1. Avantes Spectrometers -
enabeling Technology for many
applications
Benno Oderkerk
CEO Avantes BV,
Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

2. Avantes Company Presentation
•Mission Statement
•Timeline
•Key Figures
•Spectroscopy
•Markets
•Applications spectrometers
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3. Mission Statement Avantes
Avantes is the trendsetting, trusted leader in innovative, high
quality and customer oriented optical instruments and solutions.
We achieve this through service-oriented thinking and acting,
encouraging and motivating each-other with a positive critical
and professional attitude of each Avantes employee.
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5. SOME KEY FIGURES
•Developer and manufacturer of
– compact spectrometers
– light sources
– fiber optics,
– Accessories
•60 employees in Apeldoorn, 85 total worldwide
•Since 1994 more than 17.000 spectrometers sold
•10 Mio € worldwide annual sales
•Sales offices in US, China and the UK
•40 Distributors all over the world
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6. Spectrometer – the core technology
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7. markets
 Medical diagnostics
 Biomedical technology
 Process control  Pharma QA/QC
 Gas detection  Cosmetics
 QA/QC, hy giene  Bioprocess monitoring
 Protein/DNA
 Waste reduction Life Sciences & Health
 Single cell LIF
 Nanotechnology
 Chemical industry Industrial
Research
 Semiconductor industry processes
 Lighting Industry Optical Diagnosis
 Plastics industry spectroscopy & imaging
UV-VIS IR
Safety Raman Green Energy
Fluorescence
& Security & Environment
 Solar
 Explosiv es detection
Agriculture & Food  Recy cling/Sorting
 Biochemical weapons  Soil/Water analy sis
 Contaminants
 Horticulture meas.
 Radiometry
 Fertilizers/Pesticides
 Food QA/QC
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8. Spectroscopy Applications
•LED measurements
•Solar panel measurements
•Thinfilm measurements
•Blood Analyses
•Fire detection
•Nitrogen determination
•Etc, etc..
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9. Nitrogen-Sensor Principle
•The nitrogen sensor
detects sunlight
reflected by the
crops
•Simultaneous
measurement of
sunlight
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10. HortiSpec +
•Integrated System for Plant growth optimization
•UV, PAR, IR
•Photon flux
•Radiation balance
•IP65 housing
•Distribution through partner
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11. In-line thin layer PV cell monitoring
•Thin layer solar cells to
reduce cost
•In-line monitoring
•10-channel
spectrometer
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12. Biomedical References
•Measure AGE
(Advanced Glycogen
Endproducts) to
determine heart and
vascular deseases
•Fluorescence
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13. Food
•non-destructive fruit saccharinity grader
•For apple, pear, peach, tangerine, water melon
•Applied in 103 production circulation centers in Korea
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14. Thank you for your attention…
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