Our history
RI Research Instruments GmbH was established in 2009, but our history traces back to the
1980s.
How it all began
In the mid ‘80s, activities to develop components for particle accelerators started at INTERATOM / Siemens. The main focus of the company back then was to develop new types of nuclear reactors, and the accelerator business was initiated to diversify and apply existing technologies to fields.
Helmut Piel (center left) and Claus Berke, chairman of the Interatom Management Board (center right).
starting our business with first superconducting cavity tests at University of Wuppertal for the US based CEBAF project
A management buyout and the years at ACCEL
In 1994, when Siemens decided to end activities on the Bergisch Gladbach site, the management of the particle accelerator core group acquired the accelerator business and turned it into an independent private company, ACCEL Instruments GmbH. In 2007, ACCEL became a 100 % subsidiary of Varian Medical Systems.
ACCEL becomes RI
Two years later, in 2009, RI Research Instruments GmbH was established, taking over from ACCEL the accelerator instruments and special projects business. The company is majority owned by Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Bruker Corporation, and our management holds a significant equity stake in the company.
Beamline instrumentation and EUV business is established
In 2015, RI acquired the former Photon Instrumentation Business of ACCEL Instruments, since 2009 owned by Bruker Advanced Supercon GmbH. In addition to the Synchrotron Instrumentation business, this also included start-up activities in EUV sources and metrology applications.
RI acquires Ampegon PPT
In March 2019, RI acquired substantially all of the assets of Ampegon PPT GmbH, thereby expanding its portfolio to include specialized and advanced high-voltage and high-current power supplies, short- and long-pulse modulators and pulsed power supplies for scientific, medical, and industrial applications. The history of PPT dates back to the mid 1980s. It was founded by three physicists and has been well known in the scientific and industrial community.
Corporate Headquarters
RI Research Instruments GmbH
Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 75
51429 Bergisch Gladbach
Germany
Tel.: +49 2204 – 7062 – 2500
Fax: +49 2204 – 7062 – 2501
Dortmund Site
RI Research Instruments GmbH
Hauert 15
44227 Dortmund
Germany
Tel.: +49 2 31 - 476459 - 0
Fax: +49 2 31 - 476459 - 77
