Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Beckman Coulter headquarters in Brea
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| Industry | Scientific instruments |
| Founded | Pasadena, California (1935, as National Technical Laboratories) |
| Founder | Arnold O. Beckman |
| Headquarters | Brea, California, United States |
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Key people
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Arnd Kaldowski, President Diagnostics Jonathan Pratt, President Life Sciences |
| Products | Biomek platforms, Synchron/AU analyzers, IRIS Immunochemistry system, VERIS, DxI immunoassay instruments, DxC chemistry instruments, DxH hematology instruments, Hemoccult, CEQ 2000 DNA Analysis System, Flow cytometers, Ultracentrifuge, Laboratory centrifuge |
| Revenue |
 US$3.66B (FY 2010)
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US$405M (FY 2010)
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US$231M (FY 2010)
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| Total assets |
US$4.88B (FY 2010)
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| Total equity |
US$2.13B (FY 2010)
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Number of employees
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10,000 (2014) (Worldwide) |
| Parent | Danaher Corporation |
| Website | www.beckmancoulter.com |
Arnd Kaldowski, President Diagnostics
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.
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 1954, Beckman Instruments acquired ultracentrifuge maker Spinco (Specialized Instruments Corp.). The Spinco division went on to design and manufacture a broad range of laboratory centrifuges.
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 acquired 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).
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