Niton LLC, the manufacturer of portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrumentation, has once again been awarded the R&D 100 Award for technological innovation. The R&D 100 Awards Committee announced in July that Niton’s new XLt and XLi Infiniton™ analysers will be sharing an award as one of the 100 most technologically significant products of 2003. The award will be officially presented during a Gala Awards Ceremony in the Grand Ballroom of Chicago’s Navy Pier the evening of Thursday, 16 October 2003. Hal Grodzins, President and CEO of Niton, will be accepting the award along with Dr. Lee Grodzins, founder of Niton and current Director of Research & Development.