New Partnership to Enhance GC Technology

Nlisis Chromatography (The Netherlands) has started a partnership with DSM Resolve (The Netherlands). The two companies will work closely together in the field of research and development. Both companies are
dedicated to improving the effectiveness of GC-technology. The partners intend to achieve their mission by developing flexible, stable and user-friendly solutions. Last year Nlisis launched the Meltfit One, a breakthrough
in coupling capillary columns. From the beginning DSM Resolve has been involved as a lead user in the development of this technology.

DSM Resolve is a leading analytical centre that is specialised in product and process analysis for a wide a range of markets and partners. DSM Resolve has a 100-strong team of analysts with an extensive industrial experience in method development and implementation and in solutions to analysis related problems. DSM Resolve, a service unit of Dutch-based Royal DSM N.V., works for DSM’s global R&D organization as well as more than 200 other organisations.

Nlisis CEO Wil van Egmond feels that the new partnership offers great opportunities. “DSM Resolve is a respected provider of high-added-value analytical services. With their support, we are well equipped to step up our development efforts for new important applications that make GC-technology easier to use, and decrease the total cost of ownership through faster and better performance. Our Meltfit One is only the first step towards the next generation of GC.“

Earlier this year, the two companies have won a substantial grant in the Netherlands from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, for the development of innovative GC solutions based on the mutual experiences and techniques of DSM Resolve and Nlisis Chromatography.

With its Meltfit technology, Nlisis offers a unique platform to develop new solutions that make GC analyses more accurate and easier to perform. Chromatography is by far the most prominent analytical separation technique of modern analytical chemistry. Anyone who can achieve significant improvements in that technique, will have a large impact. The development team at Nlisis has solved the problems associated with leaking and time-consuming capillary column connections. With these same skills in place, Nlisis and DSM Resolve can tackle several additional major issues as well.