Bruker Companies Announce the Opening of a Modern Chinese Applications, Demonstration and Customer Training Center in Beijing

Bruker Companies Announce the Opening of a Modern Chinese Applications, Demonstration and Customer Training Center in Beijing

October 24, 2007

    BEIJING, Oct. 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- During the
BCEIA 2007 conference, Bruker BioSciences Corp. and the
Bruker BioSpin group of companies today announced the
official opening of their new Beijing modern applications,
demonstration and customer training laboratory, showcasing
a wide selection of novel life science and materials
research, as well as industrial analysis systems. 

    The new demonstration and training facility includes
sample preparation areas and laboratory space equipped with
the very latest systems from each of the Bruker companies,
including 

       -- a Bruker BioSpin 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance (NMR)
          spectrometer,
       -- a Bruker Daltonics autoflex(TM) III
Smartbeam(TM)
          MALDI-TOF/TOF time-of-flight mass spectrometer
for proteomics
          applications, and MALDI molecular imaging
applications,
       -- a Bruker Daltonics microflex(TM) high-performance
bench-top
          MALDI-TOF system equipped with the advanced
MALDI
          BioTyper(TM) microorganism identification
solution,  
       -- a Bruker Daltonics HCTultra PTM Discovery system
ESI-Ion Trap
          with Electron Transfer Dissociation (ETD) for
post
          translational modification (PTM) studies, 
       -- a Bruker Daltonics micrOTOF-Q ESI-Q-q-TOF system
for
          proteomics as well as TargetAnalysis(TM)
applications in
          forensic toxicology, doping control and food
safety,
       -- a Bruker AXS D8 Discover X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
system for
          thin film solutions for research, quality control
and product
          development applications
       -- a Bruker AXS bench-top S2 Ranger X-ray
fluorescence (XRF)
          system for elemental analysis in liquid, solid or
powdered
          samples,
       -- a Bruker AXS S4 Pioneer compact 4 kW wavelength
dispersive
          XRF for high-performance and high sample
throughput
          applications,
       -- a Bruker AXS EDS accessory mounted on a
third-party SEM for
          the analysis of solid samples, thin layers or
particles under
          investigation in electron microscopes, 
       -- a Bruker Optics research-grade VERTEX 70 FT-IR
spectrometer,
       -- a Bruker Optics TENSOR 27 FT-IR spectrometer, 
       -- the award-winning very compact Bruker Optics
ALPHA FT-IR
          spectrometer, 
       -- Bruker Optics FT-NIR instruments for
pharmaceutical quality
          control in support of the over 300 Bruker FT-NIR
instruments
          already in use by the Chinese State Food and
Drug
          Administration (SFDA) to screen for counterfeit
drugs, as
          well as
       -- a Bruker Optics minispec(TM) TD-NMR instrument
for food
          quality control applications, such as edible oils
analysis.

    Clive Seymour, Bruker Daltonics Vice President for
Asia-Pacific, commented: "Our new and expanded
demonstration facility provides the opportunity for
scientists to investigate a wide range of applications on
our innovative systems, together with obtaining training,
demonstrations and advice from Bruker's highly qualified
and experienced Beijing team of application scientists.  We
will provide workshops and training courses here to ensure
that our customers gain the maximum benefit from their
Bruker products and solutions."

    Mr. Werner Schittenhelm, responsible for the
Asia/Pacific business of the Bruker BioSpin Group, added:
"This enhanced training and demonstration capacity in
Beijing plays a key part in our plans to provide the best
technical support for our rapid growth in China.  Our
commitment to the Chinese scientific and industrial
community is further emphasized by this major investment in
a state-of-the-art demonstration, training and support
facility here in Beijing."

    The new Bruker combined Beijing Demonstration Centre is
located at 11 Zhong Guan Cun, South Avenue, Beijing, and can
be reached at [phone] (5), and at
http://www.bruker.com.cn 

    Bruker BioSciences Corporation is the publicly traded
parent company of Bruker AXS Inc., Bruker Daltonics Inc.
and Bruker Optics Inc.  Bruker AXS is a leading provider of
life science, materials research and industrial X-ray
analysis and spark-OES tools.  Bruker Daltonics is a
leading provider of innovative life science tools based on
mass spectrometry, and also offers a broad line of
chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN)
detection products for homeland security.  Bruker Optics is
a leading provider of research, analytical and process
analysis instruments and solutions based on infrared and
Raman molecular spectroscopy technology.  Visit:
http://www.bruker-biosciences.com

    The Bruker BioSpin Group (affiliated privately-held
companies not part of Bruker BioSciences) designs,
manufactures and distributes enabling life science and
analytical research instruments and solutions based on
magnetic resonance core technology. Visit:
http://www.bruker.com

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    For more information, please contact:

     Michael Willett
     Bruker BioSciences Corp.
     Investor Relations and Public Relations Officer
     Tel:   [phone], ext. 1411
     Email: [e-mail]