Gatan has recently introduced a complete portfolio of tomography holders. This extensive line of holders ranges from the Single Tilt (Model 916) holder and it’s relative the Cryo-Transfer Single Tilt (Model 914) holder to the CT3500TR Cryo-Transfer Tilt-Rotate holder. The latest holder to be added to this line is the Model 927 Dual Orientation Tomograpy Holder which allows the collection of tilt series with a fixed rotation of 90º between them. Rotation is by a simple flick lever at the back of the holder.

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DigiScan II™ is Gatan’s 2nd generation digital beam control and image processing system designed especially for providing photographic quality digital images, as well as enhancing advanced scanning electron beam applications.

DigiScan II works in Gatan’s industry leading DigitalMicrograph™ software environment and provides the backbone of advanced EM techniques from Gatan.

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For many materials, the dynamic response to changes in variables such as temperature, hydration or partial pressure of reactive gases are important to understand on a microscopic scale. In the case of high temperatures, micro-scale changes in phase or chemical state can be key to understanding macroscale properties.

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After a highly successful seven year tenure as Gatan’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Bob Buchanan relinquished his post at the end of June 2005. But Bob is not leaving Gatan. He will be responsible for New Business Development.

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On May 17-18, 2005, Gatan Distributors and OEM partners in the Asian Pacific Region gathered in Chongqing, China to assess the current market and discuss strategies and prospects for Gatan’s business. APR represents a substantial growth area and is a key market for Gatan’s overall success. The meeting also included product training sessions by Gatan experts.

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Gatan continued its tradition of fostering leading-edge research on the limits of EELS-based analytical TEM and STEM through its sponsorship of and scientific contributions to the EDGE meeting held 1-5 May 2005 in Grundlsee, Austria. This year's meeting, organized and run by Prof. Ferdinand Hofer and his team at FELMI, TU Graz, was the fifth in a series of workshops held roughly every four years and first initiated by Gatan with its 1990 Lake Tahoe EELS workshop. With 140 participants from around the world, the record attendance at the EDGE meeting reflects the ever-expanding importance and applicability of the EELS technique to a variety of materials problems at the nanometer and subnanometer scale.

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In May 2005, Gatan and KeYang Co. (KYC), Gatan’s new distributor for China, held a two-day training school at ZheJiang University, Hangzhou, China. Over 60 current users of Gatan CCD cameras from all over China attended the school. The professional training program provided hands-on experience with Gatan’s extensive portfolio of high performance cameras, including the versatile ES500W Erlangshen. The participants spent much of the time in one-on-one and small group sessions with Gatan’s imaging experts.

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As every year during the Spring, the Gatan Inc. R&D Headquarters in Pleasanton, CA, USA prepares itself for large groups of visitors from Asia, Europe, and the US. These visitors are microscopists who have registered for Gatan’s annual Training Schools in TEM Digital Microscopy, EELS Imaging & Analysis, TEM and SEM Specimen Preparation, and In-situ SPM-TEM Nanocharacterization.

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