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Monitoring Moisture Content In The Air Can Help Save Lives And Billions Of Dollars In Fuel Costs From Air Traffic Delays.

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Every day, weather forecasters are challenged to accurately assess the potential for severe weather such as flooding, hurricanes, and tornadoes, as well as helping to ensure the safety of commercial and private aircraft from threatening thunderstorms, icing and wind shear. On average, more vaporized water (in the form of vapor and clouds) flows over the dry state of Arizona than flows down the Mississippi river. It is this high-energy atmospheric moisture that provides severe weather systems the majority of their strength. Since the 1940’s, a network of about 70 weather balloon stations across the country have collected information about the atmosphere at twelve-hour intervals. They provide the basic weather measurements from the ground up through the jet stream, the layer of the atmosphere where our weather forms. But weather moves quickly, and a snapshot of the atmosphere just a few hours old can become misleading and unrepresentative. This loss of awareness of the...

SpectraSensors Introduces OXY4400 for Trace Measurement of Oxygen in Natural Gas

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Houston, TX (PRWEB) November 9, 2009 -- SpectraSensors, Inc., a leading supplier of optical sensors for petrochemical applications, announced the model OXY4400 oxygen analyzer for natural gas pipelines. A common problem associated with the production of natural gas is the presence of oxygen which can enter via air leaks in upstream equipment. The negative impacts of oxygen in natural gas include corrosion of piping, reduced life of gas plant equipment and penalties on the prices of the gas. Operators control oxygen in natural gas by eliminating leaks, however levels of 10 to 100 ppmv (parts per million by volume) are common. The measurement of oxygen at these low concentrations has been difficult in the past because available technologies suffer damage from corrosive constituents in the gas such as H2S and the sensors themselves decay over time. The maintenance and repair of equipment in these applications is expensive. Natural gas production and gathering sites are typically...

SpectraSensors Receives 2009 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation of the Year

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:15:00 GMT

Houston, TX — September 21, 2009 — Based on its recent analysis of the trace gas and moisture measurement instrumentation market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes SpectraSensors with the 2009 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation of the Year. The recipient has developed instruments that use laser absorption spectroscopy and a tunable diode laser (TDL) that emit near-infrared light (NIR) for enhanced, non-contact, precise measurement of key constituents such as moisture, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and acetylene in a gas sample. SpectraSensors’ TDL technology can be applied in critical and demanding applications, including natural gas quality measurement, trace measurement in industrial process plants, and atmospheric monitoring. The company offers high selectivity, immunity to interfering analytes in the gas stream, increased sensitivity and repeatability, rapid response time, and freedom from contamination. SpectraSensors’ analyzers can help natural...

SpectraSensors Ranked for the Second Year in a Row on Inc. Magazine's List of the Top 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Houston, TX (PRWEB) August 17, 2009 -- For the second year in a row, SpectraSensors, Inc. has been ranked on the Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States, with nearly 324 percent revenue growth from 2005 through 2008. SpectraSensors is a leading manufacturer and supplier of precision optical laser-based gas analyzers used by the natural gas, petrochemical, and atmospheric industries to improve efficiency and product quality. SpectraSensors was founded in 2001 as a technology spin-off of the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. The company uses tunable diode lasers (TDLs) to improve the quality and efficiency of natural gas and petrochemical processing and to conduct environmental monitoring in a host of clean tech applications. It enables customers such as Chevron (also an investor in the company), ConocoPhillips and BP to operate in a cleaner and safer manner while also helping to improve product yields. Over...

SpectraSensors Secures $6M in New Funding

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Houston, TX May 18, 2009 -- SpectraSensors, Inc., a leading supplier of optical sensors for industrial and environmental gas sensing applications, announced the company has raised in excess of $6M in new financing from both its current investors as well as new investors. Investors participating include Blueprint Ventures, Nth Power, American River Ventures, Nomura Private Equity Investment, and Chevron Technology Venture Investments. Raising additional working capital at favorable terms in the current economic climate is a true testament to the strength of SpectraSensors products, customers and technology, said George Hoyem, Managing Director of Blueprint Ventures, further stated, as the company continues to expand and grow, this additional working capital allows SpectraSensors to aggressively address new markets and applications for its world class technology and solutions. George Balogh, CEO, stated, This investment along with operating changes implemented earlier in the...

