Life and Analytical Sciences
Our Life and Analytical Sciences business unit is a leading provider of drug
discovery, genetic screening and environmental and chemical analysis tools,
including instruments, reagents, consumables and services. Our instruments are
used in daily applications for scientific research and clinical applications.
Our research products provide the fundamental tools necessary for a variety
of testing applications that are critical to the development of many of our
customers’ new products.
Our Life and Analytical Sciences business helps our customers solve complex
analytical problems encountered in drug discovery, genetic screening and environmental
and chemical analysis laboratories.
For drug discovery, we offer a wide range of instrumentation, software and
consumables, including reagents, based on our core expertise in fluorescent,
chemiluminescent and radioactive labeling and the detection of nucleic acids
and proteins.
For genetic screening laboratories, we provide software, reagents and analysis
tools to test for various inherited disorders. These clinical screening programs
help prevent disease by identifying those most at risk. We sell our genetic
screening solutions to public health authorities and private health care organizations
around the world.
For chemical analysis, we offer analytical tools employing technologies such
as molecular and atomic spectroscopy, high-pressure liquid chromatography, gas
chromatography and thermal analysis. Our instruments and related software applications
measure a range of substances from bio-molecular matter to organic and inorganic
chemicals. We sell these products to pharmaceutical manufacturers and customers
in the environmental, food and beverage and chemical markets. These customers
use our instruments in various applications to verify the identity, quality
or composition of the materials they analyze.
Principal Products. The principal products of our Life and Analytical Sciences
business include:
• The AAnalystTM series of atomic absorption spectrometers used by customers
in the environmental and chemical industries, among others, to quantify the
constituents of a sample using flame, graphite furnace, mercury or hydride analysis
techniques.
• Chemical and biological reagents, such as LANCETM and AlphaScreen assay technologies,
fluorescent labeled probes, and cloned receptors, allowing a broad and flexible
range of assays used in high throughput screening for drug discovery, functional
genomics, proteomics, and genotyping.
• DELFIA® Xpress, a fast and flexible random access analyzer for maternal health
clinics and laboratories. This new instrument platform allows continuous loading
and makes use of the highly sensitive and reliable DELFIA chemistry.
• TurboMatrix Headspace Trap technology provides up to 100 times lower detection
limits for gas chromatography and is used in environmental and petrochemical
applications.
• The ELAN® and OptimaTM families of inductively coupled plasma systems, are
used for precision analysis of inorganic materials in the semi-conductor, petrochemical,
environmental, food and agriculture industries.
• ImageTrakTM, an automated fluorescent cellular imager with built-in liquid
handling capability, for high throughput screening in drug discovery and research
laboratories.
• LABWORKSTM Laboratory Information Management System, a software application
that enables scientists to store, share and create reports on instrument data
in both small and large laboratory environments.
New Products. New product releases by our Life and Analytical Sciences business
include:
• EnVision, a combination of luminescence homogenous assay technology with
a high capacity high throughput screening plate reader that provides versatility
and ease-of-use with high sensitivity and wide dynamic range.
• UltraVIEW TM, a fully automated, high-resolution, live cell imaging system
that allows for the observation and measurement of cellular and molecular processes
in proteomics applications.
• OneSourceTM service partnerships which enables our customers to improve service
levels and standardize processes for critical laboratory equipment. By working
with a single service provider, our customers simplify the administration of
instrument service, while reaping the benefits of quality rapid response provided
by our professional service engineers.
• LumiTrak, an ultra high throughput inject and read luminescence imager which
enables higher throughput and more robust and more economical screening of live
cells for kinetic studies in drug discovery.
• Piezorray, a non-contact microdispensing system designed specifically for
making protein arrays. The system is able to pipette sub-nanoliter volumes to
dense arrays in an accurate and reproducible method for researchers to analyze
those arrays quantitatively.
• prOTOFTM 2000 MALDI O-TOF mass spectrometer, features MALDI-TOF technology
for the identification and characterization of proteins.
• SpectrumTM Spotlight FT-IR Imaging System, provides chemical images for applications
such as formulation testing, product performance testing, failure analysis and
drug delivery analysis.
