NIRTech
澳大利亞NIR Technology www.nirtech.net
NIR Technology Australia (NIRTech) is an Australian owned company which specialises in the design and manufacture of Near Infrared Spectrophotometers and Analysers.
The company was founded by Mr. Phillip Clancy, under the name Linear NIR Technology Pty Ltd, in 1996. The company received an Australian government IR&D Grant to develop a Whole Grain NIR Analyser for the wheat farmer market. This product was released in 1998 for trials and sales began in 1999. Since then the company has been involved in the design of several NIR analysers for the agricultural and industrial markets.
In July 2000, the company changed ownership and was renamed NIR Technology Australia acting as a trading name of Stadvis Pty Ltd.
Originally the company was focused on product development. Manufacture and sales were to be handled by other companies. However for the last 18 months, the company has been actively marketing and selling the products directly in Australia and through distributors in North America, Italy, France, UK and Eastern Europe. It has been important for the company to take a direct involvement in sales and marketing, especially in Australia, so that reference sites could be established. Manufacturing has also been performed in house, although all components are produced by external companies, leaving the assembly and testing to internal personnel. Now that the company has achieved a significant number of reference sites, the company is pursuing a strong and aggressive growth strategy through a combination of regional and international distributors.
