Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. · Waltham, MA United States ·(NYSE: TMO)

Whether for research, analysis, discovery, or diagnostics, Thermo Fisher gets the laboratory ready to assist mankind with solutions big and small. The company makes and distributes analytical instruments, equipment, and laboratory supplies -- from chromatographs to Erlenmeyer flasks. Thermo Fisher serves more than 350,000 customers worldwide in biotech and pharmaceutical companies, clinical diagnostic labs and hospitals, government agencies, research organizations, and universities, as well as environmental and industrial quality control settings. The company was formed in 2006 by merging Thermo Electron with Fisher Scientific International in a stock-swap valued at nearly $11 billion. To read the full description, subscribe now.