Danaher Corporation

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Danaher Corporation

Type	Public (NYSE: DHR) S&P 500 Component
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1969
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Steven M. Rales (Chairman of the Board) H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. (President), (CEO) & (Director)
Operating income	$ 1.869 billion (2008)
Net income	$ 1.317 billion (2008)
Total assets	$ 17.490 billion (2008)
Total equity	$ 9.808 billion (2008)
Employees	50,300 (July 2009)
Divisions	List of divisions
Website	Danaher.com

The Danaher Corporation NYSE: DHR, is a large global company headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. Its products are concentrated in the fields of design, manufacture, and marketing of industrial and consumer products.

It operates in four segments: Professional Instrumentation, Medical Technologies, Industrial Technologies, and Tools & Components.

History

The company was organized in 1969. It was formerly known as DMG, Inc. and changed its name to Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc. in 1978. Further, the company changed its name to Danaher Corporation in 1984.

The company is named for a river in Montana where the Rales Brothers went fishing. The origin of "Danaher" goes back to the root "Dana", a Celtic word dating from before 700 BC and meaning "swift flowing". Danaher Motion is the US Flagship of Danaher Corporation's Industrial Technologies branch with over $1 billion in sales [1]

UK based West Instruments provides control and measurement instrumentation solutions and services for the global industrial and process markets. [2]

German Instrumentation manufacturer PMA was added to the Industrial Controls Group in 2005 and enhances the range of control and measurement instrumentation solutions.[3]

The Danaher Motion group acquired Kollmorgen, of Radford, Virginia. Danaher Motion can supply some replacement parts for Kollmorgen servo motors through its distribution network. Kollmorgen servo motors are sometimes found on machine tools made by Ingersoll Milling Machine Company.

2005 - July: Danaher Announces Definitive Agreement To Acquire Leica Microsystems The company manufactures a broad range of products for numerous applications requiring microscopic imaging, measurement and analysis. It also offers system solutions in the areas of Life Science including biotechnology and medicine, as well as the science of raw materials and industrial quality assurance.

In early 2007 Danaher acquired Australian Pathology Instrument and Engineering company Vision Systems Limited. [4] Also in 2007, Danaher announced plans for its largest acquisition to date, the purchase of Tektronix, Inc. for 2.85 billion USD. [5]

In September 2009, Danaher entered into an agreement to purchase the Analytical Technologies business unit of Canadian Life Sciences company MDS, Inc. for $650 million USD. In a separate, but related transaction, Danaher also announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE) to acquire the remaining 50% ownership position in AB SCIEX for $450 million USD. After completion of both transactions, Danaher will own outright AB SCIEX and Molecular Devices. The aggregate purchase price for the combined transactions is $1.1 billion, including debt assumed and net of cash acquired.[6]

In February 2011, Danaher announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Beckman Coulter. ^[1]

Divisions

• Accu-Sort Systems, Inc.
• AB Sciex
• Allen
• ALLTEC
• American Sigma
• Amprobe
• Anatel
• Anderson
• Arbor Networks
• Armstrong Tools
• Artus
• Aviation Services
• Aviation Services Europe
• Beckman Coulter
• Bindicator
• Buhler Montec
• Calzoni
• Chemtreat
• Comark Ltd [7]
• Danaher Motion
• Danaher Tool Group
• Delta Consolidated Industries
• DEXIS
• DH Instruments
• Dover
• Dynapar / Northstar
• Eagle-Signal / Veeder-Root
• Easco Hand Tools
• ELE
• Electro-Kinetics
• Energetic Materials
• Environmental Test Systems
• EskoArtwork
• Fisher Pierce
• Fluke Corporation
• Fluke Networks
• GearWrench
• Gems Sensors & Controls
• Gendex
• Gilbarco Veeder-Root
• GLI
• Guardian Voting Systems (Makers of the ELECTronic 1242 Machine)
• G&L Motion Control, Inc
• Hach Company [8]
• HACH LANGE (Europe) [9]
• Harowe
• Hart Scientific
• HECON
• Hengstler GmbH
• Hennessy Industries
• Holo-Krome
• HTL/Kin-Tech
• Hydrolab
• Imaging Sciences International
• Instrumentarium
• Invetech
• Iris Power
• Iseli
• Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing
• Jacobs Vehicle Systems
• Joslyn Clark
• KaVo Dental
• K-D Tools
• Keithley Instruments
• Kerr [10]
• Kistler Morse
• Kobalt Hand Tools
• Kollmorgen
• Kollmorgen Electro-Optical
• Lachat Instruments
• Leica Microsystems
• Linx Printing Technologies
• Matco Tools
• Marsh McBerney Industries
• McCrometer
• Molecular Devices
• Namco / Dolan Jenner
• Negele Messtechnik GmbH
• OECO
• Orbisphere
• Ormco
• Partlow
• Pelton & Crane
• PMA
• Polymetron
• Portescap
• Qualitrol Corp
• Radiometer
• Radiometer Analytical
• Raytek
• Red Jacket
• Robin Electronics
• Sata
• Securaplane Technologies
• Setra
• Soredex
• Spline Gauges
• Sunbank
• SybronEndo
• Tektronix
• Tektronix Communications
• Thomson
• Trojan Technologies (UV Disinfection)- Aquafine, VIQUA & Veeder-Root
• Videojet Technologies
• Vision Systems Limited
• Visual Network Systems Ltd
• West Instruments
• Willett

References

1. ^ http://www.danaher.com/news/news_detail.asp?key=399