Wireless NIR Analyzers are suited for methods development.

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Based on NIR-APS (applications prototyping system), analyzers offer wireless, USB, and RS232 communications options. They are housed in industrial-grade box and support direct-to-detector and fiber-to-detector sampling configurations. Products are optimized for liquid and gas analysis in process-manufacturing applications that require analysis in CH or OH spectral ranges. Accessory kit is also available, optimized for NIR-based methods development.



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Axsun Technologies to Introduce Powerful New NIR Analyzers at EAS



Wireless Enabled Analyzers Designed for Methods Development and Easy Conversion to Process Environment

BILLERICA, Mass., Nov. 11 -- Axsun Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of micro-optoelectronic products that improve quality, performance, and productivity in a variety of industries, will demonstrate two new Axsun NIR Analyzers at the Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition, to be held at the Garden State Convention Center in Somerset, New Jersey, November 15 - 18, 2004.

Based on its award-winning NIR-APS (applications prototyping system), Axsun designed the new analyzers for methods development and easy conversion to the process environment. The NIR Analyzers have multiple communications options including wireless, USB, and RS232. Housed in a distinctive industrial-grade box, each analyzer supports direct-to-detector and fiber-to- detector sampling configurations. Semiconductor manufacturing techniques produce a uniform product, ensuring rapid calibration transfer from instrument to instrument.

"The Axsun NIR Analyzers we are introducing at EAS are optimized for liquid and gas-analysis in process-manufacturing applications that require analysis in the CH or OH spectral ranges," said Petros Kotidis, Axsun's vice president of marketing and business development. "Our goal is to help manufacturers in a wide range of industries realize dramatic improvements in productivity, throughput, yield, and quality. Unlike diode array systems, which compromise resolution, signal-to-noise, and other aspects of performance, our family of micro-spectrometers delivers highly accurate, reliable, and reproducible spectral output in a user-selectable spectral range. Comparable to a workhorse laboratory spectrometer, they are more reliable -- based on technology qualified for 25-year lifetime -- and portable, so they can be readily integrated into the process environment in a cost-effective way."

Axsun will also feature its NIR Analyzer Accessory Kit at EAS, optimized for NIR-based methods development, so applications developers can quickly and easily run a wide range of liquid, gas, and transmissive-polymer-film samples. The kit features best-in-class laboratory sample interfaces, manufactured by Specac, a world leader in spectrometer accessories.

Symposia to Describe Breakthroughs in Micro-Spectrometry and Offer Process Application Examples

Richard Crocombe, Ph.D., the company's director of marketing for optical micro-instrumentation, will present two EAS Technical Presentations, which will be held at the Doubletree Somerset Hotel adjacent to the Garden State Conference Center.

o On Tuesday, November 16, 2004, at 4 pm, Dr. Crocombe will present "NIR

Analyses Using Targeted Range Miniature Spectrometers," as part of the technical session, Diversity in NIR Applications, which begins at 2 pm.

o On Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, at 10:40 am, Dr. Crocombe will present

"Micro-Optical Instrumentation for Industrial Process Spectroscopy," as part of the technical session, Problem Solving with Spectroscopic Techniques, which begins at 9 am.

About Axsun

Axsun Technologies, Inc., established in 1999, develops and manufactures advanced components and photonic subsystems used in test and measurement applications, and throughout the world's communication networks. Axsun has applied its expertise in micro-optics and precision engineering to pioneer an entirely new class of fully functional, miniaturized spectroscopic instruments and devices that enable dramatic improvements in quality, productivity, and performance across a variety of industries -- from pharmaceutical manufacturing, high-speed industrial process control, and chemical/petrochemical processing, to medical devices and diagnostics, forensics, and scientific discovery. For more information, visit http://www.axsun.com/.

Company Contact:

John Archer, Axsun director of marketing
978.439.3486

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