加拿大Katanax  
SPEX CertiPrep集团并购Katanax，Katanax成为SPEX SamplePrep之子公司，其K系列全自动融熔装置创造熔样机制造技术的新高峰，主要用于XRF、AA、ICP、ICP-MS等的熔融样品制备，它应用最简单的电阻丝加热原理，电路、结构简单。整个制样过程完全自动进行，包括将熔样注入成型模具中。
Katanax was founded at the beginning of year 2002 by three men of vision and knowledge. All had worked in the analytical fusion arena with Dr. Fernand Claisse for a total of 15 years, and all cherished the same dream: to design and make the ultimate fusion machine, to support analytical laboratories in their quest for safety, efficiency and accuracy.