Danaher Corporation

Danaher Corporation
Public
Traded as NYSE: DHR
S&P 100 component
S&P 500 component
Industry Conglomerate
Founded 1969 (1969)
Headquarters Washington, D.C., U.S.
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Steven M. Rales
(Chairman of the Board)
Mitchell P. Rales
(Chairman of the Executive Committee)
Thomas P. Joyce, Jr.
(President & CEO)
Daniel L. Comas
(Executive VP & CFO)
Revenue Increase US$ 18.33 billion (2017)
Increase US$ 3.02 billion (2017)
Decrease US$ 2.49 billion (2017)
Total assets Increase US$ 46.65 billion (2017)
Total equity Increase US$ 26.37 billion (2017)
Number of employees
 ~23,000 (in the U.S.)
~45,000 (outside of the U.S.)
Divisions List of divisions
Website Danaher.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Danaher Corporation is a globally diversified conglomerate with its headquarters in Washington, D.C., United States. Danaher is #144 on the 2017 Fortune 500 list. Its products are concentrated in the fields of design, manufacturing, and marketing of industrial, healthcare and consumer products. It operates in four segments: environmental & applied solutions, life sciences, diagnostics, and dental.[2]

History

The company was organized in 1969 as a Massachusetts real estate investment trust under its former name DMG, Inc. In 1978, DMG, Inc. was reorganized as a Florida corporation and changed its name to Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc. Eventually, the company adopted the name Danaher in 1984 and was reincorporated as a Delaware corporation.[1] In June 1986, Danaher purchased Chicago Pneumatic ("CP"), which had just recently merged in July 1984 with a sister company, The Jacobs Manufacturing Co. ("Jacobs"), and which had purchased Matco Tools Corp. ("MTC") in April 1981. Danaher in June 1987 sold CP while retaining Jacobs, including its Matco Tools Division. Jacobs' name was changed to Matco Tools Corp. 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 and Mitchell, went fishing.[3]

Within two years of Danaher Corp.'s founding in 1984, Danaher Corp. acquired 12 companies as part of a strategy to enter the manufacturing business. Therefore, in 1986 Danaher added Qualitrol to its instrumentation unit.[4] The unit also included Gilbarco Veeder-Root's underground fuel storage sensors, Dynapar's motion sensors[5] and Qualitrol's pressure and temperature measurement instruments, used on the electrical transformer industry.[6]

The Danaher Motion group acquired Kollmorgen, of Radford, Virginia.[7]

2005–2006

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.

In July 2005, Danaher Announces Definitive Agreement To Acquire Leica Microsystems.[8] 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.

2007–2008

In early 2007 Danaher acquired Australian Pathology Instrument and Engineering company Vision Systems Limited.[9] Also in 2007, Danaher made its largest acquisition to date, the purchase of Tektronix, Inc. for 2.85 billion USD.[10][11]

2009–2010

In 2009 Danaher purchased the Analytical Technologies business unit of Canadian Life Sciences company MDS, Inc. for $650 million USD.[12] In a separate, but related transaction, Danaher agreed with 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.[13]

2011–2012

In 2011 Danaher entered into a definitive merger agreement with Beckman Coulter[14][15] 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.[16] In December 2012 Danaher Corporation acquired Navman Wireless, a provider of on-demand fleet and asset management technology.[17]

2013–2014

In September 2014, Danaher Corp announced its intention to buy Nobel Biocare for $2.2 billion.[18] In October 2014, Danaher Corp announced it would be combining its communications unit with NetScout Systems.[19] The action was completed in July 2015[20]

2015–2016

In May 2015, Danaher Corp announced the acquisition of Pall for $13.8 billion,[21] which was completed in August 2015.[22]

In June 2016, Danaher spun off several subsidiaries, including Matco and AMMCO-COATS, to create Fortive.[23] In September of the same year, the company announced it would acquire Cepheid for $4 billion (including debt).[24]

in 2016 October, Danaher Corporation acquired Phenomenex for $700 million to expand its life sciences space.[25]

2017-present

In October 2017, Danaher Corp announced the acquisition of IDBS.[26] It was announced that IDBS would become part of Danaher's life sciences platform.[27]

In March 2018, the business announced it would acquire Integrated DNA Technologies for an undisclosed price.[28]

Divisions

Other Brands (Note: As of July 2016, some of these are now part of Fortive)

  • ALLTEC | FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving Solutions[29]
  • AMMCO-COATS
  • 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[30]
  • 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

References

  1. 1 2 "US SEC: Form 10-K Danaher Corporation". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ Black, Shannon. "Introducing Danaher: A Diversified Healthcare Company". Marketrealist.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Danaher Corporation: Our History". danaher.com. 2011. Archived from the original on December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  4. ↑ "About the Company". Qualitrol. 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Dynapar Motion Control Sensor Rotary Encoders & Resolvers". Dynapar. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-09.
  6. ↑ Dubovoj, Sina; Ingram, Frederick (2006). "Danaher Corporation". Resource Library CBS Interactive. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "Danaher Corp, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Apr 1, 2003". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 30, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Danaher Corp, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report, Filing Date Jul 21, 2005" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 30, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Danaher Corp, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report, Filing Date Oct 19, 2006". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 30, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Danaher Corp, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Nov 21, 2007". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 30, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Danaher to Buy Tektronix for $2.85 Billion". The New York Times. 2007-10-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  12. ↑ "Danaher Corp, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Feb 24, 2010" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 29, 2013.
  13. ↑ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/mds-sells-unit-to-focus-on-isotopes/article1273003/
  14. ↑ "Danaher Corp, Form 8-K/A, Filing Date Aug 10, 2011". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 29, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  16. ↑ Reuters (10 October 2012). "Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions". Reuters.
  17. ↑ "Danaher Corp Acquires Navman Wireless". Reuters. 29 Jan 2013.
  18. ↑ "Danaher to buy Nobel Biocare for $2.2 billion". Reuters. 15 September 2014.
  19. ↑ Danaher to combine communications unit with NetScout. Reuters, 14 October 2014
  20. ↑ "NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT) has completed the acquisition of Danaher Corporation's (NYSE: DHR) Communications Business. - NetScout.com". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  21. ↑ "Danaher To Acquire Pall Corporation For $127.20 Per Share, Or $13.8 Billion - Danaher". Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  22. ↑ "Danaher Completes Acquisition Of Pall Corporation - Danaher". Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  23. ↑ Zacks Equity Research. "Danaher Completes Fortive Spin-Off, Trading to Begin Today". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  24. ↑ http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/danaher-to-acquire-cepheid-for-4b/81253173/
  25. ↑ "Danaher Completes Acquisition Of Phenomenex". biopharma-reporter.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  26. ↑ "Danaher picks up U.K. data analytics player to boost drug development offerings". FierceBioTech. 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  27. ↑ "Danaher to Buy U.K. Drug R&D Software Firm ID Business Solutions". Bloomberg.com. 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  28. ↑ https://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/danaher-to-acquire-integrated-dna-technologies/81255569
  29. ↑ FOBA (23 March 2016). "Laser systems and machines for laser engraving, etching and marking - FOBA - Alltec GmbH". FOBA. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  30. ↑ "Dynapar Industrial Encoders & Resolvers". dynapar.com. 2016. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27.
  31. ↑ "NorthStar Rotary Encoders & Motor Tachs". www.dynapar.com. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-09.
  32. ↑ "Harowe Housed & Brushless Resolvers". www.dynapar.com. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-09.
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