SpectraSensors Reorganizes Sales and Marketing Team

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Jorge Jones appointed Vice President Marketing & Business Development to head Strategic Marketing, Product Management and Business Development Jorge Jones has been appointed Vice President Marketing & Business Development reporting to the CEO of SpectraSensors Inc. Jones has been with SpectraSensors for 3 years successfully leading the International expansion of the business. Reporting to Jones are the Directors of Product and Industry Management for SpectraSensors’ two major market segments, natural gas and process. These two positions are at the core of the company’s efforts to further develop and define products for the respective industries. As SpectraSensors evolves into a midsize corporation these changes are designed to further strengthen three areas of the organization: Product portfolio management, strategic marketing, and the sales channels ability to continue delivering exceptional growth as a larger global organization said George Balogh, CEO of SpectraSensors. ...

SpectraSensors Ranked Fifth on Inc. Magazine's List of the Top 50 Environmental Services Companies in America

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:00:00 GMT

Optical Laser-Based Analyzer Manufacturer and Supplier Ranked Fifth in Environmental Category, 583rd Overall Houston, TX – August 26, 2008 – SpectraSensors, Inc. has been ranked fifth on Inc. Magazine’s list of the 50 fastest-growing private American companies in the environmental category, which includes a broad range of product and services companies. The company placed 583rd on the Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., with nearly 600 percent revenue growth from 2004 through 2007. SpectraSensors is a leading manufacturer and supplier of precision optical laser-based gas analyzers used by the natural gas, petrochemical, clean tech and environmental monitoring industries to improve efficiency and product quality. Our second annual Inc. 5,000 continues the most ambitious project in business journalism, said Inc. 5,000 project manager Jim Melloan. The Inc. 5,000 gives an unrivalled portrait of young, underreported companies across all industries doing...

Gas Analyzer Manufacturer SpectraSensors Awarded ISO 9001:2000 Certification

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:00:00 GMT

SpectraSensors, Inc., a manufacturer of advanced laser-based moisture analyzers used by the natural gas and petrochemical industry, has been recommended for ISO 9001:2000 certification by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Rancho Cucamonga, CA (PRWEB) May 20, 2008 -- SpectraSensors, Inc., a manufacturer of advanced laser based gas analyzers used by the natural gas and petrochemical industry, has been recommended for ISO 9001:2000 certification by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. The certification will be officially awarded in approximately 30-45 days by the International Standards Organization. The new registration represents a key step forward in SpectraSensors' plans to meet international market standards and compliance in terms of product quality, safety and documentation processes. We are committed to assuring our customers that we have the systems and other qualifications in place to satisfy their immediate and long-term needs, says Alfred Feitisch, Vice President of...

Atmospheric Testing Expert to Present Carbon Emission Trading Scheme at Geneva Aviation and Environment Summit

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Representing SpectraSensors, Inc., a leader in laser-based absorption spectroscopy, Dr. Fleming will present a new atmospheric water vapor sensor for commercial aircraft to improve weather information and hence reduce fuel consumption. The payoff - lower carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming. Rancho Cucamonga, CA (PRWeb) March 26, 2008 -- Prominent atmospheric scientist Dr. Rex J. Fleming will provide a new insight into carbon emission trading schemes (ETS) at a pre-conference workshop of the Aviation & Environment Summit meeting in Geneva on April 21, 2008. The advanced atmospheric moisture analyzer, part of SpectraSensors' laser-based moisture analyzer product line, will also be exhibited as part of the Aviation & Environment Summit April 22-23, 2008. This is the third annual conference where members of the aerospace industry, regulators and representatives of civil society meet to discuss technological progress, such as advanced moisture analysis, that...

SpectraSensors Awarded Patent on Enhanced Optical Monitoring of Moisture in Natural Gas

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:45:00 GMT

The new enhanced gas analyzer patent for the detection of water vapor in natural gas further strengthens SpectraSensors' position in the natural gas industry. Houston, TX (PRWeb) March 12, 2008 -- SpectraSensors, Inc. has been issued a new patent for the advanced detection of water vapor in natural gas streams via a laser-based gas analyzer system. This new patent is an enhancement of the previously issued patent 7,132,661 on moisture monitoring using lasers in the 1.9 microns, 0.9 microns and 2.7 microns spectral region. I believe this new patent underscores our leadership in laser based trace gas analyzers and further strengthens our position in the natural gas industry, says George M Balogh, SpectraSensors CEO. The new patent extends that which is embodied in a unique method of determining the level of water vapor in natural gas. That method is based on tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS), which provides a light source emitting light at a precise frequency where...

