNu manufactures turnkey, low-cost, high performance Raman Spectrometers for academia and industry. Raman spectrometers are used to identify materials by irradiating the material to be identified with a laser and measuring the characteristic bands of light inelastically scattered from the material. This process is rapid and nondestructvie.
The DeltaNu product line started with a single bench-top spectrometer and has grown to include several bench-top systems, portable and hand-held models, and Raman microscopes. DeltaNu was recently acquired by Intevac, an equipment manufacturing firm in Santa Clara. Intevac is keeping DeltaNu in Laramie, WY.
The 2007 Bravo Entrepreneur Awards are sponsored by the Wyoming Business Report, the Wyoming Business Council, the Wyoming Chamber of Commerce Executives, the Wyoming Business Alliance, the Heritage Foundation and the Wyoming Economic Development Association.
Intevac, Inc. Acquires DeltaNu
February 1st - Santa Clara, California USA
Provider of High-Performance, Miniature Spectroscopy Instruments
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intevac, Inc. (Company) (Nasdaq:IVAC-News) completed acquisition of the assets and certain liabilities of DeltaNu, LLC, a Laramie, Wyoming company specializing in small footprint and handheld Raman spectroscopy instruments.
Intevac Imaging Vice-President and General Manager Joe Pietras stated, "DeltaNu has pioneered the development of miniaturized, high-performance Raman spectrometers. Their unique platform provides a family of portable and easy-to-use instruments for chemical identification in various laboratory and field applications, such as medical diagnostics, scientific research, forensics and industrial materials control.
"We eagerly look forward to new product opportunities that can be created by combining DeltaNu's miniature Raman spectrometer designs with Intevac's capabilities in near-infrared sensors, which will enable a new class of portable instruments with greatly enhanced chemical detection capabilities."
DeltaNu founder and Intevac's Raman Spectroscopy General Manager Dr. Keith Carron stated, "I am excited that DeltaNu will be a part of Intevac's growing imaging business. Intevac's capabilities in sensor technology provide a powerful, enabling addition to DeltaNu's experience in Raman spectroscopy instruments and applications, which will allow rapid growth of the DeltaNu business."
DeltaNu will be operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Intevac, Inc., based in Laramie, Wyoming.
About DeltaNu
DeltaNu manufactures complete and ready-to-use, low-cost, high-performance Raman spectrometers for education, research and industry. Its product line includes Raman microscopes, bench-top Raman spectrometers and handheld Raman spectrometers for field use. Raman spectrometers are used to identify materials by illuminating the material to be identified with a laser and measuring the characteristic bands of light emitted from the material. The process is quick and nondestructive. For more information visit DeltaNu's website at www.DeltaNu.com
About Intevac
Intevac is the world's leading supplier of magnetic media sputtering equipment for the hard disk drive industry and a developer and provider of leading-edge extreme low-light imaging sensors, cameras and systems. For more information call 408-986-9888, or visit the Company's website at www.intevac.com
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release includes statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Reform Act"). Intevac claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Reform Act. These forward-looking statements are often characterized by the terms "may," "believes," "projects," "expects" or "anticipates," and do not reflect historical facts. Specific forward-looking statements contained in this press release include, but are not limited to, expected development of enhanced-performance Raman spectrometers and expected growth in DeltaNu's business. The forward-looking statements contained herein involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations. These risks include, but are not limited to: failure to develop new products or increase revenues, each of which could have a material impact on our business, our financial results and the Company's stock price. These risks and other factors are detailed in the Company's regular filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contact: Intevac, Inc. Charles Eddy, Chief Financial Officer, 408-986-9888 or Silverman Heller Associates Phil Bourdillon/Gene Heller, 310-208-2550 Source: Intevac, Inc.
