It’s been nearly three years since I last wrote up Danaher and Thermo Fisher, so I figure it’s time for an update, especially with both companies announcing huge acquisitions recently. Let’s start with Danaher, specifically its Diagnostics division, which sells instruments and associated consumables that hospitals use to diagnose diseases. Though accounting for 41% of […]
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Related post (read this first): [TMO] Thermo Fisher The life sciences behemoth we now know as Danaher was birthed in 1980 as Equity Group Holdings, an investment vehicle through which brothers Steven and Mitchell Rales acquired struggling industrial businesses. The earliest acquisitions included Master Shield (vinyl siding and rubber products) and Mohawk Rubber (tires for […]