SpectraSensors Inc will Present at IFPAC

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:00:00 GMT

SpectraSensors, Inc. is pleased to announce that the company will be presenting at IFPAC 2008 this January 29-31. The following papers will be presented at the event, which discusses the fundamentals of absorption spectroscopy for trace moisture analyzers in process industries and natural gas industries. Diode Laser Sensors for Trace Moisture Measurement in Olefins Product Streams by Dr. Xin Zhou Wavelength Modulation Absorption Spectroscopy based Trace Moisture Analyzer for Natural Gas by Dr. Xiang Liu Recent Advancements in Tunable Laser Diode Spectroscopy by Sam Miller SpectraSensors will also be featuring the following products in booth number 105: SpectraSensors SS2100 Process Analyzer. Spectrasensors SS2100 Process Analyzer is an extremely reliable extractive sensor using SpectraSensors’ line spectroscopy technology. The sensor measures concentrations using an IR laser and special software and electronics to determine the concentration of gas without coming into...

SpectraSensors to Present Key TDL Analyzer Applications at IFPAC

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:30:00 GMT

Experts in analytical technologies for hydrocarbon processing to present at IFPAC 2008 (PRWeb) January 24, 2008 -- SpectraSensors, Inc. will present TDL-based analyzer papers at IFPAC 2008 in Baltimore January 27-30. The papers will discuss the fundamentals of absorption spectroscopy for trace gas analyzers in petrochemical and hydrocarbon gas processing industries. Advanced TDL Gas Analyzers for Petrochemical Process Industries, by Xin Zhou, Xiang (Sherry) Liu, Alfred Feitisch This paper describes how tunable diode laser (TDL) based gas analyzers continue their emergence as a new main stream, on-line gas measurement technique for the petrochemical industry due to superior accuracy, sensitivity, repeatability, reliability, fast response and lower total cost of ownership, compared to incumbent analytical techniques. The paper reviews experimental progress achieved with SpectraSensors' advanced cell platforms and data analysis techniques, demonstrating TDL trace gas analyzers which...

Koen Roelstraete to Head TDL Analyzer Sales for SpectraSensors in EMEA

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:00:00 GMT

Expert in petrochemical, refinery, and analytical process instrumentation will spearhead SpectraSensors' expansion in EMEA regions Rancho Cucamonga, CA (PRWeb) November 28, 2007 -- SpectraSensors, Inc., a leading manufacturer of tunable diode laser (TDL) gas analyzers, announced that Koen Roelstraete has joined the company to head sales activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Holding degrees in Chemical, Biotechnological and Environmental Engineering (State University of Ghent), Roelstraete has over 20 years experience as a sales engineer, senior account manager and regional manager for major European technology firms with worldwide distribution. Koen's in-depth petrochemical, refinery, and analytical process instrumentation expertise make him an ideally suited for the important role he will play in expanding SpectraSensors business to EMEA territories, said Jorge Jones, SpectraSensors Director of International Sales. Koen Roelstraete has 23 years of management, business...

Latest TDL-based Analyzers Will Be Exhibited at ISA South America Show in Brazil

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:00:00 GMT

Pensalab Equipamentos Industriais will exhibit advanced SpectraSensors moisture and gas analyzers at ISA South America Show 2007 Rancho Cucamonga, CA (PRWEB) November 15, 2007 -- A cutting-edge line of TDL-based gas and moisture analyzers will be exhibited by SpectraSensors, Inc. at the upcoming ISA South America Show on automation systems and instrumentation to be held November 27-29, 2007 at Sao Paulo, Brazil. The booth number is 30 B in the White Pavilion. Developed by SpectraSensors, a spin-off of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the TDL (tunable diode laser) based analyzers offer extremely fast and reliable readings that overcome such industry problems as frequent and costly sensor maintenance, shut-ins and high processing costs due to false readings. The SpectraSensors line will be represented at the SGA Show by its local distributor, Pensalab Equipamentos Industriais Ltda, including advanced solutions such as: the SpectraSensors SS2000 Moisture/Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen...

Dave Novak joins SSI to head up the Applications, Service and System Integration Group in the Houston Office

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:00:00 GMT

As of the first of September, David Novak joined SSI as Vice President of Applications, Service and System Integration.

