Markets and Products

	Markets
	Environmental   Scientists monitor impurities in drinking water, ground water and wastewater at trace levels. Pollutants such as bromate and perchlorate are evaluated using Dionex methods according to rules published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or other organizations. Laboratories at the world’s leading agribusiness companies use our systems to test cuttingedge fungicides and herbicides. Our instruments can help keep agrochemicals at safe levels and allow scientists to piece together climatic mysteries of the past from glacial ice.
	Life Sciences/Pharmaceutical   Rapid advances in biotechnology and pharmaceutical research demand increasingly sophisticated analysis and purification methods. Pharmaceutical companies now use Dionex systems in drug discovery and purification, while remaining compliant with rules published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Our capabilities allow research scientists to work with minute amounts of biological sample, enabling proteomics and protein analyses that previously were not possible.
	Chemical/Petrochemical   Dionex products are used for a broad range of applications in the production of chemicals, petrochemicals and petroleum products, dyes, inks, paint and plastics. Dionex systems are used to control deposit formation and corrosion in production equipment, to analyze the quality of feedstock and finished products, and to provide detailed information on chemical processes and plant efficiency.
	Food/Beverage   The analysis and quality control of foods and beverages is one of the most challenging areas of analytical chemistry. The chemical structures of foods are often very complex, and analytes of interest may only be present at trace levels. Traditional wet chemistry methods may be susceptible to interferences due to lack of detection specificity, sensitivity and resolution. Dionex instruments automate and speed up many of the sample preparation and clean-up procedures required in food analysis.
	Electronics Manufacturing   The production of electronics (including microelectronics) has grown into one of the largest industries in the United States, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and Western Europe. The endproducts of this industry are critical components in computers, satellite communications, telephone networks, missile guidance systems, consumer electronics and medical instruments. Dionex makes it possible to measure trace contaminants throughout the fabrication process, determine major constituents of process materials and chemicals, and monitor ultrapure water and wastewater.
	Power   Power plants must distinguish between corrosive and noncorrosive contaminants in cooling water and steam, identify and eliminate sources of corrosion, optimize and extend the lifetime of certain resins, and maintain the right balance of ions. These each involve determinations using our instruments. In this way, Dionex can help to minimize power plant downtime due to corrosion, parts failures and parts replacement, and chemical cleaning. This translates to enormous cost savings for power plants and for all people and businesses that depend on power.
	Products
	Ion Chromatography (IC)   As a means to determine ions in complex chemical mixtures, Dionex introduced IC in 1975. We have been the world leader ever since, providing the full range of ion analysis instruments to our customers. From compact, dedicated ion analyzers to high-end, modular RFIC systems, Dionex pursues IC technology relentlessly, pushing for new innovations and new benefits for the customers that rely on us. The award-winning, new ICS-3000 is the most advanced example of our IC innovation. RFIC is an important innovation from Dionex that allows chemists to achieve greater productivity.
	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)   HPLC is the technology of choice for separation and quantification of many types of molecules. Our new, award-winning UltiMate 3000 Intelligent LC series delivers the full range of HPLC solutions, from nano and capillary proteomics LC to semipreparative applications. The UltiMate 3000 features ultraprecise flow delivery and dual configurations for optimal productivity. The new system is the ideal front end for LC/MS, including ESI/MS, MALDI-TOF and traditional mass spectrometric applications involving HPLC. These applications are of great importance to the life sciences market. We also offer the APS autopurification series. All Dionex HPLC systems combine advanced pump technology, state-ofthe-art autosampling and a variety of sensitive detection options.
	Chromatography Data Management Software   Chromeleon sets the industry standard forchromatography software. It is much more than just a data system; Chromeleon is a complete solution for managing chromatography systems, workflow, raw data and results. From sample management to instrument automation, from analysis to reporting and data management, Chromeleon maximizes productivity by streamlining the path from inquiry to access. Chromeleon has the power, usability, and adaptability to meet our customers’ needs, now and far into the future.
	Accelerated Solvent Extraction (ASE)   The ASE 100, ASE 200 and ASE 300 extract solid and semisolid samples using conventional liquid solvents at elevated temperature and pressure. Increased temperature accelerates the extraction kinetics, while elevated pressure keeps the solvent below its boiling point, reducing to only a few minutes the duration of extractions that traditionally took hours. This technique meets all of the requirements for extraction under U.S. EPA SW-846 Method 3545A for Pressurized Fluid Extraction. ASE can be used to save solvent and time by replacing Soxhlet, sonication, wrist shaking and other extraction techniques. This year Dionex introduced the ASE solvent evaporation systems to further speed sample preparation.
	Chemistries   To make our separation solutions as powerful as they can be, Dionex offers polymeric and silica-based ion-exchange and reversed-phase, in form of particle or monolith separation chemistries for IC and HPLC applications. These include the new ProSwift Monolith columns for biomolecular analysis, the DNAPac®, CarboPac™, ProPac, Acclaim, PepMap™ and Monolithic capillary columns, for HPLC, and IonPac columns for IC analysis. In addition, IC requires suppressors, such as SRS® and Atlas®, and eluent generation cartridges.