BECKMAN COULTER

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'Beckman Coulter Inc.', is a 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 Fullerton, 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 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 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 1998, the company acquired Coulter Corporation, and changed its name to what it is today.
In 2005, the company acquired Diagnostic systems laboratory (DSL) based in Webster, Texas.
In 2006, the company acquired Lumigen and Agencourt Bioscience.
In 2007, the company has bid to acquire Biosite based in San Diego.

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Executive Management

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Executive Management

★ CEO - Scott Garrett

★ CFO - Charlie Slacik

★ Senior VP Quality and Regulatory - Robert Boghosian

★ Senior VP General Counsel - Arnold Pinkston

★ Senior VP Cellular - Robert Kleinert

★ Senior VP HR - Robert Hurley

★ Senior VP SCM - Pamela Miller

★ Senior VP Chief Scientific Officer - Russ Bell

See also

★ Medical technologist

References

★ Beckman Coulter Annual Report 2004

★ Beckman Coulter Fact Sheet

★ Beckman Coulter Profile

★ Beckman Coulter Timeline

External link

★ Company website