Crescent Diagnostics and DeltaNu Ink IP Agreement
July 18th - Limerick, Ireland and Laramie, Wyoming USA
Crescent Diagnostics Ltd. has signed an intellectual property option agreement with DeltaNu LLC. This agreement gives Crescent an exclusive option to develop and market products from intellectual property that was invented at the University of Limerick and the University of Wyoming and is jointly held by Crescent and DeltaNu. The intellectual property describes a novel way to use Raman spectroscopy to diagnose bone health conditions like osteoporosis. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
"We are very happy to conclude an agreement like this - it formalizes a great working relationship we've had with DeltaNu for the past two years," says Ernest Poku, CEO of Crescent Diagnostics.
"The applications for Raman spectroscopy are growing," says Dr. Keith Carron, CEO of DeltaNu, "and DeltaNu is fortunate to partner with a leader like Crescent as it brings this important technology to the market."
About Crescent Diagnostics Ltd:
Crescent Diagnostics Ltd was established in 2004 to develop and commercialize a bone quality test based on Raman technology. Crescent Diagnostics conducts research at its offices in Limerick, Ireland and maintains a corporate office in London, UK. The company is runby an experience medical diagnostics management team. For more information about Crescent Diagnostics, please visit the website at www.crescentds.com.
About DeltaNu LLC:
As the pioneer and global leader in small footprint and handheld Raman spectrometers. DeltaNu has an insight for developing unique, low cost and high performance spectrometers for academics, industry, and OEM applications.
The mission of the company is to expand and offer affordable raman spectrometers to various markets. Founded in 1997, and launced out of the University of Wyoming, DeltaNu has been awarded over 4.5 million in research contracts. For more information about DeltaNu, please visit the website at www.deltanu.com.
DeltaNu Wins Second R & D 100 Award in Two Years
July 3rd - Laramie, Wyoming
DeltaNu, a manufacturer of spectrometers for a wide range of applications, wins their second R & D 100 Award in as many years with their RockHoundTM model spectrometer. The RockHound is a handheld Raman spectrometer made by DeltaNu especially for earth science applications and was named an R & D 100 Award winner for 2006 by R&D Magazine. The R&D 100 Award is a mark of excellence that is known to industry, government, and academia and is given to companies that produce the most technologically significant products in the scientific market over the past year, as judged by experts selected by R&D Magazine.
DeltaNu's CEO, Keith Carron, states that, "Our development team has once again provided the market place with a unique product." The RockHound is the first Raman spectrometer ever designed for use in the field and laboratory to identify unknown rocks, minerals, and gems and to study geological processes. Raman spectroscopy is not new to geology, but a rugged, portable, battery-powered, handheld field instrument is. The RockHound comes with a library of mineral spectra pre-loaded on the system which currently consists of 200 minerals and is expected to surpass 1,000 minerals by the end of the year.
The point and shoot design of the RockHound allows amateur and professional geologists to point at a sample and acquire a spectrum with the push of a button, right in the field for immediate, real-time identification using the library. Carron adds that, "our library is deisgned such that a user can easily add and remove their own samples from the library." The software's real-time fluorescence correction software also corrects for natural fluorescence that is sometimes found in minerals.
DeltaNu was founded in 1997 as a spin-off from the University of Wyoming's Chemistry Department.
Since the introduction of the Advantage Series spectrometers the company has expanded its production to a complete offering of bench top and portable Raman spectrometers, Raman microscopes, and accessories.
DeltaNu won their first R & D 100 award in 2005 for the InvestigatorTM they co-developed with CEM.
Inspector Raman Acknowledged by Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization and the Air Force Research Laboratory
June 23rd - Laramie, Wyoming
The Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization (OLETC), a division of the department of justice (www.oletc.org) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) (www.afrl.af.mil) have each confirmed the utility of DeltaNu's Inspector Raman platform to identify unknown chemical and biological agents.
OLETC searched for new technologies that meet the requirements of today's challenges in law enforcement. OLETC has recognized the value of DeltaNu's Inspector Raman for immediate crime scene analysis in its feature newsletter, OLETC Today (Inspector Raman). The Inspector Raman "is set to revolutionize the way authorities respond to threats of bioterrorism, drug seizures and hazardous materials," says the article.
OLETC's Inspector Raman news feature discusses how OLETC and DeltaNu worked together to evaluate the Inspector Raman as well as present it to the OLETC Advisory Council to obtain expert opinions about its functionality, thereby securing its usefulness in this field.
