• MAIA - Milestone AI Agent
    MAIA - Milestone AI Agent

    MEET MAIA.
    ASK SMARTER.
    WORK BETTER.

  • ETHOS Labstation: the ultimate evolution in microwave digestion
    ETHOS LABSTATION

    THE ULTIMATE
    EVOLUTION
    IN MICROWAVE DIGESTION

  • ultraWAVE 2 eco: SRC performance for every laboratory
    ultraWAVE 2 eco

    SRC PERFORMANCE
    FOR EVERY
    LABORATORY

  • Optimizing Sample Preparation Workflows for Heavy Metals and Organic Pollutants in Environmental Labs

    OPTIMIZING SAMPLE PREP WORKFLOW
    FOR HEAVY METALS AND
    ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
    IN ENVIRO LABS

  • Total Sample Workflow to Optimize Elemental Analysis

    TOTAL SAMPLE PREP
    WORKFLOW
    TO OPTIMIZE
    ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS

  • MAIA - Milestone AI Agent
    MAIA - Milestone AI Agent
    MEET MAIA.
    ASK SMARTER.
    WORK BETTER.
  • ETHOS Labstation: the ultimate evolution in microwave digestion
    ETHOS Labstation
    THE ULTIMATE
    EVOLUTION
    IN MICROWAVE DIGESTION
  • ultraWAVE 2 eco: SRC performance for every laboratory
    ultraWAVE 2 eco
    SRC PERFORMANCE
    FOR EVERY
    LABORATORY
  • Optimizing Sample Preparation Workflows for Heavy Metals and Organic Pollutants in Environmental Labs
    OPTIMIZING SAMPLE PREP WORKFLOW
    FOR HEAVY METALS AND
    ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
    IN ENVIRO LABS
  • Total Sample Workflow to Optimize Elemental Analysis
    TOTAL SAMPLE PREP
    WORKFLOW
    TO OPTIMIZE
    ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS

At Milestone, We Help Chemists

35+ Years of experience. 50 Patents. 30,000 Global Users.

At Milestone we help chemists providing the most innovative technology for sample preparation for trace metal analysis and direct mercury analysis. Milestone has been active since 1988 in the field of advanced sample preparation. We are the acknowledged industry leader in microwave instrumentation technology with over thirty patents and more than 30.000 sample preparation instruments installed worldwide covering large and small research institutions, elemental analysis labs as well as universities and industrial laboratories. Our industry-leading technology on sample preparation, in combination with fast, responsive service and applications support, allows Milestone to provide you the highest return on investment possible. Our commitment is to consistently provide scientific and industrial communities with the most effective, safe and productive instruments for Microwave Digestion for ICP analysis, Microwave Extraction, Direct Mercury Analysis, Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Microwave Ashing.
At Milestone we help chemists

For more inspiration,
just follow us

microwave digestion line

Redefining sample preparation

We are proud to announce the launch of 3 new microwave labstations: the ETHOS Microwave Labstation, the ultraWAVE 2 eco and the ETHOS Lean 2nd series. Selecting the right system is more than a purchase decision: it’s choosing a partner. With Milestone, you gain not only proven technology but also the knowledge and support for your long-term success.
Sustainability in sample preparation

Greennovation for your lab

Milestone’s systems embody the principles of green chemistry by optimizing the laboratory workflow, developing green protocols, reducing reagent use and minimizing waste. These innovations mark the first practical application of green chemistry to elemental analysis, drastically improving the laboratories’ sustainability.

Environmental sample prep webinar series

This four-part webinar series provides a comprehensive overview of modern sample preparation solutions for heavy metals, mercury, and organic pollutants. Through practical guidance and real-world examples, we will explore how advanced digestion, extraction, and direct analysis tools streamline workflows, minimize errors, and improve data quality.
QUT

Unlocking the secrets of resistant rocks

Discover how Queensland University of Technology (QUT) achieved safe and complete digestion of complex geological materials, minimized contamination risks, simplified cleaning, and significantly improved sample throughput and research capability.
Innovative microwave systems and mercury analyzers

Milestone Product Portfolio

Today Milestone is offering state-of-the-art laboratory microwave systems based on solid experience of several thousand laboratories around the world performing sample preparation for ICP analysis. We strive for excellence of mercury analyzers offering our customers integrated solutions able to render lab activity easier, faster and safer. Sample preparation is one of the most impactful steps in trace metals determination.
The quality of analytical data obtained by ICP/ICP-MS is directly reliant on digestion quality. Milestone offers high performance sample preparation equipments in order to achieve optimum results and performance in trace metal analysis with lowest possible detection limit. We perfectly understand the importance of sample preparation for ICP-MS analysis and consider all parameters to offer solutions that maximize the AA/ ICP/ ICP-MS performance, and a lab's overall analytical capability.