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'{{Infobox company | name = Danaher Corporation | logo = [[Image:Danaher Corporation logo.png|243px]] | type = [[Public company|Public]] | traded_as = {{nyse|DHR}}<br />[[S&P 500|S&P 500 Component]] | company_slogan = Invent. | foundation = 1969 | location = [[Washington, D.C.]], <br/>[[United States]] | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = '''[[Steven M. Rales]]'''<br><small>([[Chairman]] of the [[Board of Directors|Board]])</small><br>'''Thomas P. Joyce, Jr.'''<br><small>([[President#Non-governmental presidents|President]]) & ([[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]]) </small>|<ref>http://www.danaher.com/news/news-releases/danaher-corporation-appoints-thomas-p-joyce-jr-president-and-ceo</ref> num_employees = 63,000 <small>(Dec 2012)</small><ref name="Danaher-Corp-Feb-2013-10-K">{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/1811/0000313616-13-000026.pdf |title=Danaher Corp, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Feb 22, 2013 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Mar 29, 2013}}</ref> | industry = [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]] | products = | operating_income = {{ubl|{{nowrap|{{increase}} US$ 3.2749&nbsp;billion (2013)<ref name='xbrlus_1'/>}}|{{nowrap| US$ 3.1651&nbsp;billion (2012)<ref name='xbrlus_1'/>}}}}| net_income = {{ubl|{{nowrap|{{increase}} US$ 2.695&nbsp;billion (2013)<ref name='xbrlus_1'/>}}|{{nowrap| US$ 2.3922&nbsp;billion (2012)<ref name='xbrlus_1'/>}}}}| assets = {{ubl|{{nowrap|{{increase}} US$ 34.6722&nbsp;billion (2013)<ref name='xbrlus_2'>{{cite web|url=http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000031361614000042/0000313616-14-000042-index.htm |title=DANAHER CORP /DE/ 2014 Q1 Quarterly Report Form (10-Q) |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |format=XBRL |date=April 16, 2014}}</ref>}}|{{nowrap| US$ 32.941&nbsp;billion (2012)<ref name='xbrlus_1'/>}}}}| equity = {{ubl|{{nowrap|{{increase}} US$ 22.4514&nbsp;billion (2013)<ref name='xbrlus_2'/>}}|{{nowrap|{{increase}} US$ 19.0839&nbsp;billion (2012)<ref name='xbrlus_1'/>}}}}| revenue = {{ubl|{{nowrap|{{increase}} US$ 19.118&nbsp;billion (2013)<ref name='xbrlus_1'>{{cite web|url=http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000031361614000023/0000313616-14-000023-index.htm |title=DANAHER CORP /DE/ 2013 Annual Report Form (10-K) |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |format=XBRL |date=February 21, 2014}}</ref>}}|{{nowrap| US$ 18.2604&nbsp;billion (2012)<ref name='xbrlus_1'/>}}}}| divisions = [[#Divisions|List of divisions]] | homepage = {{URL|http://www.danaher.com}} }} The '''Danaher Corporation''' is a large, American, globally active company headquartered in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]. Its products are concentrated in the fields of design, manufacturing, and marketing of industrial and consumer products. It operates in Five segments: Test & measurement, Dental, Industrial Technologies, Environmental, and Life Science & Diagnostics. ==History== The company was organized in 1969. It was formerly known as DMG, Inc., and changed its name to Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc., in 1978, then to Danaher Corporation in 1984. In June 1986, Danaher purchased Chicago Pneumatic ("CP") who had just recently merged in July 1984 with a sister company The Jacobs Manufacturing Company ("Jacobs") and who had purchased Matco Tools Corporation ("MTC") in April 1981. Danaher sold CP in June 1987, retaining Jacobs, including its Matco Tools Division. Jacobs' name was changed to Matco Tools Corporation in November 1991, and the other divisions within Jacobs were established as separate operating companies. In January 1993, Danaher formed NMTC, Inc., which acquired a substantial portion of the assets of MTC, including the existing distributorship agreements of MTC. The company is named after Danaher Creek in [[Montana]] where the Rales brothers, [[Steven M. Rales|Steven]] and [[Mitchell Rales|Mitchell]], went fishing.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.danaher.com/our-history |title=Danaher Corporation: Our History |work=danaher.com |year=2011 |accessdate=August 20, 2012}}</ref> Danaher Motion is the US Flagship of Danaher Corporation's Industrial Technologies branch with over $1 billion in sales. Within two years of Danaher Corporation's founding in 1984, Danaher Corporation acquired 12 companies as part of a strategy to enter the [[manufacturing]] business. Therefore, in 1986 Danaher added [[Qualitrol]] to its [[instrumentation]] unit.<ref name="About Qualitrol">{{cite web|title=About the Company|url=http://www.qualitrolcorp.com/About_Qualitrol/|publisher=Qualitrol|accessdate=6 July 2012|year=2012}}</ref> The unit also included [[Gilbarco Veeder-Root]]'s underground fuel storage sensors, Dynapar's motion sensors and [[Qualitrol]]'s [[Pressure measurement|pressure]] and [[Temperature measurement|temperature]] measurement instruments, used on the electrical transformer industry.<ref name="Danaher Corporation">{{cite web|last=Dubovoj|first=Sina|title=Danaher Corporation|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5202/is_2006/ai_n19123608/|publisher=Resource Library CBS Interactive|accessdate=12 June 2012|author2=Ingram, Frederick|year=2006}}</ref> UK-based West Instruments provides control and measurement instrumentation solutions and services for the global industrial and process markets. German instrumentation manufacturer PMA was added to the Industrial Controls Group in 2005 and enhances the range of control and measurement instrumentation solutions. The Danaher Motion group acquired Kollmorgen, of Radford, Virginia.<ref name="Danaher-Corp-Apr-2003-8-K">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2522/92838503001027/filing-main.htm |title=Danaher Corp, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Apr 1, 2003 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Mar 30, 2013}}</ref> Danaher Motion can supply some replacement parts for Kollmorgen servo motors through its distribution network. Kollmorgen servo motors are sometimes found on machine tools made by Ingersoll Milling Machine Company. 2005 - July: Danaher Announces Definitive Agreement To Acquire [[Leica Microsystems]].<ref name="Danaher-Corp-Jul-2005-10-Q">{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/25/0001193125-05-145611.pdf |title=Danaher Corp, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report, Filing Date Jul 21, 2005 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Mar 30, 2013}}</ref> The company manufactures a broad range of products for numerous applications requiring microscopic imaging, measurement and analysis. It also offers system solutions in the areas of Life Science including biotechnology and medicine, as well as the science of raw materials and industrial quality assurance. In early 2007 Danaher acquired Australian Pathology Instrument and Engineering company Vision Systems Limited.<ref name="Danaher-Corp-Oct-2006-10-Q">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/70/119312506210301/filing-main.htm |title=Danaher Corp, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report, Filing Date Oct 19, 2006 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Mar 30, 2013}}</ref> Also in 2007, Danaher made its largest acquisition to date, the purchase of [[Tektronix, Inc.]] for 2.85 billion USD.<ref name="Danaher-Corp-Nov-2007-8-K">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/299/89882207001390/filing-main.htm |title=Danaher Corp, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Nov 21, 2007 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Mar 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = Danaher to Buy Tektronix for $2.85 Billion|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/business/16deal.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2007-10-16|access-date = 2015-04-28|issn = 0362-4331}}</ref> In 2009 Danaher purchased the Analytical Technologies business unit of Canadian Life Sciences company MDS, Inc. for $650 million USD.<ref name="Danaher-Corp-Feb-2010-10-K">{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2022/0001193125-10-038977.pdf |title=Danaher Corp, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Feb 24, 2010 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Mar 29, 2013}}</ref> In a separate, but related transaction, Danaher agreed with [[Life Technologies (Thermo Fisher Scientific)|Life Technologies Corporation]] (Nasdaq: LIFE) to acquire the remaining 50% ownership position in AB SCIEX for $450 million USD, leaving Danaher as outright owner of AB SCIEX and Molecular Devices. The aggregate purchase price for the combined transactions is $1.1 billion.<ref>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/mds-sells-unit-to-focus-on-isotopes/article1273003/</ref> In 2011 Danaher entered into a definitive merger agreement with [[Beckman Coulter]]<ref name="Danaher-Corp-Aug-2011-8-K/A">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1256/119312511216818/filing-main.htm |title=Danaher Corp, Form 8-K/A, Filing Date Aug 10, 2011 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Mar 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>http://www.danaher.com/news/news_detail.asp?key=399</ref> and sold Accu-sort to Datalogic. In October 2012, Danaher Corporation and [[Cooper Industries]] agreed to sell their joint venture, [[Apex Tool Group]], to [[Bain Capital]] for a fee of around $1.6 billion.