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LC•GC Europe 17(6) 333–346 (2004)

GC CONNECTIONS

For its 55th annual meeting, held 7–12

March 2004, the Pittsburgh Conference on

Analytical Chemistry and Applied

Spectroscopy returned to Chicago’s

McCormick Place for the first time since

1996. Despite the fears of some that this

year’s conference-goers would be treated

to a repeat performance of that year’s

midweek blizzard, attendance was up

more than 10% from last year’s event in

Orlando, Florida. While falling short of the

more than 29 000 attendees who

registered in Chicago in 1996, this year’s

conference had a strong finish at just more

than 25 000 visitors, well beyond Orlando’s

2003 level of 23 319. As has been the

situation in recent years, almost exactly half

of the attendees listed themselves as

exhibitors. Next year the conference

returns to Orlando for its earliest

appearance in memory, 27 February –

4 March 2005. As it turned out, the

naysayers were wrong about this year’s

Windy City weather: a few snow flurries

caused some trepidation early in the week

but departing conferees on Thursday and

Friday were relieved to find only crisp, cold

conditions as they rode to O’Hare

International Airport.

Despite the pessimistic prognostications

of some economic prestidigitators, I found

signs of an incipient upturn in the fortunes

of the analytical instrument business at the

conference. For starters, the quantity and

quality of the preconference postcards that

I received improved noticeably compared

with last year’s crop. Instead of summarily

tossing them in the bin, I kept all

50-something in the unrealistic hope that I

would be able to visit each booth to take

my chances on receiving the promised

rewards. Ranging from personal digital

assistants to televisions and portable DVD

players, the offerings were a catalogue of

electronic marvels. A few exhibitors offered

a chance at winning some free product,

and one simply put up $500 in cold cash

for a lucky booth visitor. Time will tell

whether this activity is a sign of improved

business conditions or the scheming of

desperate marketing executives. I did not

take home anything more interesting than

a Rubik’s cube and a yo-yo, of course.

This annual “GC Connections”

instalment reviews new gas

chromatography (GC) instrumentation and

accessories shown at this year’s Pittcon. For

a review of new chromatography columns

and accessories, please see the “Column

Watch” columns in the April 2004 and this

issue of LC•GC Europe.

1,2

The information

presented here is based upon

manufacturers’ replies to questionnaires

received up until a few weeks before the

conference, as well as additional

information from manufacturers’ press

releases, websites and product literature.

During the conference, I took time to

traverse the convention aisles and see

some of the new products firsthand as well

as discover several items that were not

covered by the questionnaires. Every effort

has been made to collect accurate

information, but because of the preliminary

nature of some of the material, LC•GC

Europe cannot be responsible for errors or

omissions. This article cannot be

considered a complete record of all new

GC products shown at this year’s Pittcon

because not all manufacturers chose to

respond to the questionnaire, nor is all of

the submitted information included here

because of the limited available space.

This year’s new GC products are divided

into five categories: GC instrument systems

and add-ons; autosamplers and

injection–sampling accessories; detectors and

accessories; general accessories and software

and accessories. This categorization does not

imply that the products listed are limited

strictly to the chosen category — these are

simply convenient ways to classify the large

amount of information for clear

presentation.

GC Instrument Systems and

Add-ons

In the GC world, smaller instruments

continue to dominate new product

introductions. From a personal digital

assistant-sized GC system to a portable

GC–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) system,

instrument manufacturers continue to push

GC dimensions to smaller and smaller sizes.

Although such miniaturized instruments

tend to be offered in application-specific

configurations in contrast to the traditional

broadly configurable benchtop laboratory

New GC Instruments and

Accessories at the 55th

Pittsburgh Conference

John V. Hinshaw, Serveron Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon, USA.

In this month’s “GC Connections,” John Hinshaw reports on new

gas chromatography instruments and accessories exhibited at the

55th Pittsburgh Conference.

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Strany 1 - Pittsburgh Conference

LC•GC Europe 17(6) 333–346 (2004)2GC CONNECTIONSFor its 55th annual meeting, held 7–12March 2004, the Pittsburgh Conference onAnalytical Chemistry and

Strany 2 - GC Connections

3www.lcgceurope.comGC Connectionsgas chromatographs, the obviousadvantages of portable instruments for on-site monitoring, environmental testing,foren

Strany 3 - Autosamplers and

LC•GC Europe 17(6) 333–346 (2004)4GC Connectionsheadspace sampler and a massspectrometer with an optional GCseparation system for pattern-recognitiona

Strany 4

5www.lcgceurope.comGC Connectionssampling system from PerkinElmer(Shelton, Connecticut, USA) adds atrap–preconcentrator to the TurboMatrixsampler that

Strany 5

LC•GC Europe 17(6) 333–346 (2004)6GC ConnectionsProduct Company Comments8000 Volatiles/ Entech The company’s new oven-mounted large-volume trapping s

Strany 6 - Detectors and Accessories

7www.lcgceurope.comGC Connectionsavailable for Shimadzu and Agilent GCsystems. The Titan GC inlets from ASAPAnalytical (Ludlow, Kentucky, USA) are ase

Strany 7 - Conclusion

LC•GC Europe 17(6) 333–346 (2004)8GC ConnectionsTaking the improved design approach,Thermo Electron introduced the Ion Brightsource for its DSQ line o