A small American company made up largely of physicists and former scientists, SkuTek Instrumentation is closely connected to the nuclear and astrophysics research communities. It began by supplying more than 1,500 digitizer channels for the LUX dark matter experiment, where the equipment has operated underground without a reported failure since installation. Today, the West Henrietta company develops data-acquisition systems for researchers worldwide.
femto-TECH, INCKnown in radiation measurement since 1986, femto-TECH, INC. is a Carlisle, Ohio manufacturer whose U.S.-made instruments have become fixtures in professional and government testing. The company’s long-lived equipment is still sent back for calibration decades after manufacture, while its staff also develops specialized monitoring systems for national laboratories and nuclear-reactor applications.FRANKLIN, OH
CAEN S.p.AFounded in Viareggio in 1979 by senior engineers from Italy’s INFN, CAEN S.p.A. designs and manufactures electronic instrumentation for nuclear and particle physics research. Its power-supply and data-acquisition systems grew from that scientific foundation and now support research laboratories worldwide, while its Systems & Spectroscopy division extends the work into radiation monitoring and industrial applications. CAEN has held ISO 9001 certification continuously for more than 20 years and is also certified to Cyber Essentials Plus.STATEN ISLAND, NY
LND, IncSince 1964, Oceanside-based LND, Inc. has designed and manufactured gas-filled nuclear radiation detectors, supplying more than two million units worldwide for scientific, commercial and military applications. Its more than 1,000 detector designs include specialized instruments used in air-pollution monitoring, neutron-scattering research and space missions such as ExoMars. LND also develops custom detectors when standard designs do not meet a customer’s specifications.OCEANSIDE, NY
Magnitude InstrumentsFounded by scientists who wanted spectrometers suited to the realities of their own research labs, Magnitude Instruments makes compact benchtop systems for transient absorption spectroscopy. Based in State College, Pennsylvania, the company pairs patented noise-suppression and single-shot full-time-axis acquisition with instruments designed to be as approachable as UV-Vis equipment, including coverage from ultraviolet through mid-infrared measurements. Its product line also includes amplified photodetectors built for clean, time-resolved optical signals.334516STATE COLLEGE, PA