Welcome to Markes

Markes International Limited is a specialist manufacturer of analytical thermal desorption instrumentation and associated sampling equipment. The company's comprehensive portfolio of products is designed to automate and enhance the measurement of trace level volatile and semi-volatile organic chemicals (VOCs and SVOCs) in real-world samples. For over a decade, Markes International has pioneered analytical thermal desorption (TD) instrumentation and associated sampling equipment. Markes has also the widest range of thermal desorption consumable products on the market; the company is widely regarded as being the World leader in thermal desorption technology.

Markes has introduced many highly successful brands of thermal desorption instrument, consumables and accessories into the market including:

• UNITY™ - Universal thermal desorption system for single tagged or untagged tubes
• UltrA™ - Multi-tube autosamplers for UNITY 2 thermal desorbers
• TD-100™ - automated thermal desorption for sorbent tubes 
• CIA Advantage™ - Cryogen-free automation for high-performance canister air analysis
• TT24-7™ - thermal desorber for near real-time monitoring
• Micro-Chamber/Thermal Extractors™ (µ-CTE™) for VOC/SVOC emissions from materials
• TubeTAG™ - RFID tagging for thermal desorption sampling sorbent tubes
• Thermal desorption accessories and consumables

Recent press releases include:

• Analytical chemistry community to benefit from expansion of Markes International
• Markes and ALMSCO International to jointly showcase high-sensitivity technology for trace-level aroma and fragrance profiling at PittCon 2012
• Markes International launches a new instrument for the automated VOC analysis of air and gas in canisters (Dec 2011)

Other archived press releases can be downloaded from here.

Register your instrument and receive a unique 8 GB USB flash drive

Markes has a wealth of information on thermal desorption applications and support material. As a registered Markes website user:

• We'll keep you up to date with news and information.
• You'll get access to a huge library of information.
• You'll be able to access a range of additional benefits and technical information related to your TD products.

Register for the Markes TD community and be kept up to date with TD-GC/MS developments & applications

Frequently asked questions and application notes can be found by following these links:

Frequently Asked Questions: Technical hints and tips

Application notes