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XRF

May 8, 2008

Rigaku introduces Supermini as the first commercial high-powered benchtop WDXRF spectrometer system

Automation

April 21, 2008

Rigaku Wins "Most Innovative New Technology" Award for CrystalMation™ and Desktop Minstrel™ UV Products at the ELRIG Protein Crystallography Conference 

Protein

January 21, 2008

Max-Planck Institute of Biophysics chooses Rigaku X-ray crystallographic and crystallization equipment

Automation

December 28, 2007

Rigaku Introduces the Desktop Minstrel™ UV for Crystal Imaging in Protein Crystallography

Protein

September 18, 2007

ActiveSight and CHDI leverage Fragment-Based Lead Discovery for Huntington Disease therapies

XRD

August 28, 2007

Rigaku introduces the Ultima IV X-ray diffractometer featuring cross beam optics and a small footprint design

Protein

August 22, 2007

Rigaku introduces two advanced CCD X-ray detectors for crystallography applications

XRF

July 23, 2007

Rigaku NANOHUNTER™ wins 2007 R&D 100 Award

Semiconductor

June 1, 2007

Rigaku Corporation announces sales representation agreement with SMI, Inc. for semiconductor Fab metrology products in the U.S.

General

May 29, 2007

Rigaku sponsors Carl Brändén Award

General

May 8, 2007

Rigaku's Tom McNulty appointed Vice President of Materials Analysis

Protein

April 17, 2007

Astex Therapeutics acquires first Rigaku FR-E+ SuperBright™ microfocus X-Ray source

Protein

March 28, 2007

Rigaku announces ultra-bright microfocus X-ray source for structural biology

Protein

February 27, 2007

Rigaku leads in protein structure productivity based on analysis of Protein Data Bank submissions

Protein

July 22, 2006

Two leading analytical X-ray companies introduce the world's most brilliant and stable microfocus X-ray source

General

July 21, 2006

Rigaku launches new products at ACA 2006

XRD

July 20, 2006

Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University Purchases Rigaku SmartLab®

Small molecule

April 21, 2006

New regional X-ray user facility opened in Cambridge, MA

Small molecule

March 17, 2006

First Structure Published Using Rigaku SCXmini™ Benchtop Small Molecule Diffraction System

XRD

March 13, 2006

Rigaku SmartLab® wins 2006 R&D 100 Award

XRD

March 13, 2006

SmartLab®: Automatic Horizontal Sample Mount X-ray Diffractometer

XRD

January 16, 2006

100th Ultima III XRD Delivered

XRF

November 1, 2005

Benchtop wavelength dispersive sequential X-ray spectrometers

General

October 14, 2005

Rigaku Reorganization Unifies Company To Better Serve Customers Outside of Japan

Small molecule

August 24, 2005

Rigaku Introduces the World's First Benchtop Small Molecule Crystallography System: SCXmini™

XRD

August 12, 2005

R-AXIS IV++ Detector with FR-E SuperBright™ Source to be Used for Ultra High Pressure Research

XRD

July 12, 2005

New SmartLab® XRD Introduced

Protein

July 5, 2005

Rigaku Introduces Ultra High Performance Sealed Tube Based Solution for Macromolecular Crystallography

XRF

June 28, 2005

Trace Element Analysis For Waste Solutions

Automation

June 15, 2005

Commercial Crystallography Robots to be Employed by Three Beamlines at the New Diamond Synchrotron

General

May 30, 2005

New Products at ACA 2005

Protein

May 13, 2005

First UK Installation of Next Generation Protein Structure Determination Technology

Protein

May 4, 2005

New Brochure for the Proteros® Free Mounting® System

Protein

March 18, 2005

Rigaku to Distribute Proteros Free Mounting System

Automation

March 3, 2005

Rigaku, Inc. Purchases RoboDesign International

XRF

February 28, 2005

Debut of Advanced "Tube Above" ZSX Primus II WDXRF with Mapping at Pittcon 2005

Protein

February 15, 2005

St. Andrews University Commissions Two Rigaku Chemical Crystallography Systems for Advanced Research into Molecular Structure

