Bruker Corporation is an American manufacturer of scientific instruments for molecular and materials research, as well as for industrial and applied analysis.
They have since divested these products to Scion Instruments with the exception of the triple quadrupole[citation needed] In 2012, Bruker bought parts of Carestream Health, including their in-vivo imaging portfolio and related aspects.
[38] In 2019, Bruker bought Alicona, known for production of metrology equipment based on focus variation, to extend its analytics business in the industrial market.
[39] In November 2022, it was announced Bruker had acquired the Mountain View-headquartered miniaturized microscope / miniscope company, Inscopix, Inc.[40] Bruker develops and delivers a wide variety of professional and scientific analysis devices including mass spectrometers, single-Crystal and powder X-ray diffractometers, X-ray tomography devices, NMR spectroscopy devices, fluorescence microscopes, raman spectroscopes, atomic-force microscopes, and profilometers Bruker products are used globally in a variety of situations.
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University selected Bruker to build the world's first 21.0 tesla FT-ICR MS.[41] The Total Carbon Column Observing Network uses high resolution FT-IR spectrometers made by Bruker to measure various greenhouse gases across the globe.
[42] In May, 2004, Frost & Sullivan selected the Company's Bruker Daltonics subsidiary for their 2004 Product Line Innovation Award for the Life Sciences.