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Scienta Scientific Announces New Leadership
2023-03-19, Uppsala
In a strategic move to strengthen its leadership, Scienta Scientific Group, a leading provider in surface science and radiation detection systems, is pleased to announce the appointment of Susanna Eriksson as Managing Director of Scienta Omicron, bringing a wealth of experience and strategic vision to further advance the company's position in the market. Dr. Susanna Eriksson, with a master’s degree in chemical engineering and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Uppsala University, has been a driving force within Scienta since 2016, holding various management positions. Tobias Persson will continue in his role as Managing Director for Scienta Envinet, providing continuity and expertise in the environmental solutions sector. Tobias has been with the group since 2017 in both business areas. As part of these changes Susanna has also been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Scienta Scientific.
Adding to the executive team, Thomas Liesen is appointed as Scienta Scientific new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). With his extensive financial background, Thomas Liesen will play a crucial role in driving fiscal efficiency and supporting the companies' growth initiatives.
"I am truly honored to take on the role of Managing Director for Scienta Omicron and CEO at Scienta Scientific. I'm excited to work alongside Tobias Persson and Thomas Liesen, forming a dynamic leadership team dedicated to advancing scientific instrumentation and environmental technologies. Together, we aim to uphold our commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions and shaping the future of our industry." Dr Susanna Eriksson states.
Together, Susanna Eriksson, Tobias Persson and Thomas Liesen are forming a strong leadership team - ready to bring the company to new levels of excellence.
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Scienta Scientific AB Acquires Leading German Business
April 2021
Scienta Scientific has acquired Envinet GmbH as of March 31, 2021. Envinet GmbH is the market leader in area monitoring radiation protection networks with installations in over 70 countries. Area monitoring networks are used for civilian protection against nuclear radiation incidents. Envinet provides solutions based on gamma radiation detection.
Scienta Scientific is already active in radioactive monitoring through its business area Scienta Sensor Systems. Scienta Sensor Systems provides early warning systems for radioactive incidents based on airborne Xenon detection.
Scienta Sensor Systems and Envinet will together create the new application area Environmental Protection within Scienta Scientific under the joint brand Scienta Envinet. The strengths of area monitoring from Envinet, early warning systems by Scienta Sensor Systems together with the global sales and service reach of Scienta Scientific will create a unique competitive position to support customers with complete Radiation Protection Network solutions.
Scienta Scientific has grown organically and through acquisitions from 8 MEUR in 2013 to 50 MEUR in 2020 (on-going business basis pre-acquisition), with global presence in Europe, China, US, Japan and Korea. The acquisition will add to our business already in 2021.
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Read the Press Release on Dagens Industri here: https://www.di.se/pressreleaser/2021/04/06/scienta-scientific-scienta-scientific-ab-acquires-leading-german-business/
Season's Greetings from the Scienta Scientific Group
On behalf of everyone in the Scienta Scientific Group I would like to wish you and your family a safe and happy festive season. 2020 has been a challenging year for the whole world and we wish you health and happiness into the New Year. We look forward to supporting you and your work in 2021.
Scienta Scientific President Johan Åman
Addovation – Scienta Scientific´s Strategic Business and ERP Partner
Scienta Scientific, a leader in Nobel Prize Technologies, selects Addovation as their strategic business and ERP partner. Being a leader in delivering Nobel Prize Technologies to the science Industry requires state of the art products and services. To keep customers satisfied, keeping track of new development and trends is critical. Hence, Scienta Scientific, recognises the importance of having the business tools that support their high-tech development, manufacturing and services processes.
Addovation will support Scienta Scientific in their digital transformation by implementing the ERP system IFS ApplicationsTM. The implementation project will start in the beginning of 2021. The project, named UNITE, will help Scienta Scientific to unify and consolidate their current fragmented system landscape. With a new ERP solution and digital platform, Scienta Scientific will have the possibility to strengthen their role as leader in their industry. The partnership with Addovation will support Scienta Scientific in their future growth by streamlining business processes and enhance projects.
“Implementing a new global common ERP system with unified business processes will increase our efficiency even more. With a streamlined solution across all our companies, we will not just have internal benefits, but also get new opportunities in the services we can provide to our customers and the way we meet them” says Anders Österberg CTO/CIO and Solution Owner.
