PerkinElmer promotes latest Spotlight Aurora imaging model at analytica Munich 2026

PerkinElmer announced the launch of the Spotlight™ Aurora-I FTIR Microscope, expanding the Spotlight™ Aurora family with intelligent adaptive IR imaging designed to accelerate chemical mapping workflows.

As laboratories face tighter deadlines, increasingly complex samples, and growing regulatory expectations, the Spotlight™ Aurora family addresses these challenges through real‑time automation and versatile sample handling. By reducing manual intervention and setup time, the system helps laboratories improve throughput and shorten turnaround times without compromising confidence in results.

Designed for laboratories processing high sample volumes each day, the Spotlight™ Aurora‑I delivers consistent, high‑quality data while supporting regulatory compliance. Its ready‑to‑use workflow, from sample loading through final result, is already demonstrating value in applications such as microplastics analysis, where efficiency and repeatability are essential.

Aurora-I combines advanced widefield optics with extended depth of focus to deliver sharp visualization across diverse and complex samples, enabling users to quickly identify regions of interest. Multiple sampling modes, including flexible ATR functionality and guided sample navigation, allow laboratories to confidently analyze unknown or non-standard samples while maintaining robust, compliant workflows.

The Spotlight™ Aurora-I enables laboratories to rapidly assess contamination and material distribution with greater speed and efficiency, supporting critical applications in research, environmental monitoring, and advanced materials development. Smart, adaptive imaging capabilities reduce analysis time while maintaining the data quality and reproducibility required for regulatory driven environments. Especially valued in microplastics analysis, pharmaceutical QA/QC and packaging and coatings manufacture.

The system also enables repeatable visible surveys without manual adjustments, camera changes, or illumination switching, delivering high-quality imaging even on uneven surfaces. Seamless integration of visible and infrared imaging, together with the flexibility to move between reflection, transmission, and ATR modes without additional setup, ensures critical details are captured efficiently and consistently.

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