May 2025
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Founded: 1995
Based In: Wrexham, Wales, UK
Markets: Environmental / Life Sciences / Material Science / Metallurgy / Nanotechnology / Nuclear Power / Planetary Science / Semiconductor

Nu Instruments is a market leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance mass spectrometers. Nu’s high-end scientific instrumentation is used for measuring the elemental and isotopic composition of a wide range of samples – detailing history, age, or even the purity of the sample.

Products from this AMETEK business are used in academia and industrial research labs around the world – analyzing everything from the components in smartphones to the contents of food, and even expanding research into disease, climate change, and the origins of our universe.

Nu Instruments is headquartered in Wrexham, UK with sales and service teams in United States and Asia

Our Achievements

The business has grown substantially since its founding in 1995, with the opening of its Wrexham, UK factory in 2011 to expanding globally with offices in the United States, China, and Japan.

In addition to their global growth, Nu has also extended their range of instruments for TIMS, Stable Isotopes, GD-MS, Noble gas, and Time-of-Flight. They also recently launched the Sapphire XD, the only Multi Collector ICP-MS on the market with a dual path and fully retractable mass filter. The Nu team is ready to meet the needs of their users – helping enable sophisticated research and scientific progress.

Nu Instrument's Vitesse is a time-of-flight inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer

Meet the Team

Meet Ariane, Product Marketing Manager for Nu Instruments.

Ariane joined Nu in 2015 as an Application Scientist after completing her PhD in Analytical Sciences with a concentration in laser ablation.

As Product Marketing Manager, Ariane combines her impressive scientific background with her sharp marketing skills. She collaborates with Nu’s product managers and marketers to ensure that their products are aligned with customers’ needs and Nu’s business goals.

Ariane says one of the most rewarding parts of her position is seeing users present their research conducted using Nu’s products.

“Working at Nu Instruments means being surrounded by passionate and dedicated people,” she says. “Our goal is to manufacture high-level precision instruments that can be used across industries, and every Nu team member is important to making sure those instruments can support inspiring, cutting-edge research.”

“Every Nu team member is important to making sure our instruments can support inspiring, cutting-edge research."

Supporting communities

The Nu team strives to support the communities in which they work and live. They support various charity initiatives, including the Hope House and Ty Gobaith Children’s Hospices in the UK. Hope House and Ty Gobaith provides respite care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions. Every year, Nu Instruments and other local businesses work together to raise funds and provide a fun Easter egg hunt for the children and their families – creating lasting memories and benefitting a great cause.

Learn more about Nu Instruments at nu-ins.com.

About Nu Instruments

Nu Instruments high-end mass spectrometers are analytical instruments used to characterize the isotopic or elemental composition of various samples, providing precious information such as the history, age, provenance or purity. Nu's innovative mass spectrometers are installed worldwide in academia, governmental and industrial research labs, and serve a wide range of applications.

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