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More Labs Required to Source CRMs
An increasing number of laboratories
worldwide are being required to use
certified reference materials (CRMs),
which can only be manufactured
and QC tested at an ISO-accredited
lab. The U.S. Department of Defense
insists on them, as do numerous other
government agencies across North America, Europe, and Asia. UKAS
and A2LA also mandate you use CRMs to gain ISO accreditation.
In just a few years, CRM requirements have spread at an incredible
rate, so if you haven’t been affected yet, you may be soon.
Transitioning to CRMs doesn’t need to be difficult or costly. We are
proud to announce that Restek’s reference standard manufacturing
and QC testing laboratories in Bellefonte, PA, are ISO Guide 34 and
17025 accredited! That means you can buy the same Restek
reference standards you trust for the same price while satisfying
CRM regulations. And, our custom formulations are also covered!
Even if you are not required to use CRMs, you can still benefit from
the outstanding product quality and customer service needed to
meet strict ISO guidelines. Learn more about our quality credentials
and to view certificates (including scopes of accreditation) at
Brian Jones Honored With Plenary
Talk at ISCC / Riva 2012
If you didn’t make the trek to Italy for the
36th International Symposium on Capil-
lary Chromatography (ISCC) / Riva 2012,
you missed an enlightening talk by Restek
Senior Research Chemist Brian Jones.
He offered attendees a rare, behind-the-
scenes look at an exciting surface science
technology that holds the promise of
creating well-characterized and exception-
ally inert surfaces, as well as being used
in many other potential applications. Still
in development at Restek’s R&D lab, this patent-pending technique
greatly improves the chemical and physical properties of surfaces
compared to current state of the art, making them better suited for
tomorrow’s challenges of steadily decreasing detection limits and
increasing sample complexity.
We wanted not only to recognize Brian, Valerie Strom, Tom Kane,
Scott Grossman, and the rest of the team for their impressive work,
but also to congratulate Brian for being honored with the invitation
to speak at Riva!
Restek Sponsors Multidimensional
Chromatography & GCxGC Workshop
Earlier this year, we attended the 3rd Multidimensional Chroma-
tography and GCxGCWorkshop at the Ontario Ministry of the
Environment (MOE) in Ontario, Canada. Three of our chemists—Jack
Cochran, Julie Kowalski, and Michelle Misselwitz—were privileged to
speak due to their extensive work with GCxGC.
Initially hosted at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta,
Georgia, USA, this growing event serves as a means for international
GCxGC experts to collaborate on cutting-edge techniques. Jack
Cochran (Restek), Eric Reiner (MOE, front center in blue shirt above),
Frank Dorman (The Pennsylvania State University), Jef Focant
(University of Liège), and Don Patterson, Jr. (CDC) were instrumental in
organizing the inaugural meeting and producing the first publication
on using GCxGC-TOFMS for chlorinated dioxin and furan analysis.
Since then, Eric Reiner deserves the bulk of the credit for pulling this
grassroots event together. Having 150+ attendees at a word-of-mouth
workshop is a testimony to the heightened interest in multidimen-
sional separations and Eric’s push for it!
For a speaker list or to request Restek’s presentations from this year’s
meeting, go to and search for “MOE.”
Search Restek Chromatograms Online!
The chromatograms in this issue are just the beginning. Our Innova-
tions Lab, partners, and even customers churn out a steady stream
of top-notch applications that you can search and filter to find the
exact chromatogram you need. Just recently, we released:
QuEChERS Extract of Cannabis on Rxi®-17Sil MS and Rxi®-5ms by
GCxGC-TOFMS (GC_FF1207)
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Compounds in Urine by LC-MS/MS
on Ultra Biphenyl (LC_CF0535) – Featured on page 17!
p- and m-Xylenes in Gasoline by GCxGC on Rtx®-DHA-150 and
Stabilwax® (GC_PC1226)
Separation of Ethanol and Aromatics from Paraffins in Gasoline
with GCxGC on Rtx®-DHA-150 and Stabilwax® (GC_PC1227)
Short-Chain Amines on Rtx®-Volatile Amine (GC_PC1243)
TO-15 65 Component Mix on Rxi®-624Sil MS (30 m) (GC_AR1148)
You’ll find these, along with hundreds of other chromatograms covering
a wide range of markets, at
Photo by Ray Clement, Ontario Ministry of Environment
The speakers at this year’s MDGC workshop.