Reaching for the Stars 

Focus on automated Sample Prep for LC/MS and GC/MS

GERSTEL has a world-wide presence with offices in Germany, the U.S., Japan and Switzerland in addition to carefully selected, trained distributors in 70 countries.

We take pride in regularly presenting our innovations and new applications in GC and LC in our magazine. This issue of the GERSTEL Solutions International Magazine offers a perspective of new techniques, systems and solutions for GC and LC, presented at PittCon 2008. Among the new GERSTEL products this year are the Automated Dynamic Headspace (DHS) Option for the GERSTEL MultiPurpose Sampler (MPS) and the Automated TDU-Liner EXchange (ATEX) system for automated thermal extraction of liquid samples.

Interesting applications and articles are presented on a variety of themes including GERSTEL’s 40th anniversary which we celebrated in 2007.

News

• DHS: Comparing automated extraction techniques 
  
  
• MPS: Integrated weighing option
  
  
• SPE: The right solution for every application
  
  
• MAESTRO: Easy sample prep
  
  
• TDS: On-line derivatization for Thermal Desorption
  
  
• ATEX: Direct Thermal Extraction in disposable micro-vials

Application

• Determining Organic Volatile Impurities (OVIs) in pharmaceuticals
  
  
• Fast Apple Flavor screening using SPME coupled with fast GC/MS
  based on standard columns
  
  
• PAH-humbug, or why automating your method brings joy any time
  
  
• Smoke Signals: Fireworks and Hazardous Air Pollutants
  
  
• Malachite Green: Quality control and food safety

Report

• GERSTEL among Germany’s Top Innovators

Distributor

• GERSTEL Distributor in South Korea
  
  

For more information on these and other themes around GERSTEL products and solutions we cordially invite you to sample this issue of the GERSTEL Solutions worldwide Magazine.
Further information is available on our web-site http://www.gerstel.com/.

GERSTEL Solution worldwide No 8 (pdf; 5 MB)