Varian Medical Systems

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Varian Medical Systems Inc.

Type	Public (NYSE: VAR)
Founded	1948
Headquarters	Palo Alto, California
Key people	Timothy E. Guertin, President and CEO
Industry	Medical Technology
Products	Medical Devices
Revenue	$2.1 Billion USD (2008)[1]
Employees	5,100
Website	www.varian.com

Varian Medical Systems (VMS) (NYSE: VAR) of Palo Alto, California, is the leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy, and brachytherapy. The company supplies informatics software for managing comprehensive cancer clinics, radiotherapy centers and medical oncology practices. Varian is a premier supplier of tubes and digital detectors for X-ray imaging in medical, scientific, and industrial applications and also supplies X-ray imaging products for cargo screening and industrial inspection. Varian Medical Systems employs approximately 5,100 people who are located at manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and China and approximately 79 sales and support offices around the world.

Contents 1 History 2 Corporate affairs 3 Global locations 4 Achievements 5 Acquired companies 6 References 7 External links

[edit] History

Varian was founded in 1948 as Varian Associates by Russell H. Varian, Sigurd F. Varian, William Webster Hansen, and Edward Ginzton to sell the Klystron, the first tube which could generate electromagnetic waves at microwave frequencies, and other electromagnetic equipment. By 1999, Varian Associates had branched into semiconductor, vacuum tube, and medical device fields. On April 2, 1999 these divisions split to become Varian Semiconductor, Varian, Inc. and Varian Medical Systems.

[edit] Corporate affairs

Varian corporate headquarters reside in Palo Alto, California. Timothy Guertin has been the CEO since 2006 when he replaced Richard M. Levy, who had been with Varian for 37 years and still serves as chairman of the board of directors. Guertin holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.^[2] Varian operates a corporate philanthropy and charitable giving organization through the Varian Medical Systems Foundation. It operates within the Community Foundation of Silicon Valley (CFSV).

[edit] Global locations

Varian has facilities in California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brazil, Canada and Australia.

[edit] Achievements

• 2009 Number 12 in the BusinessWeek 50 listing of best performing public corporations ^[3]
• 2007 Number 14 in the BusinessWeek 50 listing of best performing public corporations ^[4]
• 2007, 2008, 2009 Named one of IndustryWeek's "50 Best Manufacturing Companies" in the U.S.
• 2006 R&D Magazine 100^[5]
• 2006 Forbes Global High Performer^[6]
• 2004, 2005 Forbes Platinum 400 list

[edit] Acquired companies

Varian Medical Systems has acquired other companies including, but not limited to, Pan-Pacific Enterprises,^[7] ACCEL Instruments,^[8] Bio-Imaging Research, Inc.^[9] Sigma Micro Informatique Conseil,^[10] and Argus Software.^[11].

[edit] References

Cedara Software's R&D center in Pune(India) in Aug 2008.

[edit] External links

• Varian Medical Systems

Timothy Guertin - Forbes