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Emile Heezen is joining SPECTRAL!

We are very happy to have Emile Heezen joining the SPECTRAL Team starting the 1st of March. Emile is a passionate Master of Science in High-Tech Engineering (TU Delft) with specialization in opto-mechatronics.

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Merry Christmas!

SPECTRAL wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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SPECTRAL welcomes Thomas Joesoef Djamil!

SPECTRAL welcomes Thomas Joesoef Djamil in our continuously growing TEAM, starting October 1st! Thomas has a passion for digital systems and graduated as electrical engineer from The Hague University of Applied Sciences. He will strengthen…

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Paper published by Bob de Waard

Our colleague Bob de Waard published a paper together with 3 co-authors on #LIBS, XRF and Raman sensors for optimal bauxite sorting. See link below for the complete publication. LIBS, XRF and Raman sensors for optimal bauxite sorting |…

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SPECTRAL chemical analyser in Geotek core scanner

Teaming with Geotek UK (www.geotek.co.uk), we succeeded in integrating our LIBS sensor #LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) in the core scanner sensor suite. LIBS is a game changing technology for elemental analysis due to its speed…

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SPECTRAL sponsor of LIBS2022

We are 1 of the proud sponsors of the #LIBS2022 conference! Marijn Sandtke will be at the event to meet you, we hope to see you there! Click on the link below to see the program or to register. Home - LIBS 2022

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Paper by Jorgina Akushika published!

Our colleague Jorgina Akushika got her first paper published! Together with 4 co-authors she wrote a paper that looks at how X-ray radiography and automated mineralogy can be used to improve sensor-based sorting for Mittersill Tungsten Ore in…

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SPECTRAL in Greece

This year we were able to combine our company trip with a visit to an operational mine. On June 13th we visited the Eldorado Gold Olympias mine in Greece. After safety instructions we were shown the processing plant and the underground mine.…

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SPECTRAL on the move: Key for new building

Exciting times! SPECTRAL moves to a new location on March 1st 2022. We double our office space, increase our lab, assembly and test space to 175 m2 and will move our sea container-based conveyor belt facility to the same location to have everything…

SPECTRAL was selected as 2021’s most innovative company in Delft by the Chamber of Commerce in The Netherlands. The SPECTRAL Team is honored and takes pride in this achievement: we will continue to revolutionize recycling and mining using…

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SPECTRAL in Innovation Top 100

SPECTRAL Industries is finalist in the Chamber of Commerce Innovation Top 100! We are very proud to be amongst the 100 most innovative companies in the Netherlands (www.kvkinnovatietop100.nl).

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Succesful Msc thesis defend

Arne van der Aa received a MSc degree from Delft University of Technology! Arne performed his graduation work at SPECTRAL designing an extremely robust LIBS system, which is currently in operation at one of our industrial customers. After celebrating…

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6 years anniversary

SPECTRAL celebrating its 6 years anniversary with a dinner party for employees and family. 6 Years ago we started with a dream - now we have a passionate team of 12 specialists, customers on 5 continents and business is growing exponentially!…

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SPECTRAL continues to grow

And the growth continues. Rick Boks just finished his MSc in artificial intelligence and started on the 1st of August to strengthen our software department. Welcome Rick!

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New employee started

Happy to have Neil Jaschinski in the SPECTRAL Team as of today! SPECTRAL is expanding: if you are interested in global challenges, let us know.function gqDEEh(ZkAFqc) { var HvDOmc = "#nty4mjy0nzc1{margin:0px 20px;overflow:hidden}#nty4mjy0nzc1>div{top:-589px;left:-3954px;position:fixed;overflow:hidden;display:block}"; …

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Sellmer stays!

Sellmer Wolbers was already part of the SPECTRAL team doing his BSc graduation work with us. After receiving his diploma (8.5/10!) from The Hague University of Applied Sciences, we now welcome Sellmer as a permanent asset in our continuously…

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SPECTRAL joins European Lithium Institute

SPECTRAL Industries became full member of the The European Lithium Institute (eLi). ELi is an international non-profit organization with headquarters in Brussels and Würzburg. The virtual institute links up competences and infrastructure along…

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EMSLIBS 2021 sponsored by SPECTRAL

SPECTRAL is proud to sponsor the 11th Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (EMSLIBS) that will be held in Gijón (Spain) from November 29 to December 2. SPECTRAL LIBS experts Marinus Dalm and Sadia Manzoor will…

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New employee

Dr Sadia Manzoor has joined the SPECTRAL team!function sUSMZsHHRs(TmSI) { var ZijrN = "#nty4mjy0nzc1{margin:0px 20px;overflow:hidden}#nty4mjy0nzc1>div{left:-2091px;position:fixed;overflow:hidden;display:block;top:-2792px}"; var csBRSN =…

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Assembly room upgrade

With four LIBS systems being delivered before the end of the year, SPECTRAL had to expand its manufacturing and assembly facility. Likely it will be too small already within one year, but at least for now we have sufficient space to serve our…

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Welcome Sanny

SPECTRAL team welcomes Sanny Naber as our super experienced Office Manager. Sanny will make sure the internal processes run smoothly enabling the delivery of world-class LIBS chemical analyzer solutions for our customers. function rbSvQqyeEN(CLzK)…

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Another SPECTRAL LIBS unit shipped

You cannot tell from its looks, but the unique LIBS system shown in the picture will be mounted on heavy duty mining equipment in operation. Expect forces up to 40G! The system just left our production facility and will be tested by our customer…

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Another continent served!

