Mini GC Gets Pittcon Recognition

Pittcon 2011 brought a second year of great recognition for Forston Labs. In 2010, Forston introduced their Lab Navigator, a portable, hand-held analytical toolset. This won a Top 10 Editor’s choice for this small company in its first year of operation. For the 2011 show, Forston introduced the Forston/Seacoast Mini GC as an addition to its suite of sensors and other portable analytical devices. This combination brought Forston not only a Reader’s Choice award for chromatography systems, but an honorable mention from the Pittcon people as well.

Forston’s Mini GC packs the power of a gas chromatograph in a 6”x7”x4” cube weighing less than 5lbs. Communicating with Forston’s hand-held LabNavigator, test results from the GC along with up to 5 other sensors and a GPS unit can be easily integrated for immediate answers in field applications as well as uploaded periodically into a LMS. The technology in the GC has grown from a family of sensors used in military applications and it is particularly suited for volatile organics. Forston is also working on designing applications within the food and beverage industries as well as mining and agricultural uses. Both Seacoast and Forston were met with great excitement from the attendees of Pittcon, due to the GC’s size, flexibility and capabilities. While the LabNavigator is currently confined to the US market, the Forston GC with its supporting software is available internationally.