In a separate article, the AFRL sponsored a research project at Northwestern University using the Inspector Raman. The goal of the project is to develop a reliable and robust SERS substrate that would enhance the detection of hazardous chemical and biological species. With the Inspector Raman Northwestern scientists successfully developed substrates which enabled SERS based rapid detection of an anthrax biomarker and were able to detect anthrax at 1/4 the lethal dosage. AFRL is continuing to develop this technology by further exploring ways to use SERS to identify trace amounts of chemical agents, biological agents, and toxic species.
For more information about biological warfare sensors at Northwestern University, see Journal of Raman spectroscopy, 2005 36:471-484.
The Inspector Raman is truly a world-class evidence identification system that is also extremely useful for teaching forensic analysis.
DeltaNu has recently expanded its line of products in this area to the field of microscopy by introducing the NuScopeTM, an electronic microscope accessory to the Inspector Raman, as well as coming out with a full-featured, lab bench Raman microscope - the ExaminerTM.
DeltaNu develops high performance Raman microscope system
April 28th – Laramie, Wyoming
DeltaNu, the world's leader in price/performance and portable Raman spectrometers announces the launch of an affordable high performance Raman microscope, the ExamineR™.
The ExamineR combines the quality of Olympus microscopy and the high performance of DeltaNu's Raman systems. This combination produces the first affordable Raman microscope with outstanding imaging and spectral characteristics. DeltaNu's goal is to penetrate markets that were once excluded by the high price of Raman microscopes.
The ExamineR™ offers high sensitivity and fluorescence rejection through DeltaNu's new FS Technology NIR excitation. Also included are interlocks for a class I laser safe environment with class IIIB performance, an automated XYZ stage, and user friendly software with built in chemometric features.
"Our engineering team has once again developed a free-space optical design that eliminates high powered lasers to compensate for losses in optical fibers," said Keith Carron, CEO of DeltaNu.
About DeltaNu:
More information about the ExamineR™ High Performance Raman Microscope System
Tony Nevshemal joins DeltaNu as Chief Operating Officer
DeltaNu, the leading supplier of portable Raman spectrometers announced today that Tony Nevshemal has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. In this newly created role, Tony is responsible for the day-to-day operations, finance, procurement, quality assurance and the manufacturing unit of DeltaNu. He brings over 12 years of senior management, licensing and technology experience to DeltaNu.
“My career has been focused on creating and managing resources for technology-based companies, so a management position at a great company like DeltaNu is a natural step for me,” said Nevshemal. “DeltaNu has produced some very high quality products and I look forward to the challenge of scaling-up operations. I am excited to come at a time when I can help shape the business and fulfill the company’s full potential as a leader in Raman spectroscopy.”
Tony was the Director of the Research Products Center at the University of Wyoming which provides technology transfer services for the university’s $65 million research enterprise; the office also performs intellectual property outreach. Tony designed a program to protect University of Wyoming inventions and then market these inventions to industry, and in a two and a half year period, he dramatically increased office income and the number of invention disclosures received. Prior to this position, he held management positions at Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., a subsidiary of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc. As a Technology Licensing Manager, he negotiated, executed and administered all aspects of technology agreements. Tony also managed a laboratory for Pioneer and set-up numerous satellite laboratories.
“We are delighted to have Tony join DeltaNu in the pivotal role as COO”, said Keith Carron, President and CEO of DeltaNu. “DeltaNu is undergoing an exciting growth phase. Tony, as a service and technology veteran will help drive the initiatives necessary down this path. I am confident Tony’s experience, enthusiasm, and leadership will help DeltaNu grow its product offerings and continue to provide our customers a high level of service and support. As a member of the DeltaNu team, Tony will make sure that we continue to build upon our reliability for trust with our customers and partners”.
Nevshemal earned an MBA from Drake University, a Masters of Science in Biological Sciences and Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Botany from the University of Iowa.
