subsidiary founded 1995 headquarters rochester new york usa operating income citation needed net income citation needed parent thermo fisher scientific divisions nalgene laboratory nalgene packaging nunc nalgene outdoor website http www.nalgenunc.com nalge nunc international is a distributor and manufacturer of plastic laboratory containers that has diversified into the field of containers for outdoor sports and packaging materials . today a subsidiary of thermo fisher scientific nalge nunc international was formed in 1995 by the merger of nunc a s of denmark founded in 1953 with nalge company which was founded in 1949 in rochester new york . 1 nalgene is nalge nunc s primary plastics product line and includes the nalgene outdoor nalgene laboratory and nalgene packaging product lines . the original nalgene line included such items as jars bottles test tubes graduated cylinders and petri dishes helpful to laboratory workers chemists and biologists because they were shatterproof and lighter than glass . the properties of the respective plastics make them suitable for work with many materials in various temperature ranges . references edit historical milestones . about nalge nunc international . nalge nunc international . retrieved 2007 12 27 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nalge nunc international & oldid 651079248 categories multinational companiescompanies based in monroe county new yorkhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2007 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 12 march 2015 at 18 04 . 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