Calmetrics

What Calmetrics does

Calmetrics Inc., founded in November 2002 and headquartered in a 3,300 sq ft ISO 17025-accredited laboratory in Holbrook, New York, manufactures and globally supplies certified reference standards for X-ray fluorescence (XRF) coating thickness and composition measurement, alongside proprietary carbon stripper foils for particle accelerators. Its product portfolio spans thin and thick film XRF standards (single, dual, and multi-layer), bulk alloy standards, WEEE/RoHS standards, jewelry alloy standards, composition pellets, gauging sheets, microresistance standards, pure metal foils, and a proprietary line of carbon stripper foils including diamond-like carbon (DLC), DLC-Boron Hybrid, and graphene foils produced via in-house laser plasma ablation and pulsed laser ablation processes.

The company operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of MICROMATTER Technologies Inc., a privately held Canadian company that acquired Calmetrics in mid-2017 and brings additional manufacturing capacity from a state-of-the-art facility in Surrey, BC. Underlying manufacturing relies on vacuum deposition (sputtering, electron-beam evaporation), electroplating, mechanical rolling, and proprietary laser plasma ablation — technology licensed exclusively to Calmetrics by Thermo Electron in 2003 alongside a reciprocal exclusive supply arrangement.

Revenue derives from one-time sales of catalog and custom standards via quote-based direct orders, complemented by recurring re-certification services (recommended annually for foils, biennially for plated standards), fee-based metrology and contract measurement services, and on-site consulting and training. End customers include metal finishing manufacturers, environmental monitoring laboratories, particle accelerator and nuclear research institutions, semiconductor and PCB manufacturers, jewelry producers, and cutting tool makers across more than 50 countries, with distribution via the company's own website, direct inside sales, and a global network of regional representatives.

Name

Calmetrics

Legal name

Calmetrics Inc.

Website

https://calmetricsinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Calmetrics is a US-based manufacturer of ISO 17025-accredited certified reference standards for XRF coating thickness and composition measurement, plus proprietary carbon stripper foils for particle accelerators, serving industrial, scientific and environmental customers across 50+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Calibration Reference Materials

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890)

akta.pro primary industry

Chemical Standards & Calibration Solutions (Food Chemistry) (AFALAKAH)

Keywords

• XRF calibration standards
• Coating thickness standards
• Carbon stripper foils
• Certified reference materials
• Metal foil calibration

Headquarters

HQ city

Holbrook

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Sales of standard reference materials (XRF foils, coatings on substrates, bulk, RoHS, jewelry alloys, composition pellets, metal foils, gauging sheets, microresistance standards, DLC/graphene beam stripper foils): One-time unit sales of catalog and custom calibration standards to industrial, scientific and research customers worldwide. Delivery typically 2–4 weeks for catalog items; expedited 1-week service available for a fee; custom and made-to-order items priced via quotation.
2. Re-certification services: Recurring revenue stream tied to customer-defined calibration intervals (Calmetrics recommends ~1 year for foils, ~2 years for plated standards). Customers are invoiced per standard returned for re-certification, with damaged standards replaced at discounted prices.
3. Metrology services (contract coating thickness and alloy composition measurement): Fee-based measurement services for limited sample sets, referee measurements, instrument downtime, or specialty applications; reported as data tables or full lab reports.
4. Consulting and training services: Fee-based on-site consulting, application/instrument training, radiation safety training, data interpretation, evaluation of sample measurement programs, commercial XRF instrument evaluation and custom in-house standard development.
5. Custom and made-to-order standard manufacturing: Higher-margin custom manufacturing of specialized standards not in stock product lists; priced based on materials, accuracy requirements, need for master standards, and potential interest from other customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Calmetrics manufactures and globally distributes certified reference standards used to calibrate X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) coating thickness and composition instruments, including thin and thick single- and multi-layer films, alloy films, bulk standards, WEEE/RoHS standards, jewelry alloy standards, microresistance standards, gauging sheets, pure metal and alloy foils, and custom-made standards. It also produces MICROMATTER-brand carbon stripper foils (DLC, DLC-Boron hybrid, graphene, pure boron) and custom accelerator targets for particle accelerators, supported by re-certification, metrology, and consulting services.