XRF

February 10, 2005

ZSX Primus II

XRF

February 10, 2005

ZSXmini II: Benchtop wavelength dispersive sequential X-ray spectrometer

Protein

January 7, 2005

New Brochure for the MicroMax-007 HF High-flux X-ray Generator for Macromolecular Crystallography

Protein

July 22, 2004

New High Flux Rotating Anode X-ray Source For Macromolecular Crystallography

Software

September 30, 2004

Rigaku purchases Molecular Images; Creates New Software Division

Small molecule

August 23, 2004

New Compact Integrated Diffraction System For Small Molecule Crystallography & Powder Diffraction

Automation

August 5, 2004

Advanced High-Throughput Robotic System For Macromolecular Crystallography

XRF

August 1, 2004

Rigaku WD-XRF Spectrometers for Oil and Gas

Protein

July 20, 2004

ActiveSight Signs Service Agreement With Celgene Corporation

Protein

July 8, 2004

ActiveSight Announces Availability Of Hsp90 3-D Structure Service

Automation

July 8, 2004

RoboDesign's Desktop Minstrel Protein Imaging System to be Integrated at the University of Nottingham

Vacuum products

June 30, 2004

Revolutionary Magnetic Levitation Rotary Actuator For Zero-Contamination Vacuum Motion

Protein

June 14, 2004

New Brochure for the R-AXIS HTC Imaging Plate Detector for Macromolecular Crystallography

Protein

May 24, 2004

Performance of HomeLab™ Systems for Screening Very Large Unit Cell Macromolecules

Automation

May 18, 2004

RoboDesign's CrystalMation™ Technology to be Integrated at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in France

Automation

April 27, 2004

The University of Toronto Implements RoboDesign's CrystalMation™ Platform

Automation

April 6, 2004

The Structural Genomics Consortium Standardizes on RoboDesign® International, Inc.'s CrystalMation™ Platform

Protein

March 19, 2004

Peformance Comparison of Imaging Plate Detector Systems for Macromolecular Crystallography

XRF

March 5, 2004

ZSXmini benchtop WDXRF spectrometer for oil and gas

Protein

February 20, 2004

New Phasing HomeLab™ Solutions for Protein Crystallography Structure Determination Using Enhanced Anomalous Scattering Signals

Protein

February 10, 2004

New Integrated HomeLab™ Solutions for Protein Crystallography Structure Determinations

Protein

November 3, 2003

New Structural Biology Company Formed in San Diego, CA

Software

June 17, 2003

Rigaku and HKL Research, Inc. Announce Development & Distribution Partnership for HKL-2000 X-ray Diffraction Data Analysis Software

Protein

May 28, 2003

New Laboratory X-ray Optics/Source System has 2nd Generation Synchrotron Level Performance for Macromolecular Crystallography

XRF

May 1, 2003

ZSX Primus

Protein

January 13, 2003

R-AXIS II Computer Support Being Discontinued

Semiconductor

October 10, 2002

Rigaku Joins SiLKnet Alliance

Protein

September 1, 2002

FR-E SuperBright™ High-Brilliance Rotating Anode Generator

Automation

August 15, 2002

ACTOR robot recipient of R&D 100 award for 2002

Cryogenics

July 10, 2002

NitroGen™ Miniature Liquid Nitrogen Generator

Cryogenics

July 10, 2002

Miniature Liquid Nitrogen Generator for the FAB

Cryogenics

July 10, 2002

Miniature Liquid Nitrogen Generator for NMR Labs

Cryogenics

July 10, 2002

Miniature Liquid Nitrogen Generator for MRI Applications

Cryogenics

July 10, 2002

Miniature Liquid Nitrogen & Cryogenic Gas Generator for Protein Crystallography & Biochemistry Applications

Cryogenics

July 10, 2002

Miniature Liquid Nitrogen Generator for Medical Applications

Automation

July 9, 2001

Rigaku licenses ACTOR™ high-throughput X-ray crystallography technology from Abbott Laboratories.

XRF

May 29, 2002

ZSXmini Benchtop WDXRF—Cement Analyzer

XRF

May 29, 2002

ZSXmini Benchtop WDXRF—Elemental Analyzer for Contaminated Soil Analysis

XRF

May 29, 2002

ZSXmini Benchtop WDXRF—Elemental Analyzer for Pulp & Paper