“We are very pleased and excited that Scienta Scientific selected Addovation and IFS ApplicationsTM business software for supporting their strategic digital and business transformation project,” says Jens-Magnus Andersson, Addovation Customer Services Manager. “Our company industry expertise, engineering capabilities and the world-class business software suite IFS ApplicationsTM have proven to be an excellent combination for Scienta Scientific and UNITE. We are really looking forward to the collaboration and to build a long-term relationship with Scienta”.
Download the official Press Release: https://www.addovation.com/scienta-scientific-a-leader-in-nobel-prize-technologies-selects-addovation-as-their-strategic-business-and-erp-partner/
Read more about Addovation: https://www.addovation.com
Scienta Sensor Systems' SAUNA III
The Ultimate Sensor for Early Warning and Emergency Preparedness for Nuclear Events
June 2, 2020
Scienta Sensor Systems, a business area in the Scienta Scientific Group, offers solutions to detect nuclear events. They supply the internationally accredited Swedish Automatic Unit for Noble Gas Acquisition (SAUNA) system, an ultrasensitive system for remote detection of airborne radioactive xenon.
SAUNA systems have the unique capability to detect, localize and characterize remote nuclear fission events, such as nuclear explosions or abnormal operation of nuclear power plants, by sampling radioactive xenon from the atmosphere. In 2020 the new generation, the SAUNA III, became commercially available as an upgrade of SAUNA II or as a completely new system. The SAUNA III is the most sensitive commercially available radionuclide detection system in the world.
The concept for automatic sampling for xenon isotopes was developed by the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) during the 1990s and became the first SAUNA system in 2004. The project was initiated to meet the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation’s (CTBTO) global need for long-term, unattended, ultrasensitive, long-distance monitoring of nuclear explosions. Scienta Sensor Systems is a key supplier to CTBTO and works in a strategic partnership with the Swedish Defence Research Agency, drawing on more than 20 years of xenon detection expertise. Scienta Sensor Systems has also applied its own expertise and industrial skills to build a wide range of complementary products in the field.
SAUNA systems provide near real-time measurements from air samples and feed data into global or national data centres. Independent customers, such as national radiation protection agencies, are also installing the systems into their radiation protection networks for early warning and emergency preparedness.
Today Scienta Sensor Systems manufactures, installs and services SAUNA systems around the world. By having the largest installed base of noble gas monitoring systems globally, Scienta Sensor Systems helps to make the world a safer place.
The Latest SAUNA III Innovation
The recently released SAUNA III system sets a new standard for xenon detection sensitivity. The SAUNA III is a fully automated radionuclide continuous monitoring system that is capable to perform uninterrupted sampling, processing, quantification, and activity measurement of the four short lived xenon isotopes 133Xe, 135Xe, 133mXe, and 131mXe.
The major improvement of the SAUNA III is the doubling of processing capacity from 2 to 4 cycles per day, which increases the time resolution of the data from 12 to 6 hours. The minimum detectable concentration of xenon isotopes has also been significantly improved, meaning that lower levels of radiation can be detected than by previous SAUNA models.
The SAUNA III is now available to be purchased as a standalone system for new customers, or as an upgrade package to convert a current SAUNA II system to the new detection level for existing customers.
For more information please visit: www.sensorsystems.se
E: info@sensorsystems.se
Scienta Scientific AB completes an acquisition in Germany
April 2, 2020
Scienta Scientific has acquired all on-going business from Sigma Surface Science, based in Germany. These Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) technologies will be integrated into our business area Scienta Omicron.
Scienta Scientific has acquired all on-going business from Sigma Surface Science GmbH. Sigma Surface Science was formed in 2013 and has invested significantly in development of new innovative products for the advanced material physics and surface science market. The acquired business will be integrated into Scienta Scientific’s business area Scienta Omicron.
Our business area Scienta Omicron has grown organically and through acquisitions from 60 MSEK in 2013 to 500 MSEK in 2019, with global presence in Europe, China, US, Japan and Korea. The acquisition will add to our business already in 2020.
