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Bruker Physik-AG was incorporated on September 7 in 1960
Günther Laukien, Professor for Experimental Physics in Karlsruhe in 1960
1960 - Trüb Täuber was developing NMR systems in Zurich
1964 - Fourier Transform research led to significant increases in sensitivity
1968 - Bruker began delivering systems to America (Yale University) Systems were shipped by transatlantic air service To address growing American demand for these systems, Bruker opened its first US office in Elmsford, NY
In 1968, Bruker shipped NMR systems to Yale University in Connecticut.
1969 - World’s first FT-NMR spectrometer system that enabled broadband proton decoupling
1974 - IFS 110 was the beginning of a very successful product line
1982 - First installations of FT-ICR mass spec systems
1990 - Foundation of Bruker Saxonia in Leipzig, dedicated to ion mobility spectrometry
1997 - Bruker acquired the analytical X-ray division of Siemens AG
Günther Laukien died in 1997; one of his four sons Frank Laukien, is currently the CEO of Bruker.
2000 - Organizational restructuring to meet the needs of modern markets
2001 - Bruker Daltonics was the first of to be listed on the NASDAQ, soon followed by Bruker AXS
2008 - Merger of all Bruker corporate units was complete, with the final addition of Bruker BioSpin, the magnetic resonance division that started it all
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