1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Beyond50 Years of Innovation

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1960: Our first facility is in the backyard of a house in

Karlsruhe, Germany. The company produces magnets

and power supplies.

1964: Fourier Transform (FT) research leads to significant

increases in sensitivity.

1960: The first NMR, KIS, is created, operating

at 25 MHz.

1960’s

Our Founders

Professor Dr. Gunther Laukien

• Created first high-resolution systems for analytical chemistry.

• Recognized the power of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and the need for impulse spectrometer.

• Established Bruker September 7, 1960.

Dr. Emil Bruker - Co-Founder

• Professor Laukien was prevented from using his name commercially by academic agreement. Therefore, Dr. Bruker’s name was used when the company was formed.

1960

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1974: IFS 110, Bruker’s first FT-IR spectrometer is

introduced, launching a very successful product line.

Late 1970s: Tomography systems for clinical and pre-clinical applications

lead to whole-body clinical MRI instrumentation.

1970’s

Early 1970s: Sales offices are established throughout Europe, USSR, Australia

and China.

1977: Bruker Meerestechnik

established for small submersibles, oil

exploration and tourism.

1970’s: First commercial 300 MHz NMR.

1970

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1982: Bruker Spectrospin develops its first commercial FT-ICR:

CMS-47.

1980: Bruker acquires Dr. Franzen Analysentechnik which

adds quadruple mass spectrometers to the portfolio,

including the MM1, the first mobile detection system.

1980’s

1983: The first whole body MRI tomographs with air

coil magnet reflect Bruker’s new focus on pre-clinical

systems.

1988: Introduction of FT-Raman Product Line by

Bruker Optics.

1988: Delivery of the first

TOF-1, includes Neutral Desorption Ion Source

followed by Multi-Photon Ionization MUPI.

1980’s: Development of first automated NMR

systems with Autosamplers.

1980

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1990: Bruker enters the ion mobility spectrometry

market.

1993: Launch MultiProbe Ion Source for up to 10 samples on one target.

1990’s

1994: First commercial ion trap system with electrospray source

introduced.

1992: First REFLEX

MALDI-TOF.

1994: Launch of SCOUT-26 Ion Source with X-Y movement

stage.

Early 1990’s: Development of

CyroProbes for NMR.

1990

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2000: Bruker begins a process of expansion. Bruker Daltonics and AXS combine in 2003 to a single corporation. By 2008, all Bruker units are combined, including

Bruker Optics and Bruker Biospin, into a single public

company ― Bruker Corporation.

2000’s

2000: First shipment of the bench-top ion trap system, esquire3000.

2000: Bruker Daltonics IPO with NASDAQ listing.

2000: Launch of high throughput of autoflex

MALDI-TOF.

2000

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Launch of amaZon SL, the small molecule ion trap system. The new amaZon offers best-in-class routine ion trap MS.

Launch of the affordable, powerful Fourier 300 puts NMR within everyone’s reach.

2010

Launch of autoflex speed to enhance efficiency of MALDI-TOF/TOF Mass Spec.

Introduction of solid state

DNP NMR.

Development and installation of the world’s

first GigaHertz NMR.

Acquisition of Varian GC, GC/MS Triple Quad and ICP-MS product lines.

2010

Bruker today. And beyond.

Revenues in excess of US$ 1 billion.

Dedicated to driving many more key innovations in the future.

More than 4,000 highly motivated employees committed to progress and excellent customer relations.

Think forward.