In February 2011, A2 Technologies LLC was acquired by Agilent Technologies Inc.. A2 Technologies has extensive experience in engineering Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) based solutions for critical application problems. A2 scientists, engineers and owners have developed and manufactured over 10,000 FTIR analyzers, which are being used by a wide range of customers, from the US military to pharmaceutical companies. The company has also innovated new means to analyze a broad range of samples types, as evidenced by the thousands of sampling devices used in conjunction with laboratory FTIR spectrometers, world-wide