Scionix

What Scionix does

Scionix Holland B.V. is a Netherlands-based, privately held manufacturer of scintillation detectors, scintillation crystals, and associated detector electronics used to convert ionizing radiation (alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, neutron) into measurable light pulses. Established in 1992 in Bunnik near Utrecht, the company builds on scintillation detector manufacturing expertise developed in the Netherlands since the 1960s and serves end-customers in science, medicine, industry, environmental physics, nuclear and high-energy physics, space research, and security. Its product portfolio spans inorganic crystals (NaI(Tl), CsI(Tl), BGO, CeBr3), specialty formulations (LBC, CLLBC, YAP-Ce, SrI2Eu, CLYC), plastic and liquid scintillators, wavelength shifters, light guides, zinc sulfide coated products, and accompanying accessories and voltage divider electronics. In December 2022 it expanded its offering with new-generation SiPM-based detectors (including a dedicated alpha/beta variant), high-resolution LBC scintillators, and CLLBC crystals capable of neutron/gamma discrimination via pulse-shape discrimination.

The company's go-to-market is direct and sales-led: quote-based transactions priced in Euros or US Dollars, handled through a dedicated sales department and technical helpdesk reachable by phone and email, supplemented by a presence at industry conferences such as the IEEE NSS MIC and a LinkedIn page. Scionix emphasizes close engineering collaboration with end users and explicitly markets a significant share of its detector line as tailor-made configurations to customer specifications, alongside a smaller catalog of standard detector configurations. No pricing is publicly disclosed, no apps, APIs, or software platforms are offered, and no distribution partners are referenced. The firm has no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no senior leadership or headcount data in the source material. Its known external relationships consist of a charitable partnership with the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF) and a content relationship with Hamamatsu Photonics.

Name

Scionix

Legal name

Scionix Holland B.V.

Website

https://scionix.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Scionix Holland B.V., founded 1992 in the Netherlands, manufactures scintillation detectors and crystals for ionizing radiation detection. It serves science, medical, industrial, nuclear physics, space, and security customers through direct, quote-based sales of standard and tailor-made detector solutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Radiation Detection Instruments

NAICS

Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing (334413)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Semiconductors & Related Devices (3674)

akta.pro primary industry

Radiation Detection Instruments & Systems (Portal monitors, spectrometers, contamination monitors) (EUAKAIAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Nonproliferation Technology & Detection (radiation portal monitors, RPMs, spectroscopy, forensics) (EUAKAJAG)

Keywords

• Scintillation detectors
• Radiation detection instruments
• Scintillation crystals
• Nuclear instrumentation
• Radiation monitoring equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Bunnik

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Scintillation Detection Instruments: Manufacture and sale of scintillation detection instruments with associated front-end electronics, often incorporated into the detector assembly. Both standard and custom (tailor-made) configurations available.
2. Scintillation Crystals and Materials: Sale of various scintillation materials including plastic scintillators, liquid scintillators, inorganic crystals (NaI(Tl), CsI(Tl), BGO, CeBr3), and specialized crystals (LBC, CLLBC)
3. Detector Components and Accessories: Sale of detector accessories, voltage dividers, and other components for radiation detection systems
4. Custom/Tailor-Made Detector Solutions: Bespoke detector manufacturing to end-user specifications, representing a significant portion of product offerings

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Scionix manufactures and sells scintillation detectors and scintillation crystals that convert energy lost by ionizing radiation into pulses of light, enabling detection of X-rays, gamma-rays, alpha- and beta-particles across keV-to-MeV energy ranges. The portfolio includes standard and tailor-made detector configurations, scintillation materials (plastic, liquid, inorganic crystals such as NaI(Tl), CsI(Tl), BGO, CeBr3, LBC, CLLBC, YAP-Ce, SrI2Eu, CLYC), SiPM-based solid-state detectors, neutron detectors, wavelength shifters, light guides, and front-end detector electronics such as voltage dividers, sold primarily to research, medical, industrial, environmental, nuclear physics, space, and security end-users.

Product overview

Scionix is a manufacturer of scintillation detectors and radiation detection equipment established in 1992 in the Netherlands. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of scintillation detection products including Scintillation Detectors as the core offering, various Scintillation Crystals (NaI(Tl), CsI(Tl), BGO, CeBr3, LBC, CLLBC, YAP-Ce, SrI2Eu, CLYC), SiPM Detectors (new generation solid-state photodetectors), Plastic and Liquid Scintillators, Wavelength Shifters, Light Guides, Neutron Detectors, and Zinc Sulfide Coated products. The product line also includes Detector Electronics such as voltage dividers, and various Accessories. The company specializes in both standard detector configurations and tailor-made solutions to end-user specifications, serving Science, Medicine, Industry, Environmental Physics, Nuclear and High-Energy Physics, Space Research, Medical applications, and Security markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scintillation Detectors

Named customers1 record

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Dutch Cancer Society (KWF)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 December 2022Scionix supports the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF) in their mission to beat cancer as soon as possible through research funding and knowledge sharing. KWF funds and guides scientific research, influences policy, and shares knowledge about cancer and its treatment.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• CAEN SyS: Italian designer and manufacturer of nuclear and particle physics instrumentation, including scintillation detector read-out electronics and integrated detection modules. Comparable to Scionix in serving physics-research and nuclear-detection customers.
• Mirion Technologies: Global provider of radiation detection, measurement, and monitoring instruments serving nuclear power, medical, defense, and research customers. Overlaps directly with Scionix in scientific and industrial scintillation-based detection products.
• Hamamatsu Photonics: Japanese manufacturer of photomultiplier tubes, SiPMs, and scintillation detectors for scientific, medical, and industrial radiation detection. Scionix references Hamamatsu as a content partner, and the two compete most directly in SiPM-based scintillation detector modules for similar end-users.
• Berkeley Nucleonics (BNC): US-based manufacturer of radiation detection and nuclear instrumentation, including scintillation detectors and pulse-processing electronics for scientific, medical, and security markets.
• Radiation Detection Company: Manufacturer of nuclear radiation detection instruments and scintillation detectors serving medical, industrial, and security end-users. Closely comparable in product scope and customer segments to Scionix.
• Dynasil: US company with radiation detection products (including scintillators and detector assemblies) serving medical imaging, industrial, and security markets. Comparable in supplying custom and standard scintillation detection solutions.
• Saint-Gobain Crystals (Crytur / Luxium Solutions): Producer of inorganic scintillation crystals (including BrilLanCe / LaBr3, CLLB, CeBr3) used in radiation detection. Competes with Scionix on the scintillator material side of the same supply chain serving identical end applications.

Broad incumbents

• Hologic: Medical imaging specialist whose mammography and fluoroscopy systems use scintillation detector technology. Competes indirectly with Scionix for medical-imaging detector design wins at much larger scale.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Diversified life-sciences and laboratory instrumentation giant with radiation detection / nuclear measurement products in its analytical instruments portfolio. Competes with Scionix only at the high-volume, catalog end of scintillation detection.
• Hitachi High-Tech: Broad analytical-instrumentation business with electron microscopes, X-ray systems, and related radiation-detection capabilities serving science and industry — adjacent to Scionix's detection use cases but with much wider scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scionix

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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