WITec joins Oxford Instruments

22-Jun-2021 - The management team of WITec GmbH announced that WITec was acquired by Oxford Instruments plc, a UK based company that has a great reputation in the scientific community, and in the future will be part of their Materials Analysis Group. WITec’s founders Dr. Joachim Koenen and Dr. Olaf Hollricher ...

WITec Begins Expansion of its Headquarters Facility

Increased capacity required to meet growing demand for Raman imaging microscopes

12-Jun-2020 - WITec GmbH is expanding its headquarters building in Ulm. The new addition will offer more space for production and quality assurance, laboratories for development and customer demonstrations or sample measurements, larger conference rooms and greater logistical capability. When complete, the new ...

2018 WITec Paper Award for Outstanding Scientific Publications

31-May-2018 - Every year WITec, the Raman imaging company, recognizes three peer-reviewed publications that stand out in terms of originality and significance and feature data acquired with a WITec microscope. This year, scientists from universities and institutes in Bochum, Bayreuth and Minneapolis received ...

2017 WITec Paper Award for Outstanding Scientific Publications

29-Jun-2017 - From nearly 60 submissions for the 2017 WITec Paper Award, our jury selected the three best publications. They were written by scientists from Ireland, Portugal and Germany who used WITec correlative confocal Raman microscopes to study transition metal dichalcogenides, textile fibers and cement. ...

WITec establishes new office in China

16-Nov-2016 - WITec GmbH has opened a new office in Beijing. The facility in the cultural, scientific and administrative capital of the fastest growing large economy in the world will enable WITec’s current market presence to be expanded while better serving its growing client base. The direct local ...

Photonics Innovation Award for WITec

True Surface Microscopy wins Photonics Prism Award 2011

02-Feb-2012 - WITec has just received the Photonics Prism Award 2011 for the development of TrueSurfaceTM Microscopy. This internationally respected product innovation award recognizes cutting-edge products that break conventional ideas and improve life through photonics and is presented each year by SPIE and ...

True Surface Microscopy wins Microscopy Today Innovation Award 2011

Third Consecutive Award

17-Aug-2011 - WITec has just received the Microscopy Today Innovation Award for thedevelopment of True Surface Microscopy. Each year, the Microscopy Today magazine selects the best new development in microscopy and presents the award at the US Microscopy and Microanalysis Exhibition and Conference which this ...

WITec: True Surface Microscopy wins prestigious 2011 R&D100 Award

29-Jun-2011 - WITec’s True Surface Microscopy has been selected as a winner of the prestigious 2011 R&D 100 Award. It honors the WITec innovation as one of the 100 most technologically significant developments of the year. True Surface Microscopy allows confocal Raman imaging guided by surface topography. The ...

New WITec Headquarters Building

25-Jun-2009 - After a construction period of 13 months WITec GmbH has moved to its new headquarters building in Ulm. To meet the increasing demand for high resolution microscopy solutions, the new building was a necessity in order to secure future growth potential, according to the company. The driving force ...

WITec Microscope Technology Wins Prestigious 2008 R&D 100

Microscope combination alpha500 gets "The Oscar of Invention"

10-Jul-2008 - WITec microscope technology has been selected as a winner of the prestigious 2008 R&D 100 Award. It honors the automated Confocal Raman and Atomic Force Microscope combination alpha500 as one of the 100 most technologically significant innovations of the year. The alpha500 is a revolutionary new ...