The Danaher Corporation , is a large global company headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, United States

United States

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. Its products are concentrated in the fields of design, manufacture, and marketing of industrial and consumer products.

It operates in four segments: Professional Instrumentation, Medical Technologies, Industrial Technologies, and Tools & Components.

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. Further, the company changed its name to Danaher Corporation in 1984.

The company is named for a river in Montana

Montana

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 where the Rales Brothers went fishing. The origin of "Danaher" goes back to the root "Dana

Danu

The name Danu can mean:* A water goddess in Indo-European religion* An ancient Scythian word meaning "river". The commonly proposed etymology of the names of the Danube River, Dnieper River, Dniester River, Donets River and Don River...

", a Celtic

Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family...

 word dating from before 700 BC and meaning "swift flowing". Danaher Motion is the US Flagship of Danaher Corporation's Industrial Technologies branch with over $1 billion in sales http://www.danahermotion.com

UK based West Instruments provides control and measurement instrumentation solutions and services for the global industrial and process markets. http://www.westinstruments.com

German Instrumentation manufacturer PMA was added to the Industrial Controls Group in 2005 and enhances the range of control and measurement instrumentation solutions.http://www.pma-online.de

The Danaher Motion group acquired Kollmorgen, of Radford, Virginia. 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
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. http://www.vsl.com.au Also in 2007, Danaher announced plans for its largest acquisition to date, the purchase of Tektronix, Inc. for 2.85 billion USD. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/business/16deal.html?ref=business

In September 2009, Danaher entered into an agreement to purchase the Analytical Technologies business unit of Canadian Life Sciences company MDS, Inc. for $650 million USD. In a separate, but related transaction, Danaher also announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE) to acquire the remaining 50% ownership position in AB SCIEX for $450 million USD. After completion of both transactions, Danaher will own outright AB SCIEX and Molecular Devices. The aggregate purchase price for the combined transactions is $1.1 billion, including debt assumed and net of cash acquired.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/mds-sells-unit-to-focus-on-isotopes/article1273003/

In February 2011, Danaher announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Beckman Coulter

Beckman Coulter

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...

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Divisions

• Accu-Sort Systems, Inc.
• AB Sciex
• Allen
• ALLTEC
• American Sigma
• Amprobe
• Anatel
• Anderson
• Arbor Networks
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• Armstrong Tools
  Armstrong Tools
  Armstrong Tools is an American industrial hand tool manufacturer. It is a subsidiary of the Danaher Corporation.- History :Armstrong was founded in 1890 as the Armstrong Bros. Tool Company in Chicago, Illinois by the four Armstrong brothers...
  
  
• Artus
• Aviation Services
• Aviation Services Europe
• Beckman Coulter
  Beckman Coulter
  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...
  
  
• Bindicator
• Buhler Montec
• Calzoni
• Chemtreat
• Comark Ltd http://www.comarkltd.com
• Danaher Motion
• Danaher Tool Group
• Delta Consolidated Industries
• DEXIS
• DH Instruments
• Dover
• Dynapar / Northstar
• Eagle-Signal / Veeder-Root
• Easco Hand Tools
• ELE
• Electro-Kinetics
• Energetic Materials
• Environmental Test Systems
• EskoArtwork
• Fisher Pierce
• Fluke Corporation
  Fluke Corporation
  Fluke Corporation, a subsidiary of the Danaher Corporation, is a manufacturer of industrial testing equipment including electronic test equipment. It was started in 1948 by John Fluke, Sr., a friend and roommate of David Packard, future co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, when both were employed at...
  
  
• Fluke Networks
• GearWrench
• Gems Sensors & Controls
  Gems Sensors & Controls
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• Gendex
• Gilbarco Veeder-Root
  Gilbarco Veeder-Root
  Gilbarco Veeder-Root, a subsidiary of the Danaher Corporation, is a supplier of fuel dispensers, point of sale systems, payment systems, forecourt merchandising and support services worldwide...
  
  
• GLI
• Guardian Voting Systems (Makers of the ELECTronic 1242 Machine)
• G&L Motion Control, Inc
• Hach Company
  Hach Company
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• HACH LANGE (Europe) http://www.Hach-Lange.co.uk
• Harowe
• Hart Scientific
• HECON
• Hengstler GmbH
• Hennessy Industries
• Holo-Krome
• HTL/Kin-Tech
• Hydrolab
• Imaging Sciences International
• Instrumentarium
• Invetech
• Iris Power
• Iseli
• Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing
• Jacobs Vehicle Systems
• Joslyn Clark
• KaVo Dental
• K-D Tools
• Keithley Instruments
  Keithley Instruments
  Keithley Instruments is a measurement and instrument company headquartered in Solon, Ohio, that develops, manufactures, markets, and sells data acquisition products, as well as complete system solutions for high-volume production and assembly testing...
  
  
• Kerr http://www.kerrdental.com
• Kistler Morse
• Kobalt Hand Tools
  Kobalt (tools)
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• Kollmorgen
• Kollmorgen Electro-Optical
• Lachat Instruments
• Leica Microsystems
• Linx Printing Technologies
• Matco Tools
• Marsh McBerney Industries
• McCrometer
• Molecular Devices
  Molecular Devices
  Molecular Devices Corporation is a supplier of high-performance bioanalytical measurement systems that accelerate and improve drug discovery and other life sciences research.-Company history:...
  
  
• Namco / Dolan Jenner
• Negele Messtechnik GmbH
• OECO
• Orbisphere
• Ormco
• Partlow
• Pelton & Crane
• PMA
• Polymetron
• Portescap
• Qualitrol Corp
• Radiometer
  Radiometer (company)
  Radiometer is a company founded in 1935 with headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They have 2,200 employees worldwide and had sales of USD 496 million in 2010. The first commercial pH meters were built around 1936 by Radiometer in Denmark and Arnold Orville Beckman in the United States. Radiometer...
  
  
• Radiometer Analytical
• Raytek
• Red Jacket
• Robin Electronics
• Sata
• Securaplane Technologies
• Setra
• Soredex
• Spline Gauges
• Sunbank
• SybronEndo
• Tektronix
• Tektronix Communications
• Thomson
• Trojan Technologies (UV Disinfection)- Aquafine, VIQUA & Veeder-Root
• Videojet Technologies
• Vision Systems Limited
• Visual Network Systems Ltd
• West Instruments
• Willett