Bruker Biosciences Corp. announced that it will launch a new Bruker AXS business unit, Bruker Biosciences Pty Ltd., in Australia on Jan. 1, 2007. Bruker AXS, a provider of life science, materials research and industrial x-ray analysis tools, has been represented in Australia by its longstanding distributor, Sietronics Pty Ltd. Bruker Biosciences said its AXS business unit will take the company forward with its already established instrument base and brand name and increase its presence in the rapidly expanding x-ray diffraction, x-ray fluorescence and optical emission spectrometers markets. Bruker said Sietronics Pty Ltd. will continue to provide business management and service resources. Bruker Biosciences Pty Ltd. is based in the Australian states of Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia.