Beckman Coulter
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| Company type | Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Biotechnology |
| Founded | Pasadena, California (1935, as National Technical Laboratories) |
| Founder | Arnold O. Beckman |
| Headquarters | Brea, California, United States |
Key people | Arndt Kaldowski, President Diagnostics Jennifer Honeycutt, President Life Sciences |
| Products | Biomek platforms, Synchron analyzers, Immage Immunochemistry system, Hemoccult, CEQ 2000 DNA Analysis System, Flow cytometers |
| Revenue |  US$3.66B (FY 2010)[1] |
| US$405M (FY 2010)[1] | |
| US$231M (FY 2010)[1] | |
| Total assets | US$4.88B (FY 2010)[2] |
| Total equity | US$2.13B (FY 2010)[2] |
Number of employees | 12,000 (2010) (Worldwide) |
| Parent | Danaher Corporation |
| Website | www.beckmancoulter.com |
Beckman Coulter Inc., is an American 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.
History
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, the inventor of the Coulter counter. Beckman, thereafter, changed its name to Beckman Coulter.
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]
Executive management
- Senior VP Quality and Regulatory - Clair O'Donovan
- Senior VP Flow Cytometry- Sakshi Paul
- Senior VP General Counsel - Jeff Linton
- Senior VP HR - Allison Blackwell
- President, Diagnostics Division, Executive VP Danaher Corporation - Tom Joyce
Locations
Besides their headquarters in Brea, California, Beckman-Coulter also has major locations in
USA:
- Atlanta; Carlsbad, California; Chaska, Minnesota; Danvers, Massachusetts; Florence, Kentucky; Indianapolis; Irving, Texas; Miami; Schaumburg, Illinois
Germany
Italy
- Cassina de Pecchi (MI)
Ireland
Switzerland
Japan
Though each location specializes in distinct areas of the company, many projects are worked on by teams in multiple locations working together remotely.
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=