B&W Tek Wins their 2nd Consecutive Annual Reader’s Choice Award –This Time for the NanoRam™ Handheld Raman Spectrometer

Newark, DE, February 22, 2012 - B&W Tek, Inc., an advanced instrumentation company producing optical spectroscopy and laser systems is pleased to announce that its NanoRam™ handheld Raman spectrometer is the winner of the Laboratory Equipment 2012 Reader’s Choice Award in the Spectrometry category.

B&W Tek is thrilled to be receiving a Reader’s Choice Award for the second year in a row. They will accept the award during this year’s Pittcon Conference and Expo being held in Orlando, Florida at the Orange County Convention Center where B&W Tek will be exhibiting at Booth #3780.

This year’s award winner, the NanoRam™ is a new class of small, handheld instruments for materials identification and verification within cGMP compliant facilities. It is a state-of-the-art compact Raman spectrometer and integrated computing system, based on an open systems architecture design that can support a broad range of applications in multiple industries.

Designed for use by non-specialists, the NanoRam is easy to use and operates single-handedly. It is the only handheld Raman spectrometer to feature both a TE cooled spectrometer and a stabilized laser source and is unique for its Wi-Fi capabilities.

Last year’s Reader’s Choice Award winner, the i-Raman™ is a high resolution Raman spectrometer unique for its high resolution combined with field-portability. With performance comparable to large bench-top Raman systems and weighing less than 10 lbs, it’s a portable laboratory instrument available at a fraction of the cost to many large footprint Raman instruments on the market today.

For more information about the NanoRam™ visit: http://www.nanoram.com For more information about the i-Raman™ visit: http://www.bwtek.com/product/raman/iraman.html For more information about B&W Tek, visit: www.bwtek.com

About B&W Tek, Inc.

B&W Tek, Inc. is an advanced instrumentation company producing optical spectroscopy and laser systems for biomedical, physical, chemical, and research communities. With a strong vertical integration capability, B&W Tek, Inc. also provides custom product development, design, and manufacturing. With emphasis on low cost, high performance lasers and spectrometers, we strive for versatility - innovating solutions. Our ISO 9001 & ISO 13485 certified facility and patented technologies ensure high quality products, consistently proven and growing every day. As a result, B&W Tek, Inc. leads worldwide sales of Raman spectrometers.