Hecus

Infobox Company
company_name = Hecus X-Ray Systems GmbH
company_type = Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
location_city = Graz
location_country = Austria
location =
key_people = Prof. Dr. Peter Laggner (CEO)
foundation = 1992
num_employees = 10 (2008)
products = SAXS & WAXS equipment
industry = X-ray scattering techniques, R&D
homepage = http://www.hecus.com/

Hecus X-Ray Systems GmbH or Hecus XRS for short, is a technology company based in Graz, Austria.

Founded in 1992 as M.Braun Graz Optical Systems GmbH as a spinoff from the public research organisation
Austrian Academy of Sciences ("Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften").

Hecus XRS main area of business is to provide complete system solutions in small- and
wide-angle X-ray scattering (SWAXS) for nanostructure analysis.

History

* 1992 Foundation as M. Braun Graz Optical Systems GmbH
* 2003 Winner of the Fast Forward Award [cite web|url=http://www.sfg.at/cms/356/|title="Fast Forward Award 2003"|language=German]
* 2005 Acquistion of the detector business from M. Braun, Germany

References

See also

* Biological small-angle X-ray scattering

External links

* [http://www.hecus.at/ Hecus X-Ray Systems GmbH Homepage ]