Product overview

Calmetrics Inc., joined with MICROMATTER Technologies in 2017, operates as a manufacturer and global supplier of certified calibration reference materials rather than a software platform. Its portfolio is organized around distinct physical product lines that share Calmetrics' proprietary vapor deposition and ISO 17025-accredited manufacturing capabilities: the core Coating Thickness XRF Standards (including Foils, Coatings on Substrates, Bulk, WEEE/RoHS, Custom, Handheld XRF, Jewelry Alloy, and Li2B4O7 Composition Pellet sub-lines), Microresistance Standards, Gauging Sheets, XRF Calibration Environment Standards (Environmental Monitoring, Metallurgical Applications, Multi-Element), the Carbon Foil Beam Stripper line (DLC, DLC-Boron Hybrid, Pure Boron, Graphene, and Cyclotron Fork assemblies) plus custom Accelerator Targets, and a broad catalog of pure Metal and Alloy Foils. These product lines are supported by three service offerings — Re-Certification, Metrology, and Consulting — which together form an integrated end-to-end XRF calibration, accelerator target, and analytical standards business serving metal finishing, electronics, semiconductors, jewelry, PCB, particle accelerator, and environmental monitoring industries in over 50 countries.

Differentiator

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Functional benefit

Brands

• Micromatter: Micromatter is the related brand used for coating thickness and XRF calibration standards as well as carbon stripper foils offered through the Calmetrics website (with Micromatter Technologies Inc. as parent).

Products and services

• Coating Thickness XRF Standards High-accuracy reference standards for calibrating virtually any X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) coating thickness and composition analysis system. Includes thin and thick films, single and multi-layer films, alloy films, bulk standards (alloys and pure elements), precious metal standards, and WEEE/RoHS standards for industrial and scientific applications.
• Microresistance Standards Standards developed to test, calibrate and correct 4-point micro-resistance gauges used to measure copper layer thicknesses on non-conducting PCB substrates. Available in CU/Epoxy (Copper/Epoxy) form factors, 3in x 3in (76 mm x 76 mm).
• Gauging Sheets (Shims) Plastic foil standards placed on a blank metal substrate to calibrate eddy current or magnetic induction gauges. Universal standards representing any non-conductive coating on any non-ferrous substrate or any non-magnetic coating on any ferrous substrate.
• XRF Calibration Environment Standards (MICROMATTER thin-film) MICROMATTER thin-film vacuum-deposited single-element standards used by leading institutions in over 50 countries to calibrate XRF systems for air pollution monitoring, thin coatings, pure element spectra for background subtraction, and routine detector resolution checks. Includes Environmental Monitoring, Metallurgical Applications, and Multi-Element standards.
• Carbon Foil Beam Stripper Carbon stripper foils used in research accelerators and industrial applications for beam stripping, available in diamond-like carbon (DLC), DLC-Boron Hybrid, pure Boron, Graphene compositions, and pre-mounted on cyclotron extraction forks.
• Metal Foils Pure metal and alloy foils (Ag, Al, Au, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, In, Ni, Pb, Pd, Pt, Rh, Sn, Ta, Ti, Zn, Ni-P) produced by rolling, sputtering, or vapor deposition in many thicknesses and sizes, used for XRF calibration and analytical applications.
• Custom XRF Standards Made-to-order custom, special and unusual XRF coating thickness and composition standards manufactured to customer specifications for unique measurement requirements, including difficult-to-make and custom-fabricated standards.
• Re-Certification Service Re-certification service for XRF foil and plated thickness standards, including visual inspection, uniformity testing, crack/pinhole inspection, and re-measurement against NIST-traceable master standards, with recommended intervals (1 year for foils, 2 years for plated standards).
• Metrology Services Fast and affordable coating thickness and alloy composition measurement services using XRF and other coating measurement techniques, with options for simple data tables or full laboratory reports including referee measurements and consultation.
• Consulting Services On-site consultation for unusual XRF applications, instrument and application training, basic radiation safety training, measurement data analysis/interpretation, evaluation of commercial XRF instruments (cost/benefit), and assistance developing custom in-house standards.
• WEEE/RoHS Calibration Standards Standards for calibrating table-top and portable XRF spectrometers to measure trace-level (≤1000 ppm) RoHS-restricted contaminants (Cr, Br, Cd, Hg, Pb) in tin alloy and plastic matrices.
• Handheld XRF Standards Standards specifically prepared with larger surface areas to accommodate calibration of portable/handheld XRF instruments, including single layer, alloy layer, infinite & bases, bulk alloys, and jewelry alloys variants.
• Jewelry Alloy Standards Standards representing common gold and silver alloys used in jewelry production (Sterling Silver, Yellow Gold 10K-18K, White Gold with Nickel/Palladium) with certified composition of major alloy components (>0.5%).
• Composition Pellets (Li2B4O7) Compressed pellets of compound/element powders in a lithium tetraborate matrix at certified weight percent compositions, used primarily for handheld XRF calibration for element composition measurement.
• Micromatter Accelerator Targets Custom accelerator targets for nuclear physics experiments, manufactured as thin films on carbon backings or customer-supplied supports, with self-supporting targets available depending on required size and thickness.

