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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, founded on July 16, 1790....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. 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.
company was organized in 1969. It was formerly known as DMG, Inc.






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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, founded on July 16, 1790....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. 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 after a river in Montana
Montana

Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....
 in which the Rales Brothers used to fish. The origin of "Danaher" goes back to the root "Dana
Danú

Dan? are an Republic of Ireland traditional music band.Dan? were formed in Waterford in Southeastern Ireland in 1996. After performing in the Festival Interceltique de Lorient, the then thrown-together group decided to consolidate as a band, and the rest is history....
", a Celtic
Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic", a branch of the greater Indo-European languages language family. The term "Celtic" was used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, having much earlier been used by Greek and Roman writers to describe tribes in central Gaul....
 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

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. 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 Definitive Agreement To Acquire 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. Also in 2007, Danaher announced plans for its largest acquisition to date, the purchase of Tektronix, Inc. for 2.85 billion USD.

Environmental record

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a selective research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, Massachusetts. The University of Massachusetts Amherst offers over 90 undergraduate and 65 graduate areas of study....
 identified Danaher as the 31st-largest corporate producer of air pollution
Air pollution

Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or damages the natural environment, into the Earth's atmosphere....
 in the United States, with approximately of toxic chemicals released into the air annually. The study found the most serious pollution in the form of nickel
Nickel

Nickel is a chemical element, with the chemical symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge....
 and chromium
Chromium

Chromium is a chemical element which has the symbol Cr and atomic number 24. It is a steely-gray, Lustre , hard metal that takes a high polish and has a high melting point....
 compounds. According to Toxics Release Inventory
Toxics Release Inventory

The Toxics Release Inventory is a publicly available database from the United States Environmental Protection Agency that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities....
 data, Danaher emitted over of nickel and over of chromium compounds in 2002.

Divisions


  • Accu-Sort Systems, Inc.
  • Allen
  • ALLTEC
  • American Sigma
  • Anatel
  • Anderson
  • Armstrong Tools
  • Artus
  • Aviation Services
  • Aviation Services Europe
  • Bindicator
  • Buhler Montec
  • Comark Ltd
  • Craftsman Hand Tools
    Craftsman (tools)

    Craftsman is a line of tools and lawn and garden equipment, owned by KCD IP, LLC . The tools are sold in Sears, Roebuck and Company, Kmart, and Orchard Supply Hardware stores , as well as Fastenal, and Military of the United States Army and Air Force Exchange Service stores....
  • Danaher Tool Group
  • Delta Consolidated Industries
  • DH Instruments
  • Dover
  • Dynapar / Northstar
  • Eagle-Signal / Veeder-Root
  • ELE
  • Electro-Kinetics
  • Energetic Materials
  • Environmental Test Systems
  • Fisher Pierce
  • Fluke Corporation
    Fluke Corporation

    Fluke Corporation, a subsidiary of the Danaher Corporation, is a worldwide industrial company that mostly focuses on industrial testing equipment including electronic test equipment....
  • Fluke Networks
  • Gems Sensors
  • Gilbarco Veeder-Root
    Gilbarco Veeder-Root

    Gilbarco Veeder-Root, a subsidiary of the Danaher Corporation, is a leading producer of gas pumps and other fuel industry hardware along with Point of Sale systems....
  • GLI
  • Guardian Voting Systems (Makers of the ELECTronic 1242 Machine)
  • G&L Motion Control, Inc
  • HACH:Ames
  • HACH LANGE (Europe)
  • Hach Ultra Analytics
  • Harowe
  • Hart Scientific
  • HECON
  • Hennessy Industries
  • Holo-Krome
  • HTL/Kin-Tech
  • Hydrolab
  • Imaging Sciences International
  • Invetech
  • Iseli
  • Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing
  • Jacobs Vehicle Systems
  • Joslyn Clark
  • K-D Tools
  • Kerr
  • Kistler Morse
  • Kollmorgen
  • Lachat Instruments
  • Marsh McBerney Industries
  • McCrometer
  • Namco / Dolan Jenner
  • Negele Industrieelektronik GmbH & Co. KG
  • Orbisphere (Jean-Jacques JOURDAN being the top salesperson in France)
  • Ormco
  • Pacific Scientific Instruments
  • Partlow
  • PMA
  • Polymetron
  • Qualitrol Company LLC
  • Radiometer
  • Radiometer Analytical
  • Raytek
  • Robin Electronics
  • Sata
  • Securaplane Technologies
  • Setra
  • Spline Gauges
  • Sunbank
  • SybronEndo
  • Tektronix
  • Tektronix Communications
  • Thomson
  • Trojan Technologies Inc.
  • ]
  • Videojet Technologies
  • Vision Systems Limited
  • West Instruments
  • Willett


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