Shimadzu Corporation and Phytronix Technologies sign an agreement to offer the first Triple Ion Source (LDTD-MS/MS, ESI-MS/MS and APCI-MS/MS).

Kyoto, Japan and Québec, Canada - June 5, 2017. Shimadzu, one of the world's fastest growing mass spectrometry companies, and Phytronix, world leader in high throughput analysis in mass spectrometry, announced that they had signed an agreement to offer the industry’s first Triple Ion Source. Ideal for both screening and confirmation work, this new high-speed platform will significantly improve productivity in high-throughput laboratories performing toxicology, drug discovery and food safety applications. This Triple Ion Source incorporates the Phytronix LDTD (Laser Diode Thermal Desorption Ion Source), and is designed in perfect synchronization with the speed of the Shimadzu LCMS-8060 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. Together, the companies presented information about this new design at ASMS in Indianapolis.