News Archives
News 2019
09 December 2019: Keit announces sale of IRmadillo to Solvay.
05 September 2019: Keit signs agreement with Danish distributor, Aage Christensen; further reach into Nordic Countries
02 September 2019: Keit Spectrometers signs agreement with Swedish distributor, Greenhouse; Expands applications in Pulp & Paper and Biofuels
05 June 2019: Keit at FEW 2019 – bioethanol monitoring (10-12 June, Indianapolis, Indiana, Booth #2034)
02 May 2019: Keit presenting at AOCS 2019 (5-8 May, St. Louis, Missouri, Booth #608).
15 April 2019: Meet Richard Salliss, Sales Director – Keit’s newest member.
27 February 2019: Keit profiled in January 2019 Thames Valley Business Barometer. Interview with Dan Wood, CEO, Keit.
12 February 2019: Meet Keit at IFPAC 2019 (4-6 March, N. Bethesda, Maryland, Booth #506). Presentations & demonstrations.
15 January 2019: Keit signs distributor agreement with Quantum Analytics for sale of IRmadillo to Fine & Petrochemical industries in the United States. Read the news.
News 2018
12 October 2018: Keit’s presenting innovation in process FTIR at SciX 2018 in Atlanta. Read the news.
26 September 2018: Keit secures £2.5 million funding. Read the news.
24 September 2018: New address for Keit as of 01 October 2018 in the Zephyr Building. Get new address & telephone number.
23 August 2018: CPACT article on Keit’s plan for move to new headquarters. Read page 6 in CPACT’s August 2018 Newsletter
19 August 2018: Keit speaking every day at ACS Fall National Meeting in Boston, Mass (19-23 August 2018). Read list of presentation topics & times. Don’t miss meeting us at the Keit booth #612.
31 May 2018: Lots going on at FEW 2018 (Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, 11-13 June, Omaha, NE). Drop by Keit booth #1333 for live fermentation demo and a slice of cake! Read more.
23 May 2018: New Industry Member at IBioIC, Keit Spectrometers. Read the news.
14 March 2018: Keit joins CAMO Sofware’s OEM Partner Programme. Read the news.
09 February 2018: Stephanie Wood joins Keit as newest Application Scientist. Read the news.
22 January 2018: Keit IRmadillo Wins Best New Product at GCC Jan 2018. Read the news.
10 January 2018: Keit Delivers New IRmadillo FTIR Spectrometer to Green Biologics. Read the news.
News 2017
23 October 2017: Keit participating at SIMB’s RAFT 2017 conference – Industrial fermentation is our thing! Read the news.
04 October 2017: Happy Anniversary CPACT! 20 years of R&D in process analytical technology. Read the news.
28 September 2017: Keit at Expoquimia 2017 (2-6 Oct, Barcelona). Read the news.
06 June 2017: Keit included in International Labmate’s 2017-2018 Buyer’s Guide. Read 2017 Guide.
23 May 2017: Keit announces breakthrough in spectral range of IRmadillo FTIR spectrometer. Read more.
10-12 May 2017: Keit’s Dr. Jonathon Speed presents scientific poster at EuroPACT 2017 “Rugged FTIR to study bio-renewable (fermentation) processes”. Read Poster.
01 May 2017: Keit’s IRmadillo™ in Spectroscopy Magazine’s “Review of New Spectroscopic Instrumentation 2017”. Read article.
19 April 2017: Keit announces receipt of ATEX and IECEx certification for the IRmadillo™ FTIR spectrometer. Read more.
15 February 2017: The Royal Society of Chemistry accepts Keit as an EnterprisePlus member organisation. Read more.
25 January 2017: Keit joins the British Quality Foundation (BQF). Read Press Release.
05 January 2017: Keit Announces UK Trademark Registration of New Product Name ‘IRmadillo’ for rugged FTIR Spectrometer. Read announcement.
News 2016
29 September 2016: Physics PhD summer placement at Keit through the South East Physics Network (SEPnet). Read the work experience case study.
14 September 2016: Announcement: Keit Secures £1.4m Equity Funding Round. Read announcement.
11 August 2016: Announcement: Keit Certified ISO 9001:2015. Read announcement.
01 August 2016: Application Note: Vibration Resistant FT-IR for In-Process Monitoring of Industrial Fermentation Process. Spectroscopy, FTIR Supplemental Issue, August 2016, Vol. 31, issue 8, p. 38. Read Application Note.
28 July 2016: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: All-Star Innovators 2016. Keit made the list of all-star innovators in pharmaceutical manufacturing industry for analytical and monitoring devices (Vol 15, issue 6, Jul/Aug 2016, pp 18-21) Read article.
30 June 2016: Announcement: New Hire Dr. Jonathon Speed. Keit welcomes Dr. Jonathon Speed to the team as new Application Scientist. Read full announcement.
14 June 2016: Announcement: We’re Growing! As Operations ramp up, Keit has moved to a larger office space at the Harwell Campus. Same telephone number, new building number (R71).
17 May 2016: Spectroscopy, May 2016 issue, Vol 31, No. 5 (pp. 40-67), Read description under Mid-IR of Keit’s FTIR spectrometer in Review of New Spectroscopic Instrumentation 2016.
06 May 2016: SpectroscopyOnline, Keit included in editors’ summary of spectroscopy highlights at Analytica 2016 in Munich, Germany Click here to read the on-line article.
22 April 2016: APACT Update: Keit Spectrometers’ Dr. Tim Stephens’ scientific poster at APACT 2016 “Online process monitoring with a compact FTIR spectrometer”. Click here to read Tim’s poster. Catriona McFarlan of University of Strathclyde presented performance results of Keit’s microFTS® spectrometer Click here to read Catriona’s poster.
10 March 2016: PITTCON Update: Keit Spectrometers increased visibility by presenting at the new live demo session at PITTCON 2016 in Atlanta, GA, as well as a poster presentation by Dan Wood, CEO, highlighting the microFTS® FTIR Spectrometer. Click here to read the full poster content.
News 2015
21 Dec 2015: Press Release: Keit’s microFTS® spectrometer receives positive results from a recent independent performance trial. The rugged FTIR spectrometer “…performed admirably with no failures, providing quantifiable data with a high degree of repeatability”. Read the full press release.
10 Dec 2015: Announcement: Keit Gains Trademark Registration for microFTS®, a Novel FTIR Spectrometer. Read the full announcement.