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The history of Setaram |
The history of modern calorimetry began at the University of Provence in Marseilles.
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Professor Albert TIAN giving a chemistry lecture to P.C.N. (Physics, Chemistry and Natural Science) students |
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Chemistry lectures at that time were illustrated by numerous experiments. Albert TIAN made a principle of showing the
students all the substances he talked about.
The chemistry collections - which were broken up at the end of the
1960's - comprised several thousand samples.
After obtaining the diploma of Doctor of Sciences in 1915, TIAN was appointed chemistry lecturer in 1919.
In 1931 he was appointed to the Chair of General Chemistry, succeeding from BERG. The work performed by Albert
Tian in the early 1920's served as the foundation for the majority of modern calorimetric instruments.
Tian described his compensation microcalorimeter for the first time in 1922, when he and his colleague
COTTE used it to study the metabolism of insects. He brought further improvements to this thermocouple
instrument in 1924 and 1926. Tian's successor,
Edouard CALVET (1895–1966) introduced the differential setup (1948)
and a rational construction of the two twinned calorimetric elements, transforming Tian's appliance into a true
laboratory instrument that today is commercialized by Setaram.
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| Professor Albert Tian |
Professor Edouard Calvet |
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| 1948 |
| Creation of ARAM (measuring instrument repair department of Ugine, the steelmaking group) |
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| 1954 |
Manufacture of glove boxes for Nuclear Research Centers
 DAM: Diffusion des Appareils de Mesure (Distribution of Measuring Appliances)
Commercializes thermobalances (Eyraud balances) and Pr. Calvet's calorimeters
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| 1960 |
| ARAM moves into premises in the rue de Sèze in Lyon |
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1965 |
ARAM takes over DAM and the company changes its name to Setaram
Creation of special instruments, manufacture of thermobalances and calorimeters |
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| 1965 |
Innovations for Thermal Analysis:
- First 1600°C furnaces with TUNGSTEN resistor.
- Start of production of furnaces with GRAPHITE resistor.
- Complete range in simultaneous ATG/ATD.
- "TAG" future symmetrical thermobalance |
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| 1970 |
The first Calvet DSC
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1971 |
| SETARAM was bought by SFIM (2,000 employees), an aeronautical company that wished to diversify its activities. |
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1975 |
| Setaram exports to China, Japan, Russia |
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1997 |
| SFIM sold its non-aeronautical activities,
and Setaram joined the young high-tech manufacturing group KEP. |
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1998 |
| Creation of the American subsidiary Setaram Inc. |
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2002 |
| Several new products are put onto the market |
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Setsys Evolution
(high modularity TG-DSC-SDTA-TMA) |
Differential Reaction calorimeter |
Wetsys
(Controlled humidity generator) |
2003
Acquisition of the assets of Thermold (Thermally stimulated current).
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| The High-Pressure MicroDSC VII (up to 1000 bars) is put on the market |
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April 2004 |
| ISO 9001-2000 certification |
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October 2004 |
| Gilles Widawski joins the company
as Managing Director |
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| A new logo is introduced and Setaram adopts a market segment-based organization |
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January 2005 |
| Signing of an exclusive partnership
with the Swiss company AKTS (Advanced Kinetics Software) |
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October 2005 |
Delivery of the space calorimeter for the International Space Station
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December 2005 |
| Market entry of Sensys, based on the "3D sensor inside" technology. This very high sensitivity TG-DSC is capable of
measuring samples under high pressures and can be coupled with an FTIR or an MS |
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March 2006 |
| Exclusive distribution partnership
with Mathis Instrument: TCi (thermal conductivity) |
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September 2006 |
| Opening of the Representation office of Setaram China in Shanghai and Setaram South East Asia in Singapore |
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