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Agilent Technologies Ships 10,000th 5975 Series GC/MS

^{Published on 2008-12-17 10:41:07 - Market Wire}
 

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced it has delivered the 10,000^th unit of its 5975 Series gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS). Introduced just over three years ago, the Agilent 5975 Series is well on its way to becoming the most popular GC/MS of all time.

"The only thing we can say to customers around the globe is a big, heartfelt ‘thank you,'" said Chris Toney, vice president and general manager, Agilent Mass Spectrometry Division. "Agilent's GC/MS has been the market leader for decades, so our challenge was to make the best even better. Customers are constantly seeking more productivity and higher performance, and our R&D team found innovative ways to deliver both. It's gratifying to see this kind of response, because there is no better indicator of customer satisfaction in this highly competitive market."

The GC/MS technique is widely used throughout the analytical measurement world in applications that include environmental analysis, food safety testing, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbon processing and forensics. The Agilent 5975 Series contains many innovations to help labs analyze more samples per day and identify the components of complex mixtures, even at trace levels.

Agilent's predecessor, Hewlett Packard, entered the gas chromatography market in 1965, and the company has been a leader in GC and GC/MS continuously since then. Firsts include microprocessor control in 1973 and the first benchtop GC/MS system in 1975. In 1996, the HP Model 5973 introduced the gold-plated hyperbolic quartz quadrupole mass filter, a breakthrough in instrument stability and performance. Agilent spun off from Hewlett Packard in 1999, and the GC and GC/MS innovation continued in both hardware and software through the present.

For more information about the Agilent 5975 Series GC/MS, visit [ www.chem.agilent.com ] and click on "Instruments & Systems." There is also a thank-you message to customers at [ www.agilent.com/chem/thankyou ].

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 20,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $5.8 billion in fiscal 2008. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at [ www.agilent.com ].

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