BERGISCH GLADBACH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RI Research Instruments GmbH (RI), a majority-owned subsidiary of Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. (BEST), today announced a new contract from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France for the supply of 670 high-power radio frequency (rf) couplers for the European XFEL project. This 14.8 million Euro (approximately $20 million USD) contract has been awarded to a project consortium of Thales Electron Devices (TED), located in Velizy, France, and RI Research Instruments, under the leadership of TED. Each company contributes its specialized technological expertise, and RI’s financial share of the total contract is just under 50%. These rf couplers are expected to be delivered between the beginning of 2011 and the middle of 2013.
