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Bruker Announces First Handheld XRF with Silicon Drift Detector

Kennewick, WA—June 25, 2008- Bruker AXS Handheld Inc. today announced a major technology breakthrough, its TRACERturbo^SD, the first handheld X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) instrument that uses a Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) for dramatically improved speed and sensitivity. Bruker's proprietary SDD, previously only available in its laboratory instruments, offers unprecedented resolution and count rates. With this announcement, Bruker builds on its long tradition of being the technology leader in the handheld XRF industry.

Bruker entered the handheld business in 2006, with the acquisition of KeyMaster Technologies. With this strategic acquisition, Bruker added over 25 years of handheld XRF expertise to the Bruker instrumentation family.

KeyMaster was a pioneer in the handheld XRF industry, introducing the world's first x-ray tube based handheld XRF instrument in early 2001. KeyMaster and NASA partnered to introduce the world's first light element handheld XRF system in 2002, originally developed for the Space Shuttle program at Marshall Space Flight Center, in Huntsville Alabama.

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