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Beckman Coulter, Inc. 
Type Corporation Industry Biotechnology Founded Pasadena, California (1935, as National Technical Laboratories) Founder(s) Arnold O. Beckman Headquarters Brea, California Key people Bob Hurley, President Products Biomek platforms, Synchron analyzers, Immage Immunochemistry system, Hemoccult, CEQ 2000 DNA Analysis System, Flow cytometers Revenue 
US$3.66B (FY 2010)[1]Operating income US$405M (FY 2010)[1]Net income US$231M (FY 2010)[1]Total assets US$4.88B (FY 2010)[2]Total equity US$2.13B (FY 2010)[2]Employees 12,000 (2010) (Worldwide) Parent Danaher Corporation Website www.beckmancoulter.com 
Beckman Coulter headquarters in Brea
File:BeckmanChaskaBuilding,jpgBeckman Coulter facility in Chaska, MN
A large laboratory centrifuge from Beckman.Beckman Coulter Inc., is a company that makes biomedical laboratory instruments. Founded by Caltech professor Arnold O. Beckman in 1935 as National Technical Laboratories to commercialize a pH meter that he had invented, the company eventually grew to employ over 10,000 people, with $2.4 billion in annual sales by 2004. Its current headquarters are in Brea, California.
In the 1940s, Beckman changed the name to Arnold O. Beckman, Inc. to sell oxygen analyzers, the Helipot precision potentiometer, and spectrophotometers. In the 1950s, the company name changed to Beckman Instruments, Inc..
In 1955, Beckman established the seminal Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory as a division of Beckman Instruments to begin commercializing the semiconductor transistor technology invented by Caltech alumnus William Shockley. Because Shockley's aging mother lived in Palo Alto, California, the Shockley Laboratory was established in nearby Mountain View, California, and thus, "Silicon Valley" was born.
In 1961, Beckman merged with Offner Electronics, a company founded by inventor Franklin F. Offner.
In 1982, the company merged into SmithKline to form SmithKline Beckman, with Arnold Beckman as vice chairman, but regained its independence in 1989 after SmithKline merged with Beecham Group to form SmithKline Beecham (now part of GlaxoSmithKline).
In 1995, the company acquired Hybritech, Inc. from Eli Lilly
In 1996, the company acquired the Sanofi portion of Sanofi Pasteur Diagnostics
In 1998, the company acquired Coulter Corporation, a company founded by Wallace H. Coulter and changed its name to what it is today.
In 2005, the company acquired Diagnostic Systems Laboratories (DSL) based in Webster, Texas.
In 2006, the company acquired Lumigen and Agencourt Bioscience.
In 2007, the company acquired the Flow Cytometry Business Group of Dako North America, Inc.
In 2009, the company acquired Lab-based Diagnostics business of Olympus Corporation Japan.
In 2009, the company moved its world headquarters from Fullerton, California to the newly renovated facility in Brea, California.[3]
In February 2011 Danaher announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Beckman Coulter. [4]
On June 30, 2011 Danaher finalized the acquisition of Beckman Coulter. [5]
Contents
Executive management
- President - Bob Hurley
- Senior VP Quality and Regulatory - Clair O'Donovan
- Senior VP General Counsel - Jeff Linton
- Senior VP HR - Allison Blackwell
- Senior VP Flow Cytometry - Amit Bhatnagar
Locations
Besides their headquarters in Brea, CA, Beckman-Coulter also has major locations in Indianapolis, IN, Schaumburg, IL, Atlanta, GA, Irving, TX, Chaska, MN, Miami, FL, Danvers, MA and Munich, Germany. Though each location specializes in distinct areas of the company, many projects are worked on by teams in multiple locations working together remotely.
See also
References
- ^ a b c Beckman Coulter (BEC) annual SEC income statement filing via Wikinvest.
- ^ a b Beckman Coulter (BEC) annual SEC balance sheet filing via Wikinvest.
- ^ Mueller, Mark (July 5, 2010). "Beckman Puts Former HQ Site up for Sale". Orange County Business Journal 33 (27): 4.
- ^ http://www.danaher.com/news/news_detail.asp?key=399
- ^ http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=82105&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1581181&highlight=
- Beckman Coulter Annual Report 2004
- Beckman Coulter Fact Sheet
- Beckman Coulter Profile
- Beckman Coulter Timeline
External links
Categories:- Biotechnology companies of the United States
- Companies based in Orange County, California
- Companies established in 1935
- Danaher subsidiaries
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