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'PerkinElmer, Inc.' () is an American multinational technology corporation, focused in the business areas of: Life and Analytical Sciences, Optoelectronics, and Fluid Sciences. PerkinElmer's Life and Analytical Sciences division engineers and manufactures drug research and development tools, chemical and environmental monitoring equipment, medical imaging devices, and genetic screening tools. Their Optoelectronics division designs and builds digital imaging and specialty lighting equipment. The Fluid Sciences division makes precision valves, seals, and pneumatic joints.
PerkinElmer is part of the S&P 500 index and operates in 125 countries. As of 2005, it has a market capitalization of ~3.0 billion.
PerkinElmer traces its history back to a merger between divisions of what had been two S&P 500 companies, EG&G Inc. (formerly ) of Wellesley, Massachusetts and Perkin-Elmer (formerly ) of Norwalk, Connecticut. On May 28, 1999, the non-government side of EG&G Inc. purchased the Analytical Instruments Division of Perkin-Elmer, its traditional business segment, for US$425 million, also assuming the Perkin-Elmer name and forming the new 'PerkinElmer' company, with new officers and a new Board of Directors.[1] [2] At the time, EG&G made products for diverse industries including automotive, medical, aerospace and photography.
The old Perkin-Elmer Board of Directors and Officers remained at that reorganized company under its new name, PE Corporation. It had been the Life Sciences division of Perkin-Elmer, and its two component tracking stock business groups, Celera Genomics () and PE Biosystems (formerly ), were centrally involved in the highest profile biotechnology events of the decade, the intense race against the Human Genome Project consortium, which then resulted in the genomics segment of the technology bubble.
On July 14, 1999 the new analytical instruments maker PerkinElmer cut 350 jobs, or 12%, in its cost reduction reorganization.
EG&G began in 1931; It was started by two MIT professors, Harold Edgerton and Kenneth Germeshausen in a Boston garage. The company was originally incorporated in 1947 as EG&G.
Perkin-Elmer was founded in 1937 by Richard Perkin and Charles Elmer as an optical design and consulting company. In 1944, Perkin-Elmer entered the analytical-instruments business, and in the early 1990s, partnered with Hoffmann-La Roche to pioneer the Polymerase Chain Reaction equipment industry. In 1992 they merged with Applied Biosystems. In 1997 they merged with PerSeptive Biosystems. In May 2006 they acquired Spectral Genomics, a microarray chip company.
Perkin-Elmer was commissioned to build the optical components of the Hubble Space Telescope. The construction of the main mirror was begun in 1979 and completed in 1981. However the polishing ran over budget and behind schedule, producing some friction with NASA. Due to incorrect callibration of a null-corrector, the resulting mirror was found to be flawed with serious spherical aberration after it reached orbit on STS-31. Corrective optics were installed on the telescope during the service and repair mission STS-61. The correction was applied entirely to the secondary mirror: the primary mirror still has significant aberration.
Agriculture, Food & Flavors - Link
Cellular Research
Clinical Genetics & Diagnostics
Drug Discovery
Environmental Analysis
Forensic Analysis
Hydrocarbon Processing & Biofuels
Life Science Research
Lubricants & Oils
Optoelectronics (Imaging, Lighting, Sensors)
Pharmaceutical Development & Manufacturing
Polymers
Semiconductor & Electronics
Atomic Absorption (AA)
Cellular Imaging & Analysis
Clinical Diagnostics Systems
Consumables & Supplies
Consumer Lighting
Digital Imaging Components
Elemental Analysis
Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Gas Chromatography (GC)
GC/MS
High Throughput Screening
HPLC
ICP-Mass Spectrometry
ICP-OES
Infrared (FTIR & FTNIR)
Lab Automation
LED Solutions
LIMS & Data Handling
Luminescence Counters
Medical Lighting
Microarray Technologies
Microplate Technologies
Neonatal Screening Systems
Plate Readers & Imagers
Polarimetry
Prenatal Screening Systems
Proteomic Imaging
Radioactivity
Radiometric Detectors
Raman Spectroscopy
Reagents & Assay Platforms
Research Reagents
Sensors
Specialty Lighting
Thermal Analysis (TA)
UV/Vis & UV/Vis/NIR
1. What is the logic of biology? a letter from tony white to our shareholders, PE Corporation, 1999 Annual Report, CEO letter
2. COMPANY NEWS; PERKIN-ELMER CUTS 12% OF WORK FORCE, New York Times, Published: July 15, 1999
★ PerkinElmer Corporate website
★ SEC filings for PerkinElmer, Inc.
