Malvern Instruments Ltd. was incorporated in 1971. It also received the
MacRobert Award for Outstanding Technical Innovation (1977), In 1992, Burnfield acquired Malvern Instruments from Cray Electronics Holdings, and, in 1996, there was the acquisition of A3 Water Solutions GmbH, a
Stuttgart-based specialist in the design, marketing, and manufacturing of air and liquid particle counters. In 1997, Malvern was also acquired by the
Fairey Aviation Company, and Insitec Inc from Burnfield PLC. The holding company changed its name to Spectris plc in 2001. The company was also listed as a 2010 winner of the annual
Queen's Awards for Enterprise for its work measuring particles in fluids. In 2013, they acquired
NanoSight, a
Wiltshire-based manufacturer of nanoparticle characterization instruments, In 2017, they merged with PANalytical to form Malvern Panalytical Ltd. That same year, Malvern Panalytical released their
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer Epsilon, which was specifically designed for small spot analysis. In 2018, Malvern Panalytical unveiled Empyrean, the first fully automated multipurpose x-ray
diffractometer; Claisse LeDoser-12, an Automatic Dispensing Balance; Morphologi Range, a new morphologically-directed
raman spectroscopy system, and Epsilon 4, a benchtop x-ray fluorescence spectrometer. Malvern Panalytical launched a new partnership with SCOTT Technology Ltd., a supplier of sample preparation equipment, in 2020. Their contract included engineering a fully automated robotic analytical system, incorporating fusion bead sample preparation, implementing X-ray spectrometry instrumentation, and developing
thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) equipment. Netzsch acquired Malvern Panalytical’s rheometer product lines in February 2020. In this acquisition, Malvern Panalytical extended Netzsch’s product portfolio by providing Kinexus rotational rheometers and Rosand capillary rheometers. ==Business model==