TECHNOLOGY company Edinburgh Instruments is hoping to secure investment capital to boost its growth around the world.

Chief executive Alan Faichney told The Herald the business is looking into options for raising money to help it implement expansion plans which include opening a US office.

EI, the first ever spin out from Heriot Watt University when it was founded by physics professor Des Smith, manufactures and designs lasers, gas sensors and spectrometers mainly for the academic and industrial research markets around the world.

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