History

1874
  • First spectrometer worldwide – Ernst Abbe delivered the basic scientific principles for effective production of optical measurement instruments

 

 1924
  • First Pulfrich photometer – laid the foundation for the development of spectral photometry at Jena
First flame photometer

First flame photometer

 1937
  • First flame photometer – Carl Zeiss created the methodical fundamentals for flame photometry
Electrolytic unit

Electrolytic unit

 1945
  • Manufacture of the first equipment which is regarded as the origin of today's titration technology and elemental analysis
First SPEKOL

First SPEKOL

 1963
  • SPEKOL® and SPECORD® appeared as successor of the Pulfrich photometer in Jena
First AAS

First AAS

 1971
  • Introduction on the market of the first flame AAS, the AAS 1 from Carl Zeiss Jena

 
First TOC analyzer

First TOC analyzer

 1991
  • multi N/C® – first simultaneous TOC/TN analyzer worldwide


1997
  • First completely automatic solid autosampler in the AAS
First multi EA
First multi EA®		 2002
  • Double furnace – first innovative concept for the combustion analysis of very varied matrices and introduction of the first elemental analyzer multi EA®
contrAA

contrAA®

 2004
  • contrAA® – the first high-resolution continuum source AAS for flame, graphite furnace and hydride techniques in a single device

 

mulitEA 5000

multi EA® – new generation

 2008
  • multi EA® – a new generation of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and chlorine elemental analyzers from liquid, paste and gaseous samples and TOC, EOX or AOX/TOX analysis in one device