s & p 500 component industry human health environmental health founded 1931 headquarters waltham massachusetts u.s. key people robert friel chairman ceo and president products analytical instruments lab technology diagnostics medical imaging equipment informatics cord blood bank revenue 2.2 billion usd 2013 number of employees 7 600 slogan for the better website www.perkinelmer.com perkinelmer inc. is an american multinational corporation focused in the business areas of human and environmental health including environmental analysis food and consumer product safety medical imaging drug discovery diagnostics biotechnology industrial applications and life science research . perkinelmer produces analytical instruments genetic testing and diagnostic tools medical imaging components software instruments and consumables for multiple end markets . perkinelmer is part of the s & p 500 index and operates in 150 countries . contents 1 history 1.1 founding companies 1.2 1999 1.3 recently 2 programs 2.1 hubble optics project 2.2 kh 9 hexagon 3 focus areas 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit founding companies edit perkin elmer was founded in 1937 by richard perkin and charles elmer as an optical design and consulting company . in 1944 perkin elmer entered the analytical instruments business and in the early 1990s partnered with cetus corporation and later hoffmann la roche to pioneer the polymerase chain reaction pcr equipment industry . analytical instruments business was also operated from 1954 to 2001 in germany by the bodenseewerk perkin elmer gmbh located in berlingen at lake constance and england perkin elmer ltd at beaconsfield in buckinghamshire . eg & g began in 1931 ; it was started by two mit professors harold edgerton and kenneth germeshausen in a boston garage . the company was originally incorporated in 1947 as eg & g. 1999 edit modern perkinelmer traces its history back to a merger between divisions of what had been two s & p 500 companies eg & g inc. formerly nyse egg of wellesley massachusetts and perkin elmer formerly nyse pkn of norwalk connecticut . on may 28 1999 the non government side of eg & g inc. purchased the analytical instruments division of perkin elmer its traditional business segment for us 425 million also assuming the perkin elmer name and forming the new perkinelmer company with new officers and a new board of directors . 1 2 at the time eg & g made products for diverse industries including automotive medical aerospace and photography . 2 the old perkin elmer board of directors and officers remained at that reorganized company under its new name pe corporation . it had been the life sciences division of perkin elmer and its two component tracking stock business groups celera genomics nyse cra and pe biosystems formerly nyse peb were centrally involved in the highest profile biotechnology events of the decade the intense race against the human genome project consortium which then resulted in the genomics segment of the technology bubble . it should also be noted that perkin elmer purchased the boston operations of nen life sciences in 2001 . perkinelmer headquarters in waltham recently edit in 1992 the company merged with applied biosystems . in 1997 they merged with perseptive biosystems . on july 14 1999 the new analytical instruments maker perkinelmer cut 350 jobs or 12 % in its cost reduction reorganization . 2 in 2006 perkinelmer sold off the fluid sciences division for approximately 400m ; the aim of the selloff was to increase the strategic focus on its higher growth health sciences and photonic markets . following on from the selloff a number of small businesses were acquired including spectral genomics improvision evotec technologies euroscreen viacell and avalon instruments . the brand evotec technologies remains the property of evotec the former owner company . perkinelmer had a license to use the brand till the end of year 2007 . perkinelmer has continued to expand its interest in medicine with the acquisitions of clinical laboratories in july 2006 it acquired ntd labs located on long island new york . the laboratory specializes in prenatal screening during the first trimester of pregnancy . in 2007 it purchased viacell inc. for 300 million 3 which included its offices in boston and cord blood storage facility in kentucky near cincinnati . the company was renamed viacord . in march 2008 perkinelmer purchased pediatrix screening formerly neo gen screening a laboratory located in bridgeville pa specializing in screening newborns for various inborn errors of metabolism such as phenylketonuria hypothyroidism and sickle cell disease . it renamed the laboratory perkinelmer genetics inc. in may 2011 perkinelmer announced the signature of an agreement to acquire cambridgesoft and the successful acquisition of artuslabs . 4 in september 2011 perkinelmer bought caliper life sciences for 600 million . 