• UV Winlab 4.0; UV WinLab ES, a software application that provides a structured
approach to running UV/Vis analyses that mimics the workflow of a busy laboratory.
This minimizes operator training and provides strict security and technical
compliance, including audit trails and electronic signatures.
• VictorTM Light, a single mode detector representing our first entry into
the lower end, academic plate reader market and focusing on detecting the sensitivity
and simplicity of the broad range luminescence assays possible in this user
segment.
Brand Names. Our Life and Analytical Sciences reporting segment offers its
products under various brand names, including WallacTM, OneSourceTM, Packard®,
NEN®, AAnalystTM, ClarusTM, LABWORKSTM, PYRISTM, SpectrumTM, OptimaTM, DELFIA®,
ImageTrakTM, UltraViewTM, prOTOFTM, VictorTM and LANCETM.
Optoelectronics
Our Optoelectronics business unit provides digital imaging, sensor and specialty
lighting components to customers in biomedical, consumer products and other
specialty end markets.
We are a leading supplier of amorphous silicon digital x-ray detectors, a technology
for medical imaging and radiation therapy. Amorphous silicon digital x-ray detectors
replace film and produce improved image resolution and diagnostic capability
for use in radiography, angiography, cardiac imaging and cancer treatment.
We have significant expertise in optical sensor technologies, with products
used in a variety of applications. Examples include sample detection in life
sciences instruments, luggage screening, security and fire detection systems,
HVAC controls, document handling/ sorting and smart weaponry.
Our specialty lighting technologies include xenon flashtubes, ceramic xenon
light sources and laser pump sources. These products are used in a variety of
applications, including digital and analog cameras, medical endoscopy and laser
machine tools.
Principal Products. The principal products of our Optoelectronics business
include:
• Health Sciences
— Amorphous silicon digital x-ray detectors, an enabling technology for digital
x-ray imaging that replaces film and produces improved image resolution and
diagnostic capability in applications such as radiography, angiography and cancer
treatments.
— Cermax® xenon short arc lamps and fiber optic light sources used in diagnostic
and surgical endoscopes, surgical headlamps, microscopes and photodynamic therapy
systems.
— A wide range of optical detectors and light sources used in analytical instruments,
drug discovery tools and clinical diagnostic systems. The detectors include
charge coupled devices, avalanche photodiodes, photodiode arrays, channel photo
multipliers and our unique single photon counting module. The light sources
include our Cermax xenon short arc lamps as well as our line of guided arc xenon
flash lamps. We also produce ultraviolet-visible range spectrometer sub-systems
based on the above components.
— Gas detection sensors and sub-systems used in patient monitoring applications,
also known as capnography, such as anesthesia gas and carbon dioxide.
— Thermopile temperature sensors used in digital ear thermometers.
• Industrial Products
— Xenon flashtubes for use in digital still cameras, 35mm compact cameras and
single-use cameras.
— Optical sensors used in a variety of applications, including luggage screening,
security and fire systems, laser printers and copiers, HVAC systems, automotive
applications and smart weaponry.
— Linear xenon and argon flashlamps used in solid state lasers in machine tools
and other industrial applications.
— Charge-coupled device cameras, which are used to detect defects in manufacturing
processes, pilot vision systems and postal sorting.
New Products. New product releases by our Optoelectronics business include:
• Miniaturized photoflash technology for embedded mobile phone cameras and
digital cameras: These high quality, compact xenon flash lamps and modules used
in mobile phone and other digital cameras provide significant improvements over
light emitting diodes, or LEDs, in increased light output and brightness levels,
improved color temperature, reduced shutter speeds and lower cost.
• Cermax® lamps for home theater and HDTV applications: Cermax Xenon lamps
for mid-range to high-end home theater front-projection and rear-projection
televisions, designed to provide manufacturers with long-life, superior-color
temperature lamps at prices comparable to existing lower-performing high pressure
mercury lamps.
• Amorphous silicon flat panel detector for oncology. The amorphous flat panel
detector is a digital X-ray detector using a glass substrate and is used in
radiation oncology to deliver advanced, high-quality images.
