BILLERICA, Mass. & YOKOHAMA, Japan - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Jan. 14, 2009 - Bruker Daltonics announced today that it has signed a contract with the  Japanese National Police Agency (NPA) for the supply of 51 units of its  state-of-the-art ESI-TOF system, micrOTOF-II focus. The contract with a value of more than $12 million USD includes micrOTOF-II  systems to be installed in each of the NPA's Prefecture forensic  laboratories, as well as HPLC and CE systems, providing a complete  analysis package. Mr. Yasuhiko Maekawa, National Sales Manager at Bruker Daltonics Japan,  explained: "These forensic toxicology and residue analysis systems will  be delivered in March 2009, and teams of Bruker Daltonics application  scientists and engineers from Japan and Asia-Pacific will then provide  installations and extensive training to the NPA scientists." The micrOTOF-II system offers powerful exact mass  measurements in an easy-to-use bench-top package, featuring excellent  mass resolution and accuracy in combination with Bruker's SigmaFit(TM)  method for molecular formula determination. Combined with Bruker's  unique TargetAnalysis(TM) software, the system delivers multi-target  compound screening in complex matrices, providing high specificity and  on-the-flyentification. Mr. Clive Seymour, Executive Vice President of Bruker Daltonics,  commented: "This analytical solution allows the screening of hundreds of  compounds from a single sample HPLC- or CE-TOF run with a confidence  level and reproducibility unsurpassed by any comparable system. This  workflow saves significant time when running multi-target applications  such as drugs/metabolites in urine, food safety analysis, forensic  toxicology or environmental testing." Application-specific accurate mass libraries can be automatically  created and Bruker's unique hrEIC(TM) (high-resolution extracted ion  chromatogram) technique, with stable specificity down to EICs with +/-  0.002 Da, dramatically reduces chemical background interference and greatly improves specificity. The micrOTOF-II offers mass  resolution greater than 16,500 and mass accuracy of better than 2 ppm  with internal calibration - without sacrificing sensitivity. For more information about Bruker Daltonics and Bruker Corporation  (NASDAQ: BRKR), please visit www.bdal.com  and www.bruker.com. CONTACT: Bruker Daltonics Stacey Desrochers, +1-978-663-3660, ext. 1115 Bruker Director of Investor Relations stacey.desrochers@bruker.com