Hi Torsten,


Looking at the home page of SerCon (http://www.sercongroup.com/) one finds
the  statement "SerCon manufacture new stable isotope ratio mass
spectrometers and preparation systems" followed by a hyperlink. So, that
answers one of your questions.

An emerging company in the IRMS sector is Mass Spec Solutions; see:
http://www.massspecsolutions.co.uk

That said, if you are looking for an instrument meeting the specs of the
MAT253, you will be hard pressed to find anything but the MAT253. One
assumes you have chosen the MAT253 because of unique features such as
variable ion source conductance, large dispersion and 10 kV accelerating
voltage?


Regards,

Wolfram


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stable Isotope Geochemistry 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Torsten Schmidt
> Sent: 09 May 2006 11:42
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Companies selling GC-IRMS instruments
> 
> 
> Dear Listmembers,
> 
> I currently plan to submit a proposal for acquiring a new 
> GC-IRMS. Now administration here at the university wants to 
> know if there may be any additional suppliers of instruments 
> besides Thermo and GVI to ask for offers. I am looking for a 
> MAT253 so it should be an instrument with similar specs. I 
> tried to find what is left of Europa Scientifc /pdz Europa 
> but I did not even found out if SerCon  manufactures and 
> sells new instruments. 
> 
> I would be glad for any hints (even better if you say no, 
> there are not).
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> 
> Torsten
>