Dear all,


The isotope grapevine is humming (at least in the UK) and the rumour is
that PDZ Europa is no more. It has ceased to be. It's a stiff.
Allegedly, they went into receivership earlier this week and the
receivers are looking for a buyer. Fat chance!

In my private opinion this demise is more a reflection of the way the
company has been managed and not so much a reflection of the
instrument(s) per se. The 20/20 (later ABCA and ANCA) was a nice and
stable machine at a reasonable price providing a good platform for C/N
EA work and gas applications such as breath and water equilibration.
Yes, it would have benefited from a bit of development work here and a
tad of fine-tuning there but that falls under the heading of proper
business management.

So, I think it's a sad occasion since we are loosing what could have
been a nice niche-market or niche-application IRMS and, hence loose
customer choice when it comes to buying a new instrument.


Regards,

Wolfram



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