History

   
1896 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen orders X-ray tubes from Siemens
   
1925 Discovery of the chemical element Rhenium with X-ray spectroscopy at Siemens & Halske labs
   
1927 First generation of analytical X-ray instruments by Siemens & Halske
   
1935 KRISTALLOFLEX I – portable X-ray generator diffraction setups
   
1955 KRISTALLOFLEX III and IV for diffractometers and spectrometers with X-ray counters
   
1964 MRS 1 – multichannel X-ray spectrometer for process control
   
1965 SRS 1 – the first X-ray spectrometer with full radiation protection
   
1965 Type F – X-ray diffractometer with tube housing attached directly to the goniometer
   
1969 P1 four-circle diffractometer controlled by minicomputer introduced by Syntex
   
1970 First autoindexing of single crystal unit cells
   
1972 XTL – the first minicomputer-based structure solution & refinement package
   
1976 D500 – the first X-ray diffractometer with full radiation protection
   
1977 KRISTALLOFLEX K 720 – first compact medium frequency X-ray generator
   
1979 SHELXTL – the first proprietary release for single crystal structures
   
1979 Nicolet acquires Syntex single crystal diffraction activities
   
1982 First scanning linear PSD for X-ray diffraction
   
1983 SRS 300 – sequential X-ray spectrometer with end-window tube
   
1984 X 100 – multiwire 2-dimensional detector for biological crystallography
   
1985 DIFFRAC AT – the first PC software for X-ray analysis
   
1989 Siemens acquires Nicolet X-ray division
   
1990 D5000 – the first X-ray diffractometer with fully automated beam path
   
1991 GADDS – the first general diffraction system with 2-dimensional detector (winner of R&D 100 Award, 1992)
   
1992 SRS 3000 – the first X-ray spectrometer with XY sample changer
   
1992 WIN-HRXRD and WIN-REFSIM – first Windows software for evaluation of thin film X-ray data
   
1993 SMART – the first CCD detector system for chemical crystallography (winner of R&D 100 Award, 1994)
   
1994 DIFFRACplus – the first 32-bit Windows NT software for X-ray analysis
   
1994 GADDS – the first X-ray diffraction microprobe with 2-dimensional detector
   
1994 The first X-ray reflectometer with Knife Edge Collimator (KEC)
   
1995 Göbel Mirrors – introduction of graded multilayers for parallel and focussed X-ray beam (winner of R&D 100 Award, 1996)
   
1996 AXS GmbH is founded
   
1997 Bruker acquires the analytical X-ray business from Siemens - the new company is called Bruker AXS
   
1998 D8 DISCOVER – the first completely modular X-ray diffractometer
   
1998 D8 DISCOVER with GADDS – the first X-ray diffraction system with 2D texture and stress measurement and evaluation
   
1998 SMART 6000 – large CCD for biological crystallography
   
1998 SPECTRAplus – the first XRF software with seamless integration of qualitative, quantitative, and standardless analysis
   
1999 S4 EXPLORER – the first plug-and-analyze wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectrometer
   
1999 SMART APEX – the first direct imaging (1:1) CCD detector system
   
   
2000 D8 DISCOVER with GADDS for high-throughput COMBINATORIAL SCREENING – First XRD system for combinatorial screening introduced at Pittcon 2000
   
2001 Bruker AXS acquires the analytical x-ray business of Nonius, The Netherlands
   
2001 D4 ENDEAVOR – the first high-end X-ray diffractometer with large and versatile sample magazine and integrated web-cam
   
2001 R & D 100 awards 2001 have been given for the D8 DISCOVER with GADDS for Combinatorial Screening, and the PROTEUM 300 Lens Coupled CCD
   
2001 S4 PIONEER the most compact, high performance 4 kW sequential X-ray spectrometer with smallest footprint
   
2001 Initial Public Offering of Bruker AXS Inc. at the NASDAQ (Symbol: BAXS)
   
2002 S2 RANGER – the first "plug'n analyze", all-in-one EDX spectrometer with intuitive touch-screen operation
   
2002 Bruker AXS acquires MAC Science, Japan
   
2002 The D8 DISCOVER Series 2 launched at the X-TOP conference, Grenoble, France
   
2003 As per June 30, 2003 Bruker AXS and Bruker Daltonics merged to form the new Bruker Biosciences company (NASDAQ: BRKR)
   
2003 The new D8 FOCUS introduced at the Denver X-ray Conference 2003
   
2003 Bruker AXS presents the new NANOSTAR
   
2004 Bruker AXS launches New SUPER SPEED SOLUTIONSTM
   
2004 Bruker presents the new 1-dimensional VÅNTEC-1 detector
   
2005 Bruker AXS launches LYNXEYETM, the 1-dimensional detector for X-ray powder diffraction, based on Bruker AXS’ compound silicon strip technology
   
2005 Bruker AXS presents the Auto Changer with a large storage capacity of up to 90 preloaded samples
   
2005 Bruker AXS presents the UMC stages (universal motion concept)
   
2005 Bruker AXS presents the VANTEC-2000 detector which received already an R&D 100 award
   
2005 Bruker AXS launches the high-throughput systems D8 DISCOVER with GADDS HTS/D8 ADVANCE HTS
   
2005 Bruker AXS receives the Frost & Sullivan award
   
2006 S8 TIGER – first wavelength dispersive X-ray spectrometer with with TouchControlTM and SampleCareTM
   
2007 S2 RANGER – the energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer gets equipped with XFlash technology
   
2008 S2 PICOFOX – the portable total reflection spectrometer achieves the Pittcon Editors’ Award in bronze
   
2008 SMART X2S – receives the prestigious Pittcon Editors' Gold Award
   
2009 Bruker AXS introduces the M1 MISTRAL Gold and Jewelry Analyzer
   
2009 Bruker AXS presents the D2 PHASER and the S8 LION at Pittcon 2009
   
2009 Bruker AXS presents the D8 ADVANCE with DAVINCI at ACHEMA 2009
   
2010 Bruker AXS presents the new D8 DISCOVER at ANALYTICA 2010