{"id":4661,"date":"2026-04-27T13:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/?p=4661"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:10:39","slug":"shimadzu-corporation-acquires-german-startup-plasmion-gmbhsecures-sicrit-ion-source-technology-for-mass-spectrometers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/shimadzu-corporation-acquires-german-startup-plasmion-gmbhsecures-sicrit-ion-source-technology-for-mass-spectrometers","title":{"rendered":"Shimadzu Corporation Acquires German Startup Plasmion GmbHSecures SICRIT Ion Source Technology for Mass Spectrometers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shimadzu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shimadzu Corporation<\/a><\/strong> has acquired a 75% stake of the outstanding shares of German startup <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/plasmion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plasmion GmbH<\/a><\/strong> (headquartered in Augsburg, Bavaria) on March 23, making the company a subsidiary. This acquisition aims to obtain Plasmion\u2019s mass spectrometer (MS) ion source technology SICRIT\uff08Soft Ionization by Chemical Reaction In Transfer\uff09<sup>\u203b<\/sup>\u00a0and related technologies to strengthen Shimadzu\u2019s MS business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SICRIT is a groundbreaking technology that overcomes the limitations of the widely used APCI (atmospheric pressure chemical ionization) method in liquid chromatography\u2013mass spectrometry (LC\u2013MS) and similar applications. Its chief feature is the ability to directly ionize analytes with high sensitivity without complex sample pretreatment, enabling high-sensitivity real-time analysis that was previously difficult. It is already being used in applications such as the search for disease markers in exhaled breath in the healthcare field, monitoring trace hazardous substances in the environment, and non-destructive analysis of aroma components in food and beverages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shimadzu and Plasmion have been collaborating since 2019 through exchanges of technical information, lending of Shimadzu products, and development of SICRIT applications. Plasmion\u2019s founders, CEO Dr. Thomas Wolf and CTO Dr. Jan-Christoph Wolf, will continue to hold 25% of the company\u2019s shares and remain involved in management. Shimadzu will develop next-generation mass spectrometers by integrating the SICRIT technology with its MS-related technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u203b SICRIT is a registered trademark of Plasmion.<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/image-12-1024x471.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4662\" width=\"404\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/image-12-1024x471.png 1024w, https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/image-12-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/image-12-768x353.png 768w, https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/image-12.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 85vw, 404px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Plasmion's SICRIT ion source connection module (left) and an ultra-high performance liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometer with the ion source attached (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shimadzu Corporation has acquired a 75% stake of the outstanding shares of German startup Plasmion GmbH (headquartered in Augsburg, Bavaria) on March 23, making the company a subsidiary. This acquisition aims to obtain Plasmion\u2019s mass spectrometer (MS) ion source technology SICRIT\uff08Soft Ionization by Chemical Reaction In Transfer\uff09\u203b and related technologies to strengthen Shimadzu\u2019s MS business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,9],"tags":[10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4663,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4661\/revisions\/4663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}