Thar Instruments acquires Berger SFC business from Mettler Toledo
Thar Instruments, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) systems, has acquired the Berger SFC division of Mettler Toledo.
Thar Instruments, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) systems, has acquired the Berger SFC division of Mettler Toledo.
Berger SFC is a pioneer in the development of SFC and a world leader in SFC analysis and purification.
SFC is three to five times faster than HPLC, and its high resolution makes it ideal for the separation and purification of difficult chemical samples, such as chiral enantiomers and natural products. SFC is generally known as normal phase chromatography, thereby offering a complementary selectivity to HPLC, but reduces solvent usage by an average of 80%.
Following the merger of the two technology and market leaders, most of the world's SFC design and fabrication expertise will be under one roof including important patents on the instrumentation.
'We are pleased that we have completed this acquisition,' said Thar ceo, Dr Lalit Chordia. 'The combination of Berger SFC and Thar Instruments will result in a fully integrated SFC instrumentation company that will have the necessary critical mass to further penetrate the rapidly developing analysis and purification market.'