InXitu

Infobox_Company
company_name = inXitu, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
country = USA
foundation = Incorporated in 2007
location = Mountain View, CA| key_people = Scott Snyder, President
Philippe Sarrazin, Chief Technology Officer
Robert Espinosa, Chairman of the Board
Carmen Cerrelli, CFO
industry = technology
products = XRD/XRF Portable Instruments
homepage = www.inxitu.com [http://www.inxitu.com]

inXitu, Inc. is a Mountain View, CA based company which develops portable X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis instruments. The company name is a combination of the terms 'in situ' and 'X-ray', portraying the company's dedication to developing X-ray instruments that can be easily transported to the original site of the material being analyzed. InXitu's portable rock and mineral analyzer received the prestigious R&D 100 award and chosen to fly on the Mars Science Laboratory rover scheduled for launch in 2009. [http://www.indiana.edu/~geosci/research/mincm/CheMin/]

Company history

This company was incorporated in 2007.

References

* [http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2005/10/03/daily37.html Silicon Valley Business Journal]
* [http://www.indiana.edu/~geosci/research/mincm/CheMin/ Portable XRD/XRF Instrument for Mars Exploration Rovers]

External links

* [http://www.inxitu.com Company website]