About DeltaNu:
DeltaNu Wins Prestigious R&D 100 Award
September 6, 2005 – Laramie, Wyoming
DeltaNu has won a prestigious R&D 100 award for 2005. R&D 100 awards are the “Oscars of Invention” according to the Chicago Tribune. DeltaNu manufactures spectrometers for chemical analysis. A new product released earlier this year is the Investigator which is used to follow high speed chemical reactions that are accelerated by microwaves. The microwave process is called microwave assisted synthesis and follows the same principle as a microwave oven. Chemical reactions that take hours by traditional heating methods take place in seconds in a microwave reactor. The primary market for these reactors is drug discovery, where large pharmaceutical companies want to develop new drugs as rapidly as possible.
One of the problems microwave assisted synthesis faces is that reactions occur so rapidly that traditional chemical analysis techniques are unable to follow the extent of a chemical reaction. To solve this problem DeltaNu developed a spectrometer that can look inside the microwave reactor and determine the concentration of the reactants and products of a reaction as it is taking place. “This innovation is far more sophisticated than the microwave reactors themselves”, Keith Carron, CEO of DeltaNu states. “The project took a little over a year to complete by our technical team, and Carron recently installed the first system at one of the worlds largest drug manufactures, AstraZenaca”. DeltaNu is working with CEM Corporation in Mathews, North Carolina to sell embedded systems in CEM’s microwave reactors.
“We are very gratified to win such a prestigious award”, said Rick Cox, VP Sales and Marketing for DeltaNu. “Our core technology and emphasis is Raman spectroscopy, and our R&D team is the engine that drives DeltaNu products to niche markets. This further substantiates that they are one of the most innovative group of engineers and chemists in their field”.
As pioneers and a global leader in small footprint and handheld Raman spectrometers, DeltaNu has an insight for developing unique, high performance spectrometers for academics, industry and OEM applications. Since opening its doors in 1997, DeltaNu has teamed with several development partners from the University of Wyoming, and the Wyoming Business Council recently aided DeltaNu by helping negotiate a bank loan which allowed DeltaNu to move into their new location in Laramie. “DeltaNu is a great example of the kind of technology business we are trying to develop in Wyoming,” said Wyoming Business Council Chief Operating officer Bob Jensen. “The Business Council is happy to have been able to help in the growth of DeltaNu. These kinds of technology-based jobs are what we and the university is striving to help generate.”
DeltaNu has capitalized itself solely from the Small Business Innovative
Research grant program. Since its inception DeltaNu has been awarded over $
3.7 million dollars for R&D. That funding has led to over six products
that range from educational tools to very advanced chemical ID systems for
Homeland Security.
DeltaNu will now offer ACD/Labs UVIR Software Platform for use with its Raman Instruments
August 21, 2005 – Toronto, Canada and Laramie, Wyoming
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) and DeltaNu are pleased to announce that ACD/Labs UVIR software for processing, interpreting, searching and managing Raman spectra will now be available for use with DeltaNu’s Raman instruments.
DeltaNu provides Raman spectrometers for educational institutions, industry and OEM. The Inspector Raman™ is one of the world’s first handheld, wireless spectrometers, which is used for reaction monitoring, material identification, forensics, earth sciences and nanotechnology. The Advantage series are low cost and high performance bench top versions which are most popular in chemistry teaching and research labs.
ACD/UVIR Processor and Managers are part of ACD/SpecManager, the overall spectroscopic processing and data management software that unifies analytical data information of all types into a single interface. Composed of three tightly integrated industry-leading modules, ACD/UVIR Manager provides the ability to manipulate and manage optical spectra in a continuous range from 1 cm-1 to 100 000 cm-1, while taking advantage of advanced chemical drawing and reporting features. UVIR Processor provides an easy to use interface for peak fitting, baseline correction, analysis and interpretation of Raman spectra along with structure integration and reporting tools.
Michael Boruta, Optical Spectroscopy Product Manager at ACD/Labs, states, “We are pleased to be working with DeltaNu to make our software available to their customers. We believe Raman to be a growing market and DeltaNu to be a growing company with a need for independent third party software tools to analyze, interpret and manage data.”