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/10/deals-day-idUSL3E8LA2MW20121010| title=Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions | author=Reuters | publisher=Reuters | date=10 October 2012}}</ref> In December 2012 Danaher Corporation acquired Navman Wireless, a provider of on-demand fleet and asset management technology.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/DHR.N/key-developments/article/2682405| title= Danaher Corp Acquires Navman Wireless | agency=Reuters | date=29 Jan 2013}}</ref> In September 2014, Danaher Corp is to buy Nobel Biocare Holding AG for an $2.2 billion to become the world's biggest player in a dental implants market benefiting from growing demand for cosmetic dentistry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/danaher-to-buy-nobel-biocare-holding-for-$2.2-billion-including-debt-309402| title= Danaher to buy Nobel Biocare for $2.2 billion | publisher=Investing.com | date=15 September 2014}}</ref> In October 2014, Danaher Corp announced it would be combining its communications unit with [[NetScout Systems]] to match sector interest in [[cybersecurity]].<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/13/us-danaher-m-a-netscout-syst-idUSKCN0I20TK20141013 Danaher to combine communications unit with NetScout]. [[Reuters]], 14 October 2014</ref> ==Divisions== {{Unreferenced section|date=August 2013}} {{prose|date=April 2014}} *Test & Measurement **Amprobe **[[Arbor Networks]] **[[Fluke Corporation|Fluke]] ***Comark ***Datapaq ***DH Instruments ***Hart Scientific ***Janos Technology ***Ircon ***RaySafe ***Raytek ***[[Irisys]] **[[Fluke Networks]] ***Visual Network Systems Ltd **[[Keithley Instruments]] **[[Tektronix Inc.|Tektronix]] ** Tektronix Communications ** VSS Monitoring<ref>http://www.insideview.com/directory/vss-monitoring-inc</ref> *Environmental **[[ChemTreat]] **[[Gilbarco Veeder-Root]] ***Gasboy ***Red Jacket ***Veeder-Root **[[Hach Company|Hach]] ***Environmental Test Systems ***GLI ***HACH LANGE ***HIAC ***Polymetron ***Hydrolab ***Lachat Instruments ***Marsh-McBirney ***MET ONE ***Orbisphere ***Radiometer Analytical **Trojan Technologies ** WetLabs ** Seabird Electronics ** Satlantic *Dental **DEXIS **Gendex **KaVo **Kerr **Ormco **Pelton & Crane **[[PaloDEx]] ***Instrumentarium Dental ***Soredex **Total Care *Life Sciences & Diagnostics **AB Sciex **Hemocue **[[Beckman Coulter]] **Leica Biosystems **[[Leica Microsystems]] **[[Molecular Devices]] **[[Radiometer (company)|Radiometer]] *Industrial Technologies **Danaher Motion ***Dover ***Kollmorgen ****Calzoni ***Portescap ***Scientific Hexis ***Thomson **Danaher Specialty Products **[[Linx Printing Technologies]]<ref>http://www.linxglobal.com</ref> **[[Qualitrol]] **Videojet<ref>http://www.videojet.com/us/homepage.html</ref> **[[X-Rite]] ***[[Pantone]]<ref>http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone.aspx?pg=19306</ref> ** Esko Graphics Other Brands *ALLTEC | FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving Solutions<ref>http://www.fobalaser.com</ref> *Anderson Negele **Anderson Instrument **Negele Messtechnik *Armstrong Tools- In October 2012 Danaher and Cooper sold Apex to Bain Capital for about $1.6 billion. *Dolan Jenner *Dynapar **Northstar **Harowe *Hengstler *ELE *[[Gems Sensors & Controls]] *G&L Motion Control, Inc *Hengstler *Hennessy Industries *Imaging Sciences International *Invetech *[[Jacobs Vehicle Systems]] *[[Joslyn Clark]] *[[Matco Tools]] *McCrometer *Navman Wireless *[[Qualitrol]] **Iris Power **Neoptix *Robin Electronics *[[Setra Systems]] *Sonix *SybronEndo *[[Teletrac]] *Venture Measurement **Bindicator **Kistler-Morse **Levelite **Niagara Meters *West Control Solutions **CAL Controls **Partlow **PMA **West Instruments ==See also== *[[Condition-based maintenance]] *[[Partial Discharge]] *[[Dissolved gas analysis]] *[[Electric power transmission]] *[[Electric power distribution]] *[[Electric generator]] *[[Electric motor]] *[[Electrical substation]] *[[Switchgear]] *[[Transformer]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.danaher.com Danaher Corporation Website] {{Danaher}} {{Beckman Coulter}} {{Tektronix}} {{Tool manufacturers}} [[Category:Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange]] [[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:Companies established in 1969]] [[Category:Conglomerate companies of the United States]]'