5 programs edit hubble optics project edit polishing of hubble s primary mirror begins at perkin elmer corporation danbury connecticut may 1979 . the engineer pictured is dr. martin yellin an optical engineer working for perkin elmer on the project . perkin elmer s danbury optical system unit 6 was commissioned to build the optical components of the hubble space telescope . the construction of the main mirror began in 1979 and completed in 1981 . the polishing process ran over budget and behind schedule producing significant friction with nasa . due to a miscalibrated null corrector the primary mirror was also found to have a significant spherical aberration after reaching orbit on sts 31 . perkin elmer s own calculations and measurements revealed the primary mirror s surface discrepancies but the company chose to withhold that data from nasa . a nasa investigation heavily criticized perkin elmer for management failings disregarding written quality guidelines and ignoring test data that revealed the miscalibration . 7 corrective optics were installed on the telescope during the first hubble service and repair mission sts 61 . the correction corrective optics space telescope axial replacement was applied entirely to the secondary mirror and replaced existing instrumentation ; the aberration of the primary mirror remained uncorrected . the company agreed to pay us 15 million essentially forgoing its fees in polishing the mirror to avoid a threatened liability lawsuit under the false claims act by the federal government . hughes aircraft which acquired the danbury optical system unit one month after the launch of the telescope paid 10 million . the justice department asserted that the companies should have known about the flawed testing . trade group aerospace industries association protested when concerns were raised in the aerospace industry that aerospace companies might be held liabile for failed equipment . 6 kh 9 hexagon edit perkin elmer built the optical systems for the kh 9 hexagon series of spy satellites at a facility in danbury connecticut . 8 in the 1950s an aerial panoramic camera lens was capable of recording the entire state of pennsylvania in two flyovers with resolution that enabled one to count the autos on the pennsylvania turnpike . 9 focus areas edit cellular research clinical genetics & diagnostics drug discovery environmental analysis air water and soil testing and analysis food flavors & agricultural analysis food safety forensic analysis hydrocarbon processing life science research lubricants and oils imaging lighting sensors pharmaceutical development and manufacturing polymers semiconductors and electronics renewable energy analysis and testing for biofuels solar and wind energy global multivendor laboratory maintenance & repair services global laboratory relocation services see also edit interdata acquired in 1973 . concurrent computer corporation spun off in 1985 . references edit what is the logic of biology a letter from tony white to our shareholders pe corporation 1999 annual report ceo letter a b c company news ; perkin elmer cuts 12 % of work force new york times published july 15 1999 herper matthew 6 may 2013 . second chances . forbes paper . p. 38 . perkinelmer . perkinelmer signs agreement to acquire cambridgesoft corporation and completes purchase of artuslabs inc. . retrieved 2011 05 20 . reuters september 8 2011 . perkinelmer to buy caliper for 600 mln . retrieved 2011 09 08 . a b vartabedian ralph 13 october 1993 . hughes perkin elmer to pay u.s. for hubble telescope flaw . retrieved 20 april 2015 . the hubble space telescope optical systems failure report pdf 5.62 mib 1990 lew allen chairman nasa technical report nasa tm 103443 . the spacing of the field lens in the corrector was to have been done by laser measurements off the end of an invar bar . instead of illuminating the end of the bar however the laser in fact was reflected from a worn spot on a black anodized metal cap placed over the end of the bar to isolate its center visible through a hole in the cap . the technician who performed the test noted an unexpected gap between the field lens and its supporting structure in the corrector and filled it in with an ordinary metal washer . no longer available prior to 10 09 o neill associated press helen december 25 2011 . decades later a cold war secret is revealed . the virginian pilot . retrieved december 25 2011 . perkin elmer our history . 2012 . retrieved 8 apr 2014 . external links edit perkinelmer corporate website perkinelmer announces new business alignment focused on improving human and environmental health sec filings for perkinelmer inc. retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title perkinelmer & oldid 734175790 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies established in 1931technology companies of the united stateslife science companies based in massachusettsinstrument making corporationscompanies based in middlesex county massachusetts 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aisnederlands portugu ssuomit rk e edit links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 16 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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