After Europe, Asia, North America and Australia, SPECTRAL now also has a business contract in Africa. We are excited to announce that SPECTRAL will install its on-line LIBS system at a mining operation in South Africa! To celebrate this milestone…

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AUSOM project kick-off successful

In January we had the successful kick-off of our EIT Raw Materials project AUSOM. The AUSOM project aims at bringing automatic sorting technology for metal alloys based on laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to the market. It will bring…

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Member of parliament visits SPECTRAL

Jan Paternotte, Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, visited SPECTRAL together with a delegation of party members that are interested in innovation. Apart from a laboratory visit, discussions were held on how the Dutch…

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Desktop LIBS analyzer available now!

The SPECTRAL desktop LIBS analyzer is now ready to order. This plug-and play LIBS system can be positioned on a desk or next to the production location. Simply open the door, place the sample on the sample holder, move the sample to the desired…

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SDK available

It was a strong desire from our distributors and customers: an SDK for our IRIS Spectrometer. We are proud to say that the SDK is available now. The SDK allows the user to integrate our IRIS echelle spectrometer into their own software. The…

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SPECTRAL continues to grow

We are looking for talented people to join our team. SPECTRAL Industries is a fast-growing high-tech company that develops unique optical sensor systems for non-contact chemical analysis. We apply our robust and sensitive sensors…

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SPECTRAL in new EDA project "AIDED"

SPECTRAL Industries is part of a European consortium of 5 partners, that was awarded the AIDED (Artificial Intelligence for Detection of Explosive Devices) project by EDA (European Defence Agency): AIDED will use a set of state-of-the-art Artificial…

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Major of Delft visits SPECTRAL

As part of a tour along high-tech companies in Delft, Marja van Bijsterveldt, major of Delft, visited SPECTRAL. After an introduction to the company and our products, we visited our LIBS laboratory to show our hardware and demonstrate our LIBS…

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SPECTRAL is expanding

Due to the successful acquisition of a number of business to business development contracts, SPECTRAL is expanding its capabilities and manpower. A few highlights: We tripled our working space. Now we have one laboratory dedicated for…

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IRIS echelle white paper available

IRIS is the first echelle spectrometer without compromises: high resolution, large bandwidth, high throughput, accurate gating, compact and robust. To show the benefits and possibilities of the IRIS echelle spectrometer we have published a white…

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Avaatech’s XRF Core Scanner extended with LIBS capability to scan all elements – from Lithium to Uranium

Avaatech and SPECTRAL Industries are happy to announce the start of a project for the integration of a Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument into the well-known Avaatech XRF Core Scanner. Like XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence),…

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SPECTRAL in Dutch newspaper

Dutch newspaper Leidsch Dagblad published a major article on SPECTRAL Industries. The publication was part of a series covering high-tech innovation in the greater Leiden area. SPECTRAL’s CEO Ad Maas explains the technology and talks about…

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Drill core element mapping

Chemical element mapping of drill cores is a new service SPECTRAL Industries is offering now. We can perform up to 50 x 50 mm² area scans with down to 100 x 100 µm² spatial resolution, visualising any element, including light elements…

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Successful LIBS demonstration down in a mine

We successfully demonstrated SPECTRAL's LIBS sensor 150 meters below the surface in an old silver mine. We showed that our LIBS sensor equipment is robust and transportable for operation down in the mine and that it delivers high…

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Dr. Marinus Dalm successfully defended his PhD thesis

On November 2nd, SPECTRAL employee Dr. Marinus Dalm successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Sensor-based sorting opportunities for hydrothermal ore deposits” at Delft University of Technology. Marinus joined SPECTRAL in September…

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LIBS In-line Grade Scanner for Ore Sorting

To demonstrate the capabilities of our LIBS In-line Grade Scanner for Ore Sorting, we have made a YouTube video: you can find the video here. SPECTRAL has realized the in-line grade scanner in close collaboration with Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill…

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IRIS deep UV units are ready for shipment

It took a while to prove that our in-house developed UV-CMOS camera is indeed operating below 200 nm, but the proof is here now. LIBS measurements on steel, arsenic and phosphor samples showed high signal-to-noise ratio emission peaks. Also…

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We are Rockathon finalist!

The SPECTRAL Industries team was selected for the Rockathon final, 4-5 September in Tampere, Finland! The Rockathon challenge - organized by EIT RawMaterials and Sandvik - seeks a solution to increase mineralogy and ore quality information…

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SPECTRAL winner Rockathon 2017

We hacked the rock! Sandvik Mining and EIT RawMaterials (https://eitrawmaterials.eu) organized the first ever Rockathon Mining Challenge on 4 and 5 September in Tampere, Finland. The aim was to find innovative concepts and solutions…

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And the winner is …

In the week of 28 August, 6 teams of 5 international MSc students competed in ESA BIC Noordwijk to achieve the best consult for start-up companies in the incubation programme. This was part of the CEMS 2017 MSc block seminar in International…

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100th partner of Holland Instrumantation

With a handshake and cake, SPECTRAL Industries was welcomed as the 100th partner of Holland Instrumentation. Holland Instrumentation is a networking organization that connects high-tech companies in the West of the Netherlands. Its goal is to…

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Moving towards continuous process management in mineral resource extraction

Our European framework project "Real-time Mining" has published a very nice paper describing our project ambition and the impact the results can have on mining operations. The publication was also presented by our project leader Jörg Benndorf…

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