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ELTRA Exploring Elements

About us

The development of the first carbon and sulfur analyzer in 1981 marked the beginning of ELTRA's success story 40 years ago. From day one, the focus was on the design of analyzers for the precise determination of C, H, N, O, S element concentrations in solids.

Over the years, the product portfolio was further expanded and refined, for example by adding thermogravimetric analyzers in 2007. Our goal has always been to design combustion analyzers which are characterized not only by high precision and detection sensitivity but are also robust enough to provide reliable measurement results under rough conditions. The new generation of ELEMENTRAC analyzers impressively combines this claim with state-of-the-art technology and ease-of-use. The excellent price-performance ratio of our products together with our fast and reliable technical service helped ELTRA to continuously gain market share over the past four decades. Today, we are represented in more than 80 countries by a broad sales & distribution network.

In 2012, ELTRA became part of the VERDER Group and was integrated into the Scientific Division, which is home to renowned companies from the laboratory & analytical sector, including Retsch and Microtrac. Under the new management, substantial investments were made in new products and services for C/H/N/O/S elemental analysis and macro thermogravimetry. Customers in quality and analysis laboratories as well as research departments appreciate the speed, precision, and ease-of-use of our analyzers.

Our past experience and achievements motivate us to continue developing new analyzers. Securely positioned for the future, we will integrate new technologies into our portfolio which will allow us to conquer new markets over the next 40 years.

ELTRA – Exploring Elements!

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ELTRA is a proud ASTM-Member

Standards on materials and their test methods are essential for the safety and quality of products worldwide. With their many years of expertise, our experts play a key role in shaping the content of these standards. In this way, we make a valuable contribution to the safety of aircraft, cars, buildings and medical products.

With ELTRA's involvement, our customers can always be confident that our products meet the requirements of ASTM test methods.

In addition, we participate intensively in so-called round-robin tests to ensure the reproducibility and comparability of our products in international comparisons.

ELTRA is part of VERDER SCIENTIFIC, which is a division of the continuously growing VERDER group.

History

1981 ELTRA was founded
1981 Development of a resistance furnace CS analyzer with Siemens Cell
1984 First sales of instruments in Germany
1986 Development of induction furnace CS analyzers
1988 Design of own ELTRA IR detector
1991 Expansion to international markets (China, India, USA)
1993 Development of ON analyzers
1995 Development of H analyzers
1996 Expansion to eastern european markets (Russia, Poland)
1997 First ACHEMA with ELTRA
1999 Introduction of ONH-2000 and CS-2000 (combi instruments)
2000 Celebration of 1000 analyzers sold
2001 Introduction of double dual range instruments (4 IR cells)
2003 Introduction of CHS-500 analyzer
2003 Development of autoloader system for 130, 104 and 36 crucibles
2004 New Uni software for all Eltra analyzers
2005-2006 Mechanical improving of existing instruments
2007 New THERMOSTEP (Thermo Gravimetric Analyzer) laboratory version
2008 TGA (Thermo Gravimetric Analyzer) for automation
2009 CHS-580A analyzer with auto-sampler
2012 ELTRA becomes part of the Verder Group
2013 Relocation to new headquarters
2015 Market launch of new analyzer generation ELEMENTRAC, starting with ELEMENTRAC ONH-p
2016 Market launch of ELEMENTRAC CS-i
2018 Market launch of ELEMENTRAC CS-d
2020 Market launch of TGA Thermostep ML
2021 Market launch of ELEMENTRAC ONH-p 2 with Autocleaner
2021 Market launch of ELEMENTRAC CS-r / CHS-r
2022 Eltra goes IOT & ELEMENTS Cloud