Varian, Inc.


Varian, Inc. was one of the largest manufacturers of scientific instruments for the scientific industry. They had offerings over a broad range of chemical analysis equipment, with a particular focus on Information Rich Detection and Vacuum technology. Varian was spun off from Varian Associates in 1999 and was purchased by Agilent Technologies in May 2010 for $1.5 billion, or $52 per share.
Varian Inc. had its corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California, and offices in Australia, the Benelux countries, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Manufacturing Plants

Varian Inc. contained the following manufacturing plants:

Lake Forest, California USA

Palo Alto, California USA

Walnut Creek, California USA

Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

Cary, North Carolina, USA

Mulgrave, Victoria Australia

Middelburg, Netherlands

Grenoble, France

Yarnton, United Kingdom

Church Stretton, Shropshire, United Kingdom

Turin, Italy

Products and services

, including gas chromatography, GC/MS, high performance liquid chromatography, and LC/MS.

Spectroscopy, including UV-Vis, near infrared, and FT-IR

Inductively coupled plasma, including mass spectroscopic and atomic emission spectroscopic detection.

mass spectrometry, including FTMS

Nuclear magnetic resonance

Linear accelerator

Magnetic resonance imaging

X-ray Crystallography

Information rich detection

Drugs of Abuse Testing

Dissolution Testing

Vacuum Pumps

Leak Detection

Turbo Pumping Systems

Vacuum Measurement

Valves and components

History

In October 1967, Techtron Pty Ltd merged with Varian Associates. Techtron is a manufacturer of Atomic Absorption Spectrometers and Spectral lamps.
In 1982 Varian transferred the Cary UV-Visible product line to Australia.
In 2002 Varian bought Ansys Technologies, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of In-Vitro Medical Devices.
In 2004 Varian Inc bought Magnex Scientific, an Oxford-based manufacturer of high-field magnets.
In 2005 Varian bought Polymer Laboratories, a speciality polymer analysis and manufacturing company.
In 2006 Varian bought Ion Spec, an FTMS manufacturing company.
In 2007, Varian, Inc. bought Analogix, Inc., a company specializing in flash chromatography.
In 2008, Varian bought Oxford Diffraction, a British company specializing in X-ray diffraction equipment.
On 27 July 2009 Agilent Technologies announced it would buy Varian Inc, for $1.5 Billion.
On 14 October 2014 Agilent made the strategic decision to close its NMR business. Agilent entered the NMR business in 2010, with the acquisition of Varian.