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Waterloo, Canada, January 10, 2022 – ICSPI, a manufacturer of atomic force microscope (AFM) instruments headquartered in Waterloo, Canada, has entered an exclusive partnership with ABCS Srl, a distributor of advanced solutions for the optimization of industrial processes and analytical instrumentation in the field of spectroscopy, microscopy and precision nano mechanical instrumentation. ABCS will provide marketing, sales, and after-sales services support in markets across Italy. 

ICSPI is on a mission to bring robust, easy-to-use and affordable nanoscale metrology everywhere. Pushing the boundaries of what is possible in nanoscale metrology with the world’s first benchtop AFM-on-a-Chip instrument, the nGauge provides 3D images with sub-nanometer resolution in a fraction of the time traditional AFM instruments require. The nGauge enables researchers and engineers to quickly get the data they need in their own lab for research, process optimization and quality control.

ABCS provides regional coverage and in-depth knowledge of the scanning electron microscopy (SEM), super-resolution optical microscopy, confocal Raman microscopy, NIR, IR, Raman spectroscopy and precision mechanical micro-nano indenter markets.  “We are convinced ABCS is the right partner to help us accelerate our growth in the Italian market,” said Jim Harp, Vice President Business Development, ICSPI.

Flavio Belvedere, Co-founder ABCS commented: “ABCS is committed to serve our customers with the latest handheld instrumentation technology available.  In this context we’re introducing for the whole Italian market the world’s first AFM on a chip, the nGauge AFM, Single Chip Atomic Force Microscope. You can get accurate and high-resolution 3D nanoscale images in just 2 minutes with no laser alignment needed. Sample topography, thickness and line profile, lateral measurement, surface roughness, particle counting, phase images all those are the information you can achieve by using the nGauge AFM”

“The partnership with ICSPI helps strengthen our position in the surface analysis market and will expand our product portfolio to the individual lab and researcher with fast, easy to use AFM instrumentation”, he added.  

About ICSPI

ICSPI is a Canadian manufacturer of atomic force microscope instrumentation specializing in breakthrough MEMS-based AFM-on-a-Chip technology for 3D nanoscale characterization. ICSPI’s flagship product – the nGauge AFM – has reset expectations for AFM by helping researchers and engineers get the 3D nanoscale data they need with an easy-to-use, fast, benchtop solution.  ICSPI is now helping hundreds of researchers and engineers in over 20 countries worldwide. 

About ABCS

ABCS offers analytical services for solid state, elemental analysis, spectroscopy, chromatography, metal analysis. There are climatic chambers, instrumentation for accelerated aging studies, departments for studies of reactivity, stability and safety of chemical products. The laboratory carries out REACH consultancy and RoHS analyses (metals, PBB / PBDE, phthalates).