Zoex Corporation (USA) was founded by Dr. Edward B. Ledford, Jr. in 1993. Zoex Corporation, based in Houston, Texas, USA has driven the commercial development of GC x GC (Comprehensive Two-dimensional Gas Chromatography) from its earliest days in the laboratory of its inventor, the late Professor John B. Phillips, to the present. In addition to developing and launching the first commercially available GC x GC systems, Zoex Corporation has licensed GC x GC technology to Agilent Corporation, LECO, Thermo-Finnigan, and Dow Chemical and has OEM partnerships with Shimadzu, DANI and other major analytical instrument manufacturers.
Software for GC x GC has progressed to the extent that routine lab analyses are now possible, for example the UOP methods 965 and 991 - both available from ASTM. Zoex Corporation’s software, GC Image combined with the robustness of the hardware has made routine applications possible, GC x GC is now no longer viewed as a technique exclusive to those doing research work.
Today Zoex GC x GC systems are installed throughout the world, and are employed in such applications as petroleum, flavors and fragrances, environmental, forensic, and health related analysis. Zoex is able to provide the best local sales, service and support to its customers through its established network of distributors and OEM partners located in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Spain , China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and South Africa and the head office in Houston, Texas..
Zoex is supporting the development of standard analytical methods based on GC x GC technology. This focus on standard methods is encouraging the wide adoption of GC x GC for routine applications in industry. Work has already began on ASTM methods based on GC x GC in collaboration with various leading laboratories in petroleum industry.
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