• ColdBlueTM: ColdBlue cooled imaging systems allow for high resolution detection
of faint signals with its highest resolution in proteomic and life sciences
research applications such as live cell imaging and protein expression.
Brand Names. Our Optoelectronics reporting segment offers its products under
various brand names, including Cermax®, HeimannTM, ColdBlueTM, Power Systems,
Amorphous Silicon and Reticon®.
Fluid Sciences
Our Fluid Sciences business is a leading provider of critical fluid control
and containment systems for highly demanding environments such as turbine engines
and semiconductor fabrication facilities. This business has an extensive network
of strategic alliances with major original equipment manufacturers worldwide.
In the aerospace market, we are a leading provider of sealing and pneumatic
systems for large commercial transport aircraft, military, business and regional
jets. Most major aircraft and turbine engine manufacturers use our products
to reduce leakage and improve reliability. For example, we design and produce
high-pressure accumulators used to moderate pressure in hydraulic systems that
provide additional hydraulic power when heavy demands are placed on the system.
New fleet orders and maintenance on existing aircraft generally create demand
for our aerospace products and services.
In the semiconductor equipment market, we provide components, sub-assembly
integration and processing services to many of the world’s leading semiconductor
equipment manufacturers. Our bellows sealing and linear motion devices are used
in more semiconductor wafer-processing equipment worldwide than any other brand.
Building upon our understanding of our customers’ needs, we have expanded our
product offerings to include a broad range of assemblies and related after-market
services used in semiconductor wafer-processing equipment and maintenance.
We also provide static and dynamic seals that reduce emissions and improve
efficiency on many new power generation equipment platforms. Our fluid testing
business has been providing fuel and lubricant testing services for almost 50
years to the gasoline refining and petrochemical industries.
Principal Products. The principal products of our Fluid Sciences business include:
• Rigid E-Seal JointsTM that have become the industry standard as a connection
point for installation and removal of pneumatic ducts and attached equipment.
• Flexible joints and ducting systems used in aircraft environmental control
systems and for other engine bleed air system applications such as anti-icing
and air starters.
• Dynamic seals and aftermarket repair services, including pressure-balanced
face seals, circumferential segmented seals, controlled gap clearance seals,
hydrodynamic seals, swivel seals, brush seals and welded metal bellows seals.
• A broad range of static seals, including C-Seals, E-SealsTM and U-Plex SealsTM
that increase system efficiencies, minimize leakage and decrease the cost of
sealing interfaces.
• Bellows seals, devices and assemblies used as accumulators and aneroids,
and for a variety of sensing, lifting, storage and compensating applications
in aerospace, power generation and semiconductor equipment.
• Solenoid valves and next-higher level assemblies that provide actuation or
control on aircraft pneumatic, fuel and hydraulic systems.
• Surface treatment processes for semiconductor wafer process equipment that
reduce process variability and increase yield.
• Patented, high-pressure, maintenance-free accumulator technology for emerging
higher-pressure systems, which improves the life and reliability of aircraft
accumulators and is less sensitive to fluid contamination.
• Sealing solutions including swivel seals for fossil fuel drilling applications
designed to reduce equipment downtime.
• Valves for emerging fuel cell technology programs that enable customers to
use higher pressures and control temperatures to improve fuel cell system performance.
In addition, our Fluid Sciences business is experiencing increased opportunities
to supply higher value, vertically integrated assemblies and after-market services
to semiconductor wafer-processing equipment manufacturers.
New Products. New product releases by our Fluid Sciences business include:
• Volume compensator, a bellows device that allows for the necessary coolant
fluid expansion in the Environmental Control System on commercial and military
aircraft.
• Centurion Swivel Seal for deepwater drilling rigs used in the energy industry.
This new seal is designed to provide extended performance and may be replaced
quickly thus reducing costly rig downtime.
Brand Names. Our Fluid Sciences business offers its products under various
brand names, including Belfab®, CallistoTM, CenturionTM, U-Plex SealsTM, E-SealsTM,
Rigid E-Seal JointsTM and PressureScienceTM.