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| Millbrook Scientific Instruments PLC, Company No. 04350858 incorporated in the United Kingdom, is the parent company of a nanoscience metrology group. The Group specialises in the design,
manufacture and sale of innovative desktop scientific instruments
used in the investigation of surfaces, coatings and thin films.
The Group consists of two subsidiary operating
companies. Each company is a specialist in its own distinct
niche technology, investigating the chemical or mechanical properties of materials. |
| Applications include: |
| Adhesives
Aerospace
Architectural Glass
Automotive
Biomaterials
Ceramics |
Corrosion
Electronics
Food Hygiene
Liquid Crystal Displays
Lubrication
Magnetic Storage |
Optical Coatings
Pharmaceuticals
Polymers
Surface coatings
Telecom Devices
University Teaching |
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Together the companies have a common
potential customer base consisting of universities,
research institutes and a range of industries. The Group’s
instruments are used at around 200 sites around the world.
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| Examples of our customers are:- |
| Industrial
BNFL
Corus
Daimler Chrysler
General Motors
Kodak
LG Philips
Pfizer
Pilkington
Siemens |
Universities
Beijing (China)
Berlin (Germany)
Cambridge (UK)
Imperial (UK)
Johns Hopkins (USA)
MIT (USA)
Montpelier (France)
Osaka (Japan) |
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| The two operating subsidiaries (also incorporated in the UK) are:
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Millbrook Instruments Limited |
Micro Materials Limited |
Milbrook
Instruments Limited.
Millbrook Instruments Limited is the nucleus around which
the Millbrook Group has been built. The core product is
the MiniSIMS, an automated, self-contained, mobile instrument,
which provides a comprehensive and low cost route to surface
chemical characterisation. The instrument uses a technology
known as Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS). SIMS
is a sensitive analysis technique that can examine the
extreme surface of complex materials in three dimensions
by imaging and depth profiling. The MiniSIMS reduces the
analysis cost per sample by up to 90% and is a unique
instrument with no direct competitor. |
Micro
Materials Limited.
Micro Materials Limited was acquired in September 2004
and brought expertise in the high growth niche sector
of mechanical nanotesting into Millbrook. The MML NanoTest
is a modular system which provides a high degree of precision
and reproducibility in the mechanical testing of coatings
in the micro to nano range of thicknesses. Properties
including hardness, fracture toughness, creep, adhesive
failure, surface friction, impact, scratch and wear resistance
can be investigated. These criteria can be analysed under
varying temperature and humidity conditions. |
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