Techcomp Group Ltd. (Kowloon, Hong Kong), has acquired the majority holding of shares in Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. (EI) (Livingston, Scotland).
Techcomp Group Ltd. (Kowloon, Hong Kong), has acquired the majority holding of shares in Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. (EI) (Livingston, Scotland).
EI is a manufacturer of lifetime fluorescence spectrometers, lasers and gas sensors for scientific research and industrial markets. The business was founded in 1971 as an early pioneer of time correlated single photon counting, laser and gas sensing technologies.
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