Keith Carron, president of DeltaNu, states, “We are pleased to be working
with ACD/Labs to provide our customers with their excellent processing and
interpretation tools. The ease with which you can annotate and interpret
spectra, add structures and create reports makes their software a valuable
addition to our instruments.” DeltaNu Appoints VP of Marketing and Sales
DeltaNu LLC, a Laramie-based manufacturer of chemical-sensing equipment, today announced the appointment of Rick Cox to the position of Vice President of Sales & Marketing.
After receiving his doctorate in analytical chemistry from the University of Wyoming in 1994, Rick was employed as an application scientist by Perstorp Analytical, Inc. of Silver Spring, Maryland. He then joined ABB-Bomem, Inc. of Quebec City, Canada in the position of Product Manager for analytical instrumentation. Prior to joining DeltaNu, Rick was Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Laramie-based Well Dog, Inc.
“We are very pleased to have Rick join our venture” said Dr Keith Carron, CEO of DeltaNu. “He has all of the skills and experience needed to be immediately effective in directing our sales and marketing activities during this period of rapid growth in our targeted markets.”
DeltaNu was formed in 1997 by two University of Wyoming professors and a
seasoned entrepreneur. The company’s technology was developed using nearly
$4 million of funding from the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
program. The company manufactures a number of instruments serving the
research, education, industrial and forensic markets.
Smiths Detection and DeltaNu form partnership to introduce Raman Hand-Held Chemical Analyzer for emergency responders
March 18, 2005
New Device To Complement Smiths Detection HazMatID Analyzers in the Identification of Unknown Liquids, Powders and Solids; Highly Accurate Analysis of Unidentified Substances
DANBURY, C.T., March 17, 2004 - Smiths Detection, the world's leading provider of detection equipment, has formed a strategic partnership with DeltaNu to introduce a hand-held Raman spectroscopy system that will be used to identify unknown chemical substances. The new system is designed to complement Smiths Detection’s widely deployed HazMatID FT-IR system and offers a confirming, independent analysis of unidentified liquids, powders and solids. The new system will be available for sale to emergency responders in the summer of 2005.
Based on Raman technology, the new chemical analyzer will identify toxic industrial chemicals, nerve and blister agents, weapons of mass destruction, explosives, narcotics, and common chemicals in seconds. The system will non-destructively analyze substances directly or through glass and clear plastic containers.
“To verify the identification of a potentially dangerous unknown substance, emergency response teams routinely conduct two or more independent tests,” said Jim Fitzpatrick, Smiths Detection General Manager for Emergency Responders. “Raman spectroscopy, when combined with FT-IR spectroscopy, enables first responders to quickly apply two fundamentally different techniques to a sample and thereby ensure a high degree of accuracy when identifying unknowns.”
“We are pleased to partner with Smiths Detection,” said Dr. Keith Carron, CEO of DeltaNu. “Our hand-held Raman technology is a vital, new addition to the arsenal of tools enabling first responders to rapidly identify unknown chemicals at the site of the incident. Our company has been looking for the appropriate strategic partner to take our revolutionary technology to market and Smiths was at the top of our list.”
Smiths Detection said the combination of the two analyzer technologies is particularly well suited to identifying complex materials such as mixtures containing multiple chemicals and wet samples.
The DeltaNu Raman system creates a unique spectral signature by measuring the interaction of a low-power laser with a sample. Like the HazMatID, the signature is compared against an on-board database library of known chemicals for an identity. Because Raman measures a completely different behavior than the HazMatID, it is an ideal confirmatory tool for the analysis of unknowns.
Smiths Detection has sold hundreds of its popular HazMatID systems to
Fire Department HazMat Teams, Law Enforcement, Military, and a variety of
federal agencies including the FBI, DEA, US Customs, and UN Weapons
inspection teams. The HazMatID is a tool that measures the way chemical
samples interact with infrared light, with each substance generating a
unique ‘infrared fingerprint.’ The HazMatID instantly compares the infrared
fingerprint against a database to provide the identity of the unknown.
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