GC pioneers of the first hour

Just four years after the drivers of GC technology were awarded the Nobel Prize, Shimadzu developed its first GC system in Japan. That was in 1956, and this year Shimadzu celebrates its 60^th GC anniversary. In the last decades, the company has succeeded with many technical milestones that are meanwhile standards today. The most recent developments, representing this spirit of innovation, are the Tracera high-sensitivity GC system with its novel BID (barrier ionization discharge) detector and the GC-2025 capillary gas chromatograph.

Shimadzu’s Tracera high-sensitivity GC system  can detect all substances except helium and neon. Developing technologies, exploring new grounds and surpassing previous technical limitations has made Shimadzu a market leader and a well-established name in science and industry.

The GC-2025 capillary gas chromatograph minimizes environmental impact by reducing power and carrier gas consumption while retaining the performance required for capillary analysis. The system incorporates a digital flow controller managing both carrier and detector gases, and a newly designed energy-saving column oven featuring small volume with less heating loss, bringing a dramatic improvement in operability. The compact GC-2025 provides eco-friendly, high value performance.

Shimadzu’s product portfolio of accessories and consumables also includes a series of high-quality
GC capillary columns. In this way, Shimadzu perfects the objective of providing full solutions to its customers. The wide range of SH-columns offers more than 40 different types of stationary phases in various dimensions. Standard polarities like 1, 5, WAX or 624 as well as columns for specific applications like PAH, blood alcohol or pesticide analysis always provide a suitable choice for your applications. Customers will benefit from the perfect match of state-of-the-art gas chromatography columns and high-end GC/GC-MS instruments from a single source.

Please learn more about Shimadzu´s GC milestones on our dedicated and regularly updated website