LUM GmbH is one of the leading producers in the fields of: * Dispersion Analysis * Stability Analysis * Separation Analysis * Particle Sizing. The innovative devices made by LUM are found in international chemical, food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and other industries. LUM GmbH also offers analytical services in the above mentioned competence fields. On the basis of longtime experiences in the field of fluid mechanics, rheology and colloid chemistry the company, founded by Prof. Dr. Dr. D. Lerche in 1994, has developed the innovative STEP-Technology®, which is the technical platform for different product lines. The produced measuring equipment is used for the fast, reliable and comprehensive characterization of any demixing phenomena in dispersions. The innovative devices are part of standard laboratory equipment in leading international companies of chemical, food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. In December 2004, the LUM Corporation was founded in Boston, MA, USA, as LUM's own subsidiary, responsible for the sales in the NAFTA-region. The global LUM-sales network covering 37 countries at present is still expanding.