“This deal is well aligned with our strategy to grow organically and through selected acquisitions, both within our current business areas and in the general market of Scientific Instruments for Physical Characterization.” – Hans Åberg, Chairman
“Our purpose of providing Nobel Prize technologies for science and industry requires us to be at the forefront of technology, and then work to spread the technology through affordability. This deal will strengthen our leading position within our business area Scienta Omicron.” – Johan Åman, CEO
For further information please contact:
Hans Åberg, Chairman
+46 730 66 64 02
Hans.aberg@centiq.se
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Scienta Omicron’s first DA20 analyser has been shipped!
March 20, 2020
During 2019 Scienta Omicron developed and released a new electron analyser for ARPES and XPS, the DA20. The new DA20 is designed not only to avoid sample rotation, but is also optimised for the measurement of photoelectrons with low kinetic energies, making it a great product for time resolved ARPES (tr-ARPES).
During 2019 Scienta Omicron developed and released a new electron analyser for ARPES and XPS, the DA20. “Drawing upon the strengths of the DA30-L and its patented ground-breaking deflection technology, the DA20 received a completely new lens design that brings deflection capability to a new family of compact analysers. If you are looking to expand your research group’s capability with ARPES, the DA20 is an excellent choice,” says Scienta Omicron CEO Johan Åman. The new DA20 is designed not only to avoid sample rotation, but is also optimised for the measurement of photoelectrons with low kinetic energies, making it a great product for time resolved ARPES (tr-ARPES).
The deflection capability of the DA20 allows researchers to perform full cone ARPES measurements without sample rotation. By avoiding sample rotation experimental geometry between the excitation source, the sample, and the analyser is preserved, eliminating its influence on the results.
Benefits of avoiding sample rotation:
In the case of small flakes and excitation spots, any sample rotation will cause movements of the excitation spot on the sample and away from the flake.
For polarised light sources avoiding sample rotation means that the polarisation direction relative to the sample surface stays the same.
Intensity modulations due to changing matrix element effects due to sample rotation are avoided meaning they do not impact the results.
Using deflection capability it becomes easier to navigate reciprocal space and fine tune the sample orientation, allowing for fast sample alignment with high precision and accuracy leading to easier interpretation of the measurements in less time. Reducing the total time for an experiment will reduce the amount of condensed gasses on the extremely cold sample surface and lead to clearer measurements.
The new DA20 lens design is also optimised for measuring photoelectrons with low kinetic energy, while covering a large energy window. A typical example of this application is tr-ARPES, where it is important to take advantage of the low number of generated photoelectrons by reducing the necessity to scan the energy axis. Measuring the angular distribution of low kinetic energy electrons is challenging because they are very sensitive to any form of distortion (including lens aberrations and local electric fields). Maintaining a large energy window at these low kinetic energies requires managing chromatic aberrations. The DA20 lens design overcomes both the challenge of low kinetic energies and large energy windows making it an excellent instrument for tr-ARPES. Due to the short laser pulses in tr-ARPES the energy distribution of the pulse is broad which is perfectly compatible to the DA20’s energy resolution, making it a good alternative to the highest resolution analysers of the DA30-L type. The DA20 is also compatible with our newly released Delay Line Detector (DLD) allowing to extend the angular and energy resolved measurements with a precise timing for each signal event.
The shipping of the first DA20 represents a major milestone for our team of engineers and software developers. It comes with PEAK, Scienta Omicron’s new control and measurement software. PEAK features a modular system architecture design, with component specific servers accessible via a network. The included graphical user interface builds upon the same PEAK API that can be accessed directly by our customers to remotely control the analyser with their own programs and to integrate the analyser with complex auxiliary experimental setups such as beam lines. The PEAK vision simplifies the integration of other types of equipment such as excitations sources and manipulators.
Product Manager for the DA20, Dr. Timo Wätjen, says that, “We are excited about the first shipment of the brand new DA20 to our customer. Our team successfully overcame several challenges designing the completely new lens leading to a very versatile ARPES product. The DA20 provides both a good base for customers who want to add ARPES capabilities to their labs and for experts in the time resolved field. The DA20 can be installed into existing systems replacing analysers without deflection capability, or can be installed into a brand new system solutions such as the ARPES Lab or a Materials Innovation Platform (MIP).”
