varian disambiguation . this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message varian inc. type public nasdaq vari industry scientific instruments fate acquired by agilent technologies founded 1999 headquarters palo alto california key people allen j. lauer chairman garry rogerson president & ceo products scientific instruments number of employees 3 700 website www.varianinc.com 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 clarification needed 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 . 1 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 . contents 1 manufacturing plants 2 products and services 3 history 4 see also 5 references 6 external links manufacturing plants edit 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 the largest varian inc manufacturing and r & d plant middelburg netherlands grenoble france yarnton united kingdom church stretton shropshire united kingdom polymer laboratories turin italy products and services edit a 900mhz nmr instrument chromatography 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 edit 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 fourier transform mass spectrometry 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 . 2 on 27 july 2009 agilent technologies announced it would buy varian inc for 1.5 billion . on 14 october 2014 agilent has made the strategic decision to close its nmr business . the peculiarity is that none of the managers responsible for the aforementioned purchase of varian inc. for 1.5 billion were held to account the failure of the nmr and mri business . see also edit laboratory equipment references edit agilent reaches deal to buy varian for 1.5 billion press release . reuters . 2009 07 27 . retrieved 2009 07 27 . varian inc. acquires oxford diffraction ltd. press release . retrieved 2008 07 03 . external links edit varian inc. magnex scientific retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title varian inc. & oldid 705391677 categories companies based in palo alto californiainstrument making corporationshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from september 2007all articles lacking reliable referenceswikipedia articles needing clarification from april 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 february 2016 at 06 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view