Based out of the Houston office, he will have SSI's applications, customer service and system engineers reporting to him. Dave has been in the process analyzer business for well over 30 years beginning his career as a analyzer engineer with United Controls in CA, he then co-founded analyzer system integrator Pastech which was sold to ABB and then founded PAC Services a group that engineered analytical projects until this company was purchased by Applied Automation where Dave was the Manager of System Integration and Marketing at Siemens Applied Automation.

We are very lucky to have Dave as his knowledge, leadership and reputation in the process analyzer field will bring great benefits and creditability to SSI.

Dave's contact information is phone: 713.466.3172 x3107 and email: dnovak@spectrasensors.com.

Chuck Brewer joins SSI as Director of Systems Integration

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:00:00 GMT

Also on the first of September, Chuck Brewer joined SSI as Director of Systems Integration; Chuck also brings 23 years of process analyzer engineering experience with him having worked for Pastech, PAC Services and most recently as the Engineering Services Manager at Siemens Applied Automation.

Chuck's contact information is phone: 713.466.3172 x3112 and email: cbrewer@spectrasensors.com.

SpectraSensors, Inc. Announces Completion of $14 Million C-Round Investment

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:00:00 GMT

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., July 9, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The $14 million C-Round of a funding was led by Nomura's New Energy & Clean Technology Ventures. Nomura, one of Asia's leading investment banks, was joined in this round by SpectraSensors' three current investors, American River Ventures, Blueprint Ventures and Nth Power LLC; and by CTTV Investments LLC, the venture capital arm of Chevron Technology Ventures, as a new investor. SpectraSensors has grown rapidly to become the supplier of choice for a variety of gas analyzer products. The latest round of funding will enable it to accelerate growth and continue to introduce superior products and services to its established customer base, which includes leading oil and gas companies. Having recently announced the acquisition of Integrated Information Technologies, and several major new product announcements, the addition of Nomura and Chevron as investors will greatly enhance our market strategies, SpectraSensors CEO, George...

SpectraSensors Acquires Integrated Information Technologies, a leader in SCADA applications for Natural Gas Transport and Distribution

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:00:00 GMT

SpectraSensors, Inc., the leading supplier of moisture, CO2 and H2S analyzers for Natural Gas Pipeline applications announced today, May 15, 2007 that it has acquired Integrated Information Technologies (IIT), a leader in Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and other Software Products for Natural Gas Pipeline Industry. This acquisition of IIT will greatly enhance SpectraSensors ability to provide complete solutions for gas quality measurement while adding capability to provide software solutions for data acquisition, monitoring and control in critical process monitoring applications. states George Balogh, CEO of SpectraSensors, Inc. IIT has been providing SCADA turnkey solutions to oil, gas, and utility industries for over 15 years and will continue to support its customers with a larger support network through SpectraSensors Sales, Applications Support and Training Center in Houston, Texas. Richard Cline, former CEO of IIT, will join SpectraSensors Houston...

SpectraSensors Named as a Red Herring 100 Finalist

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:00:00 GMT

SpectraSensors makes the list based on its innovative and entrepreneurial achievements. (PRWeb) May 3, 2007 -- After a rigorous evaluation process, the Red Herring editorial team has informed SpectraSensors, Inc. of their inclusion in the 200 Finalists for the Red Herring 100 North America Awards. The selection means SSI has been selected as one of the leading 200 private technology companies in North America. Evaluations were made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, innovation, management, strategy, and ecosystem integration. Red Herring Spring 2007 is being held in Monterey, CA on May 1 - 3, as part of the magazine's tradition of honoring innovation and entrepreneurship in the business of technology. This year's invitation-only event marks the 10th Anniversary of the Red Herring 100 Awards. More than 300 attendees, including entrepreneurs, venture financiers, and corporate strategists are convening under the theme Ten Years of Innovation...

SpectraSensors is a Red Herring 100 Finalist

noemail@spectrasensors.com — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:00:00 GMT

Red Herring today announced that SpectraSensors is a Finalist for the Red Herring 100 Award, a selection of the 100 private companies based in North America that play a leading role in innovation and technology. The Red Herring editorial board diligently surveyed the entrepreneurial scene throughout the North American region and identified the top 200 out of more than 800 closely evaluated companies that are leading the next wave of innovation. We can see the exciting evolution of the technology sector reflected in the quality and variety of exceptional companies that we had to choose from in putting our list together, said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. It was tough to choose just 200 finalists from such a large list of excellent contenders, and we are very happy with the qualities of the companies we selected as Finalists. The winning 100 companies will be announced at the Red Herring Spring event. The CEOs of the winners will present their innovative...