January 19, 2005, Victor, NY--Three former employees of Burleigh Instruments have formed Bristol Instruments, a new company that will design, manufacture, and market precision scientific instruments used in basic and applied research, engineering, and production test applications.
According to Brian Samoriski, president of Bristol Instruments, the new company will focus its early efforts on the photonics research market that consists of scientists and engineers at colleges, universities and government laboratories. These researchers are involved primarily in the fields of chemistry, biology, and physics. The primary technology that will be utilized by Bristol Instruments is optical interferometry. In the future, the company intends to expand its product offering to provide solutions in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and petroleum industries.
"My partners, Dr. Michael Houk and John Theodorsen, and I have over 35 years of combined experience in the use of optical interferometry for the purpose of making meaningful measurements," Samoriski said. "Our goal is to use this expertise to develop high performance products that will benefit researchers who are helping to advance the world's knowledge of basic science."