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Danaher Corporation
Danaher Corporation is an American healthcare company headquartered in Washington, D.C.. It develops products used for advances in biotechnology, life sciences, and diagnostics. The company operates three divisions: biotechnology (28% of 2024 revenues), which develops products for the development of therapeutics; life sciences (31% of 2024 revenues), which develops products to identify causes of disease, new therapies, and to test and manufacture new drugs, vaccines and gene editing technologies; and diagnostics (41% of 2024 revenues), which develops instruments, consumables, and software and services to diagnose diseases. Danaher was founded in 1984 by brothers Steven Rales and Mitchell Rales; it was named after Danaher Creek in Western Montana, where the brothers came up with the idea for the company while fishing.
The company is ranked 180th on the Fortune 500 and 241st on the Forbes Global 2000.
The company's origins go back to DMG, Inc., a Massachusetts real estate investment trust organized in 1969. In 1978, DMG, Inc. was reorganized as a Florida corporation and changed its name to Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc. In 1983, the Rales brothers invested in the company, which at that time was invested in retirement home developments, they then replaced the existing management in a bitter proxy battle.
In 1984, the company adopted the name Danaher and reincorporated under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
In 1985, the Rales brothers offered $400 million in a hostile bid for Scott Fetzer Company but lost out to Berkshire Hathaway.
In June 1986, Danaher acquired Chicago Pneumatic in a hostile takeover, offering $60.8 million for the 32% of the company not already owned. The company had merged in July 1984 with a sister company, the Jacobs Manufacturing Co., and had purchased Matco Tools in April 1981.
In June 1987, Danaher sold Chicago Pneumatic while retaining Jacobs, including its Matco Tools Division. Jacobs' name was changed to Matco Tools Corp. In November 1991, 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.
In 1986, Danaher added Qualitrol to its instrumentation unit, including Gilbarco Veeder-Root's underground fuel storage sensors, Dynapar's motion sensors, and pressure measurement and temperature measurement instruments used on the electrical transformer industry.
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Danaher Corporation
Danaher Corporation is an American healthcare company headquartered in Washington, D.C.. It develops products used for advances in biotechnology, life sciences, and diagnostics. The company operates three divisions: biotechnology (28% of 2024 revenues), which develops products for the development of therapeutics; life sciences (31% of 2024 revenues), which develops products to identify causes of disease, new therapies, and to test and manufacture new drugs, vaccines and gene editing technologies; and diagnostics (41% of 2024 revenues), which develops instruments, consumables, and software and services to diagnose diseases. Danaher was founded in 1984 by brothers Steven Rales and Mitchell Rales; it was named after Danaher Creek in Western Montana, where the brothers came up with the idea for the company while fishing.
The company is ranked 180th on the Fortune 500 and 241st on the Forbes Global 2000.
The company's origins go back to DMG, Inc., a Massachusetts real estate investment trust organized in 1969. In 1978, DMG, Inc. was reorganized as a Florida corporation and changed its name to Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc. In 1983, the Rales brothers invested in the company, which at that time was invested in retirement home developments, they then replaced the existing management in a bitter proxy battle.
In 1984, the company adopted the name Danaher and reincorporated under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
In 1985, the Rales brothers offered $400 million in a hostile bid for Scott Fetzer Company but lost out to Berkshire Hathaway.
In June 1986, Danaher acquired Chicago Pneumatic in a hostile takeover, offering $60.8 million for the 32% of the company not already owned. The company had merged in July 1984 with a sister company, the Jacobs Manufacturing Co., and had purchased Matco Tools in April 1981.
In June 1987, Danaher sold Chicago Pneumatic while retaining Jacobs, including its Matco Tools Division. Jacobs' name was changed to Matco Tools Corp. In November 1991, 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.
In 1986, Danaher added Qualitrol to its instrumentation unit, including Gilbarco Veeder-Root's underground fuel storage sensors, Dynapar's motion sensors, and pressure measurement and temperature measurement instruments used on the electrical transformer industry.