Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science (formerly Oxford Instruments) is a leading provider of desktop, portable, and handheld instruments used by industrial customers for quality control, thickness gauging and materials identification. Hitachi High-Tech's product line includes Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES), Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) instrumentation. These instruments are used in a wide-range of industries to assist customers to measure and analyze materials to improve processes and monitor quality.