PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI) 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, environmental, food and consumer product monitoring instruments, medical imaging devices, genetic screening tools and software for cellular ...
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PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI) 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, environmental, food and consumer product monitoring instruments, medical imaging devices, genetic screening tools and software for cellular imaging & analysis. Their Optoelectronics division designs and builds digital imaging and specialty lighting equipment.
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 NYSE: EGG) of Wellesley, Massachusetts and Perkin-Elmer (formerly NYSE: PKN) of Norwalk, Connecticut. On May 28, 1999, the non-government side of EG&G; Inc. purchased...
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