Teledyne Completes Acquisition of Cetac Technologies

Teledyne Instruments, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies of Thousand Oaks, California), has completed the acquisition of assets of SD Acquisition, Inc. (better known as Cetac Technologies). Headquartered in Omaha Nebraska, Cetac is a designer and manufacturer of automated sample handling and sample introduction equipment for laboratory instrumentation.

Cetac manufactures automated sample introduction equipment for a range of elemental and chemical analysis systems including inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP–MS and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). In addition, Cetac provides sample preparation devices, including nebulizers and laser ablation systems, for trace elemental analysis, as well as complete mercury analysis systems.