IDEXX Laboratories

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

Type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: IDXX NASDAQ-100 component S&P 500 component
Industry	Healthcare Diagnostic Substances
Founded	1983 (1983)
Headquarters	Westbrook, Maine, United States
Key people	Jonathan W. Ayers (Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman) Brian P. McKeon (Chief Financial Officer) (as of 31 December 2016[update])
Revenue	$ 1.77B (as of 31 December 2016[update])
Number of employees	7,000 (as of 31 December 2016[update])
Website	Idexx.com

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDXX) is an American multinational corporation on the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 indices engaged in the development, manufacture, and distribution of products and services for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, water testing, and dairy markets. Incorporated in 1983 and headquartered in Westbrook, Maine, and EMEA in Hoofddorp, Netherlands, IDEXX offers products to customers in over 175 countries around the world and employs approximately 7,000 people in full-and part-time positions (as of 31 December 2016^[update]). There are three main segments of the company: Companion Animal Group, Water, and Livestock, Poultry and Dairy (LPD). In addition, the company also manufactures and sells pet-side SNAP tests for a variety of animal health diagnostic uses.

The Companion Animal Group ("CAG") provides in-clinic laboratory analyzers for companion animals. Analyzers measure blood cell counts as well as levels of certain enzymes in blood or urine for the purpose of monitoring health conditions. Major products of this segment are the Catalyst Dx Chemistry Analyzer and the VetTest Chemistry Analyzer, Symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA), ProCyte Dx Hematology Analyzer, the LaserCyte Hematology Analyzer, the IDEXX VetAutoread Hematology Analyzer, the SNAP Pro analyzer, and so on, among other laboratory equipment and analytical services. Other areas of the CAG division are centered on diagnostic imaging and veterinary practice management software systems, including the flagship program Cornerstone, as well as DVMax (acquired from Sneakers Software, Inc., a New York City-based company, under terms of Ch. 11 reorganization [1]) in late 2012 [2]) and several legacy practice management software systems.