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Spectral Engines brings powerful NIR spectroscopy to process, portable, and consumer measurement applications. All products are designed to significantly speed up your R&D project and product development to get your application faster to the market.

Near Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is a field of analyzing and identifying material and material content by illuminating an object with infrared light, gathering transmitted or reflected light by the spectrometer, and using various mathematical data analysis methods to deliver results. The first very extensive commercial applications of NIR were developed in the agriculture and food industries, one example being the project led by the Canadian Grain Commission to use NIR technology as a basis for buying and selling wheat based on analyses of protein, oil, and moisture. Analytical applications of NIR spectroscopy developed rapidly in the 1980s, thanks to progress in key enabling technologies: the personal computer, optoelectronic technology, and multivariate modeling or chemometrics (statistical and mathematical methods applied to the field of chemistry). Today analytical measurements are the most significant application area for NIR spectrometers in laboratory studies, process monitoring as well as hand-held and field measurements. There are thousands of application papers published so far of NIR spectroscopy for varying analytical measurements in agriculture and food industries, forestry, environmental, medicine, pharmaceutical, chemical, textile, cosmetics and many other applications.

The Spectral Engines’ NIRONE anti-counterfeit solution enables pharmaceutical companies to efficiently authenticate their products at any point of their supply chains from manufacturing to distribution or practically anywhere in the field. The portable, pocket-sized NIRONE scanner enables quick and easy measurement of medication composition. After placing the drug on the device, the sensor detects whether it is a counterfeit and displays it in the connected app within seconds.

TactiScan is the first portable and reusable drug screening device, designed to detect illicit narcotics onsite with no officer exposure. After placing the material on the device, the sensor detects the kind of narcotic and displays it in the connected app within seconds. The data is also available for later case reports. Spectral Engines' patented technology scans through transparent plastic bags, so no sample preparation is needed. The one-step test procedure allows an unlimited number of tests with one device.

As the challenge of sustainability becomes more and more important, consumer demand for textile recycling is increasing. Even leading nations around the world realize the problems with "fast fashion" and the unnecessary waste created by significant industries, such as the fashion industry. In response to this significant problem facing the world today, the European Union is introducing legislation on recycling quotas. It is only a matter of time before recycling textiles will no longer be optional, but mandatory. With the NIRONE solution, companies can correctly assign materials in the sorting process and thus significantly increase the recycling ability. Plus, it is possible for brand manufacturers to authenticate their products at every point in their supply chain. The process is simple: the fabric is briefly placed on the device, the sensor detects the type of fabric and shows it in the app.

Plastic waste and the circular economy are top issues of our time, which present manufacturers, processors and recyclers of plastic with a variety of challenges, but also offer opportunities. The sorting of plastic waste is crucial for all subsequent steps in the recycling of old plastic and therefore has the highest potential for added value. Sorting basically includes identifying and separating the individual substances. With the NIRONE solution, companies can correctly assign all common plastics in the sorting process and thus significantly increase the recycling ability. The process is simple: the material is briefly placed on the device, the sensor detects the type of plastic and shows it in the app.