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Kinematica: from Switzerland to the world.
Since our company’s founding in 1962, innovation has been a cornerstone of Kinematica’s development strategy.
Ever since our company’s founder, Professor Willems, revolutionized the industry with his rotor / stator invention, Kinematica has continued perfecting the technique by customizing and engineering its solutions to fit the most demanding applications. Our commitment to state-of-the-art technology has remained intact and been renewed decade after decade by achieving a de facto standard in several industries today, where our products are helping thousands of end users around the world.
«Homogenizing perfected» has been and will continue to be the focus of our efforts, in addition to the deeper integration of the technologies for a «connected world» where quality and performance without compromise will continue to represent the commitment to our customers. We look forward to having you be part of this exciting journey and sharing a bright future of mutual success.
History
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1962
Kinematica is founded in Lucerne by Prof. P. Willems on the basis of patents, trademarks, and his chemical-physical research institute.
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1965
Kinematica expands its international footprint by offering its revolutionary solutions, such as the POLYTRON® PT 10-35 in the USA and Japan.
As of today, over 20 000 PT 10-35 are still estimated to be in service.
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1988 / 1990
Kinematica introduces the first world’s handheld homogenizer, the POLYTRON® PT 1200 C, to address laboratory operators’ safety as the key priority.
Soon after the first ever digital display equipped disperser is made available with the POLYTRON® PT 3000 / PT 6000 series.
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2000 / 2002
Kinematica introduces the MEGATRON® MT-FM high performance aeration equipment:
The first ever homogenizer to provide stable foams with micro bubble sizes. The powder-induction MEGATRON® MT-VP innovative 2-in-1 architecture is patented.
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2005 / 2010
Kinematica launches the first membrane-equipped in-line homogenizer, the MEGATRON® MT-MM:
To address applications requiring the narrow distribution of particles with the world’s lowest energy input. The MEGATRON® MT-SHS, with shear rates up to 300 000 s-1, is introduced.
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2018
Kinematica paves the way to
the new age of dispersing and
homogenizing solutions for a
connected world.