Markes International
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Scientific Instruments Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1997 |
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| Headquarters | Bridgend, Wales, |
Number of locations | 5 |
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| Parent | Schauenburg Analytics |
| Website | markes |
Markes International is a manufacturer and supplier of specialist analytical instrumentation that enhances the sensitivity and application scope of GC–MS. They also manufacture and supply complementary sampling devices, accessories, and consumables.[1]
Markes International was founded in 1997. Their first thermal desorption instrument, the UNITY, was released shortly thereafter. The company has since updated and expanded their instrument portfolio, including a wider range of thermal desorbers, and Centri, a range of automated sample preparation and pre-concentration platforms.
Markes’ factory, technical centre and headquarters is in Bridgend, Wales, UK. In 2011, they expanded this and their US operations (Markes International, Inc.) - adding extra laboratory and demonstration facilities. In 2017 their US operations transferred from Cincinatti, Ohio, to a new office in Gold River, Sacramento, California.
In 2013, Markes became a company of the Schauenburg International Group,[2] and opened a technical centre near Frankfurt as part of their German operations (Markes International GmbH).
The company has arrangements for distribution and market development with Agilent Technologies,[3] ThermoFisher Scientific,[4] and a number of other distributors.
Markes International holds patents for a number of technological innovations, including diffusion-locking caps and inserts for sorbent tubes,[5][6][7] RFID tags for sorbent tubes,[8] and a soft electron ionisation source.[9]
The company received the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the 'International Trade' category in 2015[10] and 2019, and was also honoured in the 'Innovation' category in 2019.[11]
References
- ^ "About Us - Markes International". Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ German firm buys majority stake in specialist producer, Wales Online, January 2013 Archived 22 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Agilent | Agilent Technologies, Markes Form Global Thermal Desorption GC, GC/MS Collaboration". Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Thermo Fisher Scientific and Markes International Announce Global Distribution Agreement". newswiretoday.com. Austin, TX. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "GB2337513 - Sample tube caps". Online Patent Information and Document Inspection Service. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ E.A. Woolfenden and A. Cole, ‘Sampling device’, UK patent no. GB2359070, 4 December 2002 (http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?FT=D&date=20021204&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP&CC=GB&NR=2359070B&KC=B&ND=4)
- ^ E.A. Woolfenden and A. Cole, ‘Sample tube caps’, UK patent no. GB2374866, 11 December 2002 (http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?FT=D&date=20021211&DB=&locale=en_EP&CC=GB&NR=2374866B&KC=B&ND=1)
- ^ E.A. Woolfenden and A. Cole, ‘Sampling device’, US patent no. US 6,446,515, 10 September 2002 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,446,515.PN.&OS=PN/6,446,515&RS=PN/6,446,515)
- ^ An analytical apparatus utilising electron impact ionisation, Patent WO 2014128462 A2
- ^ "Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2015 winners". Financial Times. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Winners - The King's Awards for Enterprise". The King's Awards for Enterprise. Retrieved 19 April 2024.