About us

For 30+ years, we have been developing innovative software products to support method development in liquid chromatography.

At ChromSword we are motivated by how our customers use our software to find solutions for separation problems and stay connected to what is most important to them.

ChromSword holds leading positions in automation of method development. Our intelligent software is used at different largest pharma laboratories worldwide. ChromSword team is a group of high skilled HPLC and IT specialists that transfer their knowledge in powerful method development and validation software.

The mission of ChromSword is to deliver a fully integrated and automated HPLC method development workflow in accordance with industry trends and regulatory requirements.

History

Developments of a theory and a first ChromDream software that predicted initial conditions in reversed-phase liquid chromatography from structural formulae of compounds and column properties were started in 1990 by Dr. Sergey Galushko.

ChromSword® for computer-assisted HPLC method development was developed between 1990 and 1995 as an extension of ChromDream® HPLC method development software.

In 1999, the first version for automatic HPLC optimization was developed and launched in collaboration with Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany). As a result of cooperation with VWR International Scientific Instruments, Darmstadt, Germany, Hitachi High Technologies America,San Jose, CA, USA, and Scientific Software Inc., Pleasanton, CA, USA, versions for Hitachi LaChrom and LaChromElite hardware and EZChromElite software were launched.

In 2000 the first version of ChromSwordAuto to support Waters Millennium and Alliance LC system was launched.
Later partnership with Agilent Technologies resulted in the creation of more powerful version that supported Agilent 1100/1200/1290 LC and LC/MS systems with up to 8 columns and up to 15 solvent selectors.

Cooperation with Dionex helped in creation of ChromSwordAuto and AutoRobust versions that supported automatic method development and robustness tests using Chromeleon data system, Dionex Ultimate and Agilent LC systems.

Currently Chromsword has strong partnership and support of automatic method development with Agilent, Hitachi, Thermo and Waters instruments.

In 2009 version of ChromSwordAuto 4.0 Professional was launched with multi-instrument support. This version performed fully automated method development tasks like method scouting (screening), rapid optimization of gradient, fine optimization of gradient, robustness studies and report generation. ChromSwordAuto 4.0 controls Hitachi, Waters, Agilent, Knauer, Dionex HPLC and UHPLC instruments and following data systems: Agilent EZchromElite, ChemStation, Waters Empower, Dionex Chromeleon and Knauer ChromGate.

In 2015 new version of ChromSword 5.0 was released. This version has been developed on completely new platform was big step to the ChromSword by providing direct control over HPLC instruments. Version have big focus on work efficiency and easy of use for end user. In same time great work has been done to improve algorithms with special focus to large molecules.

In 2005 a new company "ChromSword Baltic HPLC Specialists" Ltd were registered. Company is focused on development of new products and global distribution.

In 2022 the Site license were introduced with the aim to provide full flexibility and efficiency to analytical laboratories in accordance with AQbD requirements and ICH guidelines.

The goal of the company is to provide customers with the most intelligent HPLC method development solutions. We constantly update and improve our software.