Danaher Corporation is an American globally diversified conglomerate with its headquarters in Washington, DC The company designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services.
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In June 1986, Danaher Corporation purchased Chicago Pneumatic, which had merged in July 1984 with a sister company, The Jacobs Manufacturing Co.
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In January 1993, Danaher Corporation formed NMTC, Inc, which acquired a substantial portion of the assets of MTC, including the existing distributorship agreements of MTC.
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In 1995 Danaher Corporation acquired German components manufacturer Hengstler, a leading manufacturer of counters, printers, relays, and high-precision rotational sensors.
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Danaher Corporation acquired Trojan Technologies, an environmental engineering firm, in 2004.
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In July 2005, Danaher Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire Leica Microsystems.
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In early 2007 Danaher Corporation acquired Australian Pathology Instrument and Engineering company Vision Systems Limited.
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Also in 2007, Danaher Corporation made its largest acquisition to date, the purchase of Tektronix, Inc for US$2.
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In 2009 Danaher Corporation purchased the Analytical Technologies business unit of Canadian Life Sciences company MDS, Inc for US$650 million.
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In 2011, Danaher Corporation acquired Beckman Coulter and sold Accu-sort to Datalogic.
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In December 2012 Danaher Corporation acquired Navman Wireless, a provider of on-demand fleet and asset management technology.
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In September 2014, Danaher Corporation Corp announced its intention to buy Nobel Biocare for $2.
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In October 2014, Danaher Corporation Corp announced it would be combining its communications unit with NetScout Systems.
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In June 2016, Danaher Corporation spun off several subsidiaries, including Matco and AMMCO-COATS, to create Fortive.
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In October 2016, Danaher Corporation acquired Phenomenex for $700 million to expand its life sciences space.
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In October 2017, Danaher Corporation Corp announced the acquisition of scientific informatics company ID Business Solutions Ltd.
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In October 2019, Danaher Corporation announced it has signed an agreement to sell its biomolecular characterization, chromatography hardware and resins, microcarriers and particle validation standards businesses to Sartorius AG for approximately $750 million.
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In December 2019, Danaher Corporation completed the corporate spin-off of Envista, its dental unit.
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In 2019, Danaher Corporation was ranked by Forbes as one of the best employers for diversity.
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In March 2020, Danaher Corporation acquired Cytiva, the biopharma business of the General Electric Life Sciences division, for $21.
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Danaher Corporation was replaced by executive vice-president Rainier Blair on September 1,2020.
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