About Us

Headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, Ahura Scientific is a rapidly growing manufacturer of handheld optical systems for chemical identification. Since 2002, Ahura Scientific has designed, developed and successfully launched products unlike any in the marketplace, putting the power, reliability and accuracy of expensive, lab-based instruments in portable, rugged, easy-to-use systems designed for field use. With customers in the homeland security, public safety, pharmaceutical, industrial and medical markets, Ahura Scientific's products—FirstDefender and TruScan—are widely-deployed across the globe.

Watch the video below for an
overview of TruScan in action.

TruScan is a robust, handheld, 21 CFR Part 11 compliant Raman spectrometer

TruScan allows non-contact inspection through transparent packaging

TruScan confirms a material's chemical identity against the barcode

TruScan is used by 8 of the top 10 global pharmaceutical manufacturers

TruScan can easily be used by non-technical personnel right on the loading dock

Ahura Scientific's handheld Raman and FTIR products are highlighted in a recent interview of Duane Sword, Ahura Scientific's VP of Product Management with Paul Thomas, Senior Editor of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, at Interphex NYC. Click on the image to access a video replay of the interview.