Scienta Omicron now looks forward to the successful installation and first results coming from our customer’s research group using the DA20. “Scienta Omicron is very proud to bring the DA20 into the field of Nanotechnology and Surface Science research, and to support our customers to meet their research goals. The DA20 further strengthens Scienta Omicron’s position as supplier of choice in these fields,” says CEO Johan Åman.
Contact Scienta Omicron if you are interested in learning more about the new DA20 or other products.
Ownership Change in Scienta Scientific AB
Press Release February 25, 2020
A consortium consisting of Scienta Scientific’s management, including chairman Hans Åberg and Eterna Invest AB, has provided financing for Scienta Scientific Holding’s acquisition of Oxford Instruments Plc’s 47% ownership in Scienta Scientific. Other shareholders have retained their shares. After the transaction Scienta Scientific Holding owns 100% of the shares of Scienta Scientific.
Oxford Instruments has been a shareholder since Scienta Scientific’s acquisition of Omicron Nanotechnology GmbH from Oxford Instruments in 2015.
“The cooperation with Oxford Instruments has been fruitful and we are grateful for their support throughout the integration process of Omicron Nanotechnology into Scienta Scientific. Scienta Scientific is now well positioned for continued development within the scientific instrument market, demonstrated by 18% organic growth in 2019” – Hans Åberg, Chairman
“We believe this is the right time to reach for the next level. Our purpose of proving Nobel Prize technologies for science and industry is important for our customers.” – Johan Åman, CEO
“Eterna Invest has a strong belief in the long-term attractiveness of the material physics research market. Scienta Scientific is leader within this market and one of our core holdings and we are happy to, together with management and chairman, increase our shareholding. We are eager to support Scienta Scientific towards the next level.” – Martin Falkevall, Partner, Eterna Invest
Oxford Instruments has issued its own press release in relation to the transaction, following its stock market requirements.
For further information please contact:
Hans Åberg, Chairman
+46 730 66 64 02
About Scienta Scientific
Scienta Scientific develops long-term profitable technology-based niche businesses within the 18 Billion EUR Physical Characterization Scientific Instruments market. Our market is driven by the global race for new unique solutions – smarter batteries, next generation electronics, quantum computing, solar energy, radiation protection etc.
Since its foundation in 1983 by Nobel Prize laureate Prof Kai Siegbahn the objective has been to develop technology niches through a combination of global sales expansion, strategic shift to solutions and services, aggressive operational development and strategic acquisitions.
Scienta Scientific is based in Uppsala, Sweden and is 100% controlled by private investors, including management. 50+ MEUR revenue and 200 employees are distributed across Europe, North America and Asia.
The business areas are Scienta Omicron, the market leader in Materials Innovation Platforms for Material Physics and Surface Science, and Scienta Sensor Systems, the market leader in Airborne Radioactivity Detection.
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Binghamton University – HAXPES Lab
Scienta Omicron is excited that our first HAXPES Lab System in the United States will be installed at Binghamton University.
Scienta Omicron is excited that our first HAXPES Lab System in the United States will be installed at Binghamton University. The HAXPES Lab at Binghamton’s Smart Energy Building will become part of their Innovative Technologies Complex. It was chosen because of its performance, convenience, reliability and varied research applications. The HAXPES Lab will allow researchers to get detailed information about a device or material without taking it apart or off-site.
Scienta Omicron’s HAXPES Lab sets the standard for laboratory based high energy photoelectron spectroscopy, as it is able to probe bulk sample properties and access deep core level electrons via photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) without the need for a synchrotron end station.
Binghamton have big plans for using their HAXPES Lab, including, batteries, next-generation electronics, neuromorphic computing, and solar energy harvesting. An exciting feature of the HAXPES Lab is its size, making it perfect for longer term measurements and collaboration with private industry as it can fit into a standard research lab. This has the potential to open doors for new collaborative partnerships and new research advancements within the field of materials science.
Dr Louis Piper, Associate Professor of Physics at Binghamton, said that “Photoemission has long been a powerful technique for materials studies, but has been largely been limited to sterile, perfect crystals. [The HAXPES Lab] is very flexible and means we can measure real materials and devices even while they’re in operation. This tool means we’ll be able to make significant contributions in smart energy technologies.”
Read more about Binghamton University’s research facilities and their plans for the HAXPES Lab.