★ Life and Analytical Sciences website
★ Optoelectronics website
'PerkinElmer, Inc.' () is an American multinational technology corporation, focused in the business areas of: Life and Analytical Sciences, Optoelectronics, and Fluid Sciences. PerkinElmer's Life and Analytical Sciences division engineers and manufactures drug research and development tools, chemical and environmental monitoring equipment, medical imaging devices, and genetic screening tools. Their Optoelectronics division designs and builds digital imaging and specialty lighting equipment. The Fluid Sciences division makes precision valves, seals, and pneumatic joints.
PerkinElmer is part of the S&P 500 index and operates in 125 countries. As of 2005, it has a market capitalization of ~3.0 billion.
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| History |
| Focus Areas |
| Products and Services |
| References |
| External links |
History
PerkinElmer traces its history back to a merger between divisions of what had been two S&P 500 companies, EG&G Inc. (formerly ) of Wellesley, Massachusetts and Perkin-Elmer (formerly ) of Norwalk, Connecticut. On May 28, 1999, the non-government side of EG&G Inc. purchased the Analytical Instruments Division of Perkin-Elmer, its traditional business segment, for US$425 million, also assuming the Perkin-Elmer name and forming the new 'PerkinElmer' company, with new officers and a new Board of Directors.[1] [2] At the time, EG&G made products for diverse industries including automotive, medical, aerospace and photography.
The old Perkin-Elmer Board of Directors and Officers remained at that reorganized company under its new name, PE Corporation. It had been the Life Sciences division of Perkin-Elmer, and its two component tracking stock business groups, Celera Genomics () and PE Biosystems (formerly ), were centrally involved in the highest profile biotechnology events of the decade, the intense race against the Human Genome Project consortium, which then resulted in the genomics segment of the technology bubble.
On July 14, 1999 the new analytical instruments maker PerkinElmer cut 350 jobs, or 12%, in its cost reduction reorganization.
EG&G began in 1931; It was started by two MIT professors, Harold Edgerton and Kenneth Germeshausen in a Boston garage. The company was originally incorporated in 1947 as EG&G.
Perkin-Elmer was founded in 1937 by Richard Perkin and Charles Elmer as an optical design and consulting company. In 1944, Perkin-Elmer entered the analytical-instruments business, and in the early 1990s, partnered with Hoffmann-La Roche to pioneer the Polymerase Chain Reaction equipment industry. In 1992 they merged with Applied Biosystems. In 1997 they merged with PerSeptive Biosystems. In May 2006 they acquired Spectral Genomics, a microarray chip company.
Perkin-Elmer was commissioned to build the optical components of the Hubble Space Telescope. The construction of the main mirror was begun in 1979 and completed in 1981. However the polishing ran over budget and behind schedule, producing some friction with NASA. Due to incorrect callibration of a null-corrector, the resulting mirror was found to be flawed with serious spherical aberration after it reached orbit on STS-31. Corrective optics were installed on the telescope during the service and repair mission STS-61. The correction was applied entirely to the secondary mirror: the primary mirror still has significant aberration.
Focus Areas
Agriculture, Food & Flavors - Link
Cellular Research
Clinical Genetics & Diagnostics
Drug Discovery
Environmental Analysis
Forensic Analysis
Hydrocarbon Processing & Biofuels
Life Science Research
Lubricants & Oils
Optoelectronics (Imaging, Lighting, Sensors)
Pharmaceutical Development & Manufacturing
Polymers
Semiconductor & Electronics
Products and Services
Atomic Absorption (AA)
Cellular Imaging & Analysis
Clinical Diagnostics Systems
Consumables & Supplies
Consumer Lighting
Digital Imaging Components
Elemental Analysis
Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Gas Chromatography (GC)
GC/MS
High Throughput Screening
HPLC
ICP-Mass Spectrometry
ICP-OES
Infrared (FTIR & FTNIR)
Lab Automation
LED Solutions
LIMS & Data Handling
Luminescence Counters
Medical Lighting
Microarray Technologies
Microplate Technologies
Neonatal Screening Systems
Plate Readers & Imagers
Polarimetry
Prenatal Screening Systems
Proteomic Imaging
Radioactivity
Radiometric Detectors
Raman Spectroscopy
Reagents & Assay Platforms
Research Reagents
Sensors
Specialty Lighting
Thermal Analysis (TA)
UV/Vis & UV/Vis/NIR
References
1. What is the logic of biology? a letter from tony white to our shareholders, PE Corporation, 1999 Annual Report, CEO letter
2. COMPANY NEWS; PERKIN-ELMER CUTS 12% OF WORK FORCE, New York Times, Published: July 15, 1999
External links
★ PerkinElmer Corporate website
★ SEC filings for PerkinElmer, Inc.
★ Life and Analytical Sciences website
★ Optoelectronics website
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