. . "Markes International, headquartered in the UK, develops and manufactures scientific instruments for thermal desorption and time-of-flight mass spectrometry.Markes\u2019 factory, technical centre and headquarters is near Cardiff, UK, and in 2011, they expanded this and their USA operation in Cincinnati, Ohio (Markes International, Inc.), adding extra laboratory and demonstration facilities.In 2013, Markes became a company of the Schauenburg International Group, and opened a technical centre near Frankfurt as part of their German operation (Markes International GmbH).On 21 April 2015, it was announced that Markes International has been honoured with a Queen's Award for Enterprise in the \u201CInternational Trade\u201D category."@en . . .