PI USA acquires MICOS GmbH Product

Auburn, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/11/2012 -- PI announces the next step in the acquisition of miCos GmbH. PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, the US operation of piezo and nanopositioning systems manufacturer Physik Instrumente GmbH, will now handle sales, distribution and service of miCos GmbH products for the US, Mexico and Canada effective June 1, 2012.

The distribution of miCos GmbH products will be integrated in PI's North American organization. MICOS USA will be renamed to MICRONIX USA and continues to be headed by Manfred Schneider, currently president of MICOS USA, who has successfully grown the business for miCos GmbH in the US over the past 6 years. The renamed company will continue the support of the MICOS USA-developed products, including the PPS, PP and VT product lines.

All other miCos GmbH products will now globally be marketed under the new PI miCos brand name.

The integration of PI and and miCos GmbH along with the acquisition of the distribution rights in the USA concludes the merger of both companies after Physik Instrumente GmbH became the majority owner of miCos GmbH in September 2011.

The acquisition of miCos GmbH allows PI to supplement its extensive nanopositioning and micro-positioning portfolio with the products and know-how of a leader in the field of vacuum positioning technology and system integration. PI's product range of high-precision positioning systems is particularly expanded in the area of stepper motor stages and electro-magnetic linear motors. In addition, high-load rotation stages and long-travel linear stages (up to 1000 mm) are now also available.

ThePI USA team is looking forward to working with existing and new PI miCos customers.

Further information regarding the transition such as FAQ's on open orders, warranty and support will be published on the http://www.pimicos.com, http://www.micosusa.com, http://www.micronixusa.com and http://www.pi-usa.us websites.

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Piezo positioning systems market leader PI (Physik Instrumente) has released a new catalog on precision motion control products for microscopy.

Auburn, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/30/2012 -- Faster and Higher Precision with Piezo

The new catalog covers a variety of novel positioning stages and scanning systems for specimen as well as microscope objectives and the technology behind the products. Ultrasonic-ceramic motor drives with self-clamping properties, for example, provide better stability in long-term imaging applications than conventional motor-driven stages.

These motors are employed in low-profile, XY long travel microscope stages.  If higher resolution is needed, the long-range positioners can be supplemented with XYZ piezo-flexure positioning stages capable of sub-nanometer resolution. This type of precision together with responsiveness on a millisecond scale is what bio-physicists need to advance the field of cell biology with single molecule microscopy techniques.

Digitally controlled piezo objective-lens positioning systems with autofocus capabilities provide more rapid step & settle compared to conventional analog control. This results in faster Z-stack image acquisition and higher 3D imaging quality. High speed piezo steering mirrors scan laser beams in two coplanar axes avoiding polarization rotation errors induced by stacked single axis mirrors as is is the case with galvo scanners.

The precision positioning systems covered in the new catalog are often used in Super Resolution Microscopy (SRM) techniques such as these:

- STORM Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy

- PALM Photoactivated Localization Microscopy

- STED Stimulated Emission Depletion

- SIM Structured Illumination Microscope

The catalog can be downloaded at http://www.MicroscopeStage.net/Microscope_Positioning_Systems.htm

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