Varian, Inc.
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| Public (NASDAQ: VARI) | |
| Industry | Scientific instruments |
| Fate | Acquired by Agilent Technologies |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California |
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Key people
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Allen J. Lauer, Chairman |
| Products | Scientific instruments |
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Number of employees
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3,700 |
| Website | www.varianinc.com |
Allen J. Lauer, Chairman
Varian, Inc. was one of the largest manufacturers of scientific instruments for the scientific industry. They had offerings over a broad range of chemical analysis equipment, with a particular focus on Information Rich Detection and Vacuum technology. Varian was spun off from Varian Associates in 1999 and was purchased by Agilent Technologies in May 2010 for $1.5 billion, or $52 per share.
Varian Inc. had its corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California, and offices in Australia, the Benelux countries, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Varian Inc. contained the following manufacturing plants:
Lake Forest, California USA
Palo Alto, California USA
Walnut Creek, California USA
Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Cary, North Carolina, USA
Mulgrave, Victoria Australia (the largest Varian Inc manufacturing and R&D plant)
Middelburg, Netherlands
Grenoble, France
Yarnton, United Kingdom
Church Stretton, Shropshire, United Kingdom (polymer laboratories)
Turin, Italy
Chromatography, including gas chromatography, GC/MS, high performance liquid chromatography, and LC/MS.
Spectroscopy, including UV-Vis, near infrared, and FT-IR
Inductively coupled plasma, including mass spectroscopic and atomic emission spectroscopic detection.
mass spectrometry, including FTMS
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Linear accelerator
Magnetic resonance imaging
X-ray Crystallography
Information rich detection
Drugs of Abuse Testing
Dissolution Testing
Vacuum Pumps
Leak Detection
Turbo Pumping Systems
Vacuum Measurement
Valves and components
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