Quantifiable outcome

• Certified thickness/composition accuracy of +/- 5%
• +3 more outcomes

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Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

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Direct peers

• SCP Science (now AnalytiChem): SCP Science / AnalytiChem manufactures certified reference materials, calibration standards and consumables for analytical chemistry and spectroscopy. Highly comparable to Calmetrics' core line of certified coating-thickness and composition reference standards, serving overlapping QA/QC customers.
• VHG Labs (LGC Standards): VHG Labs, part of LGC Group, produces certified reference materials and calibration standards for ICP, XRF and other analytical techniques. Directly comparable as a multi-element certified reference materials manufacturer serving similar analytical QA/QC use cases as Calmetrics/Micromatter.
• AccuStandard: AccuStandard manufactures certified reference standards, including XRF and analytical chemistry calibration materials, for environmental, pharmaceutical and industrial labs. Comparable as a specialty reference-standards producer with overlapping XRF and RoHS-related calibration offerings.
• Inorganic Ventures: Inorganic Ventures manufactures high-purity inorganic calibration standards for ICP, ICP-MS, atomic absorption and related analytical techniques under ISO 17025. Comparable to Calmetrics as a focused certified reference materials producer with similar traceability, accreditation and customer profile.
• SPEX CertiPrep (Antylia Scientific): SPEX CertiPrep, now part of Antylia Scientific, produces certified reference materials and calibration standards for spectroscopy and XRF. Comparable to Calmetrics/Micromatter as a long-established reference-materials manufacturer serving analytical QA/QC customers in similar verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global analytical instrument leader that manufactures XRF, ICP and related instruments and operates an analytical standards/reference materials business. Comparable as a broad incumbent, and historically Calmetrics' exclusive OEM partner for XRF calibration standards under the 2003 Thermo Electron agreement.
• Bruker: Bruker manufactures X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction and other analytical instruments, with adjacent reference materials and consumables. Comparable as a broad analytical-instrument incumbent whose installed base drives demand for the kind of certified calibration standards Calmetrics supplies.
• Malvern Panalytical: Malvern Panalytical (formerly PANalytical) is a leading XRF and XRD instrument manufacturer with related analytical standards offerings. Comparable to Calmetrics as a broad incumbent serving many of the same metal-finishing, cement, mining and environmental QA/QC end markets.
• Rigaku: Rigaku manufactures XRF, XRD and other analytical instruments, including handheld XRF units used by metal-finishing and environmental labs. Comparable as a broad XRF instrument incumbent whose customers require the certified calibration standards Calmetrics produces.
• Merck KGaA (Sigma-Aldrich / Supelco): Merck KGaA's Sigma-Aldrich/Supelco brands sell certified analytical reference materials, standards and reagents for spectroscopy, chromatography and XRF. Comparable as a broad incumbent in certified reference materials that overlaps with Calmetrics' calibration-standards catalog.

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Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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