Five Years of Growth and Success for AFMWorkshop
We're celebrating this month as AFMWorkshop turns 5 years old! And we're happy to report on the great success of our Atomic Force Microscopes for research.
Our customers believed in our products and are the reason that AFMWorkshop exists. We started off in late 2010 with one product, the TT(Table Top) AFM, and one workshop on its assembly and operation. Within the next four years we introduced three new AFMs (the NP - nanoprofiling AFM; the SA - stand alone AFM; and the LS - life sciences AFM) along with multiple new modes, scanners, and other extras. Our workshop lineup expanded to include not only an AFM Assembly and Operations workshop, but also several different applications workshops, along with free live-streaming interactive online seminars. Our cadre of scientific experts, trainers and consultants grows stronger every day; staffing, warehousing and manufacturing space have also grown to keep pace with the company's sales.
But it is solely the success of AFMWorkshop customers that fuels the growth of AFMWorkshop. The use of the TT AFM, SA AFM and LS AFM by researchers has generated an exponentially growing list of publications citing AFMWorkshop instruments. We think the chart above speaks volumes for the strength of both AFMWorkshop and our customers, as it typically takes several years for researchers to produce publications based on research generated by a new AFM.
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While success fuels growth, AFMWorkshop's fundamental operating principles remain firmly rooted in providing the perfect balance between the highest quality of instrumentation and the the lowest possible selling price. We cut out a lot of "fat" in the manufacturing and marketing arena by taking advantage of the latest technologies and by leveraging 30 years of experience in the AFM industry.
Our driving force comes from our belief in the potential of Atomic Force Microscopy; a potential that is significantly under-utilized by the research, industry and education arenas. What are the barriers? Why are more researchers, industries, and educators not harnessing the power of AFM? We believe that one of the answers is "price"; that's why we designed AFMWorkshop processes and manufacturing exclusively to provide the highest quality instruments for the lowest price.
As a company, we continue working diligently to remove the traditional high-price barrier. By creating AFMs that are capable of quality, high-resolution imaging for a fraction of their traditional price, AFMWorkshop seeks to enable innovation, discovery, and precision for people and for companies around the world.
