X-ray analytical instrumentation provider Rigaku Corp. has opened a new office in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region. The new facility is home to a large and well-equipped application development and demonstration facility, complete with extensive sample preparation and wet chemistry labs. The grand opening event was attended by numerous Rigaku distributors operating in European countries. Rigaku is a developer of x-ray spectrometry, diffraction and optics, as well as small molecule and protein crystallography and semiconductor metrology.