History
2025
- Purchase of a new Tescan scanning electron microscope (SEM)
- Purchase of a new Shimadzu X-ray fluorescence analyzer (XRF)
2022
- Appointment of B.Sc. Bastian Berndl as third managing director
- Replacement of old HPLC system by a new Shimadzu HPLC
2021
- Due to the corona pandemic, there was a change to more flexible workplaces through the introduction of work laptops and the possibility of home office for more employees
2019/2020
- Purchase of two new Markes thermal desorbers for VOC analysis
2018
- Analytik Aurachtal is jointly managed by the directors Dr. Thomas Fürst and Dipl.-Ing. Christian Schad
2017
- Replacement of the LCMS-IT-TOF by a LC-MS/MS
- Installation of three new fume hoods
2016
- Member of CEC (Cleaning Excellence Center)
- Purchase of an LCMS-IT-TOF and a sniffing port as an additional detector für GCMS (olfactory detector)
2014
- Change of the accreditation monitoring to DAkkS (Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH = German Accreditation Body)
2013
- Launch of a series of continuing training series „Innenraumschadstoffe“ (indoor pollutants)
2012
- Full membership of AGÖF (Arbeitsgemeinschaft ökologischer Forschungsinstitute e.V.; i.e. Association of Ecological Research Institutes)
- Change of name to “Analytik Aurachtal GmbH” due to the change of management from Mr. Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Nitschke to the long-time employees Dr. Thomas Fürst, Dr. Thomas Wirkner and Dipl.-Ing. Christian Schad
2008
- Expansion of the facilities: The new department “Cleanliness” is opened and various new analysis devices are purchased
2006
- Realignment of the spectrum of analyses on the field of
- surface examination
- Quality control of components
- Advanced analyses of indoor pollutants
2004
- First accreditation by the DAP (German Accreditation System for Testing; Deutsches Akkreditierungssystem Prüfwesen GmbH)
2000
- Relocation to the newly constructed facility in Aurachtal and renaming to “Analytik Aurachtal”
1998
- AQS certification for water analyses by Bayrisches Landesamt für Umwelt (Lfu; Bavarian State Office for Environment)
1995
- Development of the indoor pollutants area
1994
- Expansion of the analysis spectrum to include sewage sludge
1992
- Foundation of the „Labor für Umweltanalytik” by Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Nitschke as a chemical service laboratory with focus on groundwater, soil analysis and environmental remidation