sciences leadership in separations technology for the life sciences type product brand founded 1740 in maidstone kent 1 founder james whatman headquarters little chalfont key people kieran murphy chief executive officer and executive ge healthcare life sciences website http www.whatman.com whatman plc is a ge healthcare life sciences brand specialising in laboratory filtration products and separation technologies . whatman products cover a range of laboratory applications that require filtration sample collection cards and kits blotting lateral flow components and flow through assays and other general laboratory accessories . formerly whatman plc the company was acquired in 2008 by ge healthcare a unit of general electric company . contents 1 history 1.1 founders innovation and impact 1.2 acquisition 2 key products and technologies 3 references history edit founders innovation and impact edit mr. whatman s turkey paper mills by paul sandby 1794 founded in 1740 in maidstone kent england whatman paper was created by papermaker james whatman the elder 1702 1759 . he made revolutionary advances to the craft in england and is credited as the inventor of wove paper or v lin an innovation used for high quality art and printing . the techniques continued to be developed by his son james whatman the younger 1741 1798 . 2 at a time when the craft was based in smaller paper mills his innovations led to the large scale and widespread industrialisation of paper manufacturing . whatman had been approached by john baskerville who needed paper that would take a light impression of the printing plate ; this was used for the edition of virgil s poetry embellished with baskerville s typography and designs . 2 the earliest examples of wove paper bearing his watermark appeared after 1740 . 3 the business is credited with the invention of the wove wire mesh used to mould and align the pulp fibres . this is the principal method used in the mass production of most modern paper . the whatmans held a part interest in the establishment at turkey mill near maidstone after 1740 ; 1 this was acquired through the elder whatman s marriage to ann harris . the handmade paper bearing the whatman s mark was still produced for special editions and art books 2 until 2002 . 4 acquisition edit whatman plc was acquired on 4 february 2008 by ge healthcare a unit of general electric company at 270p per share in cash for each whatman share valuing whatman at approximately 363 million approximately 713 million . last production at maidstone springfield mill was on 17 june 2014 . 4 key products and technologies edit the whatman product range covers laboratory filtration products filter papers membrane filters syringe filters syringeless filters microbiology microplates and capsule filters sample collection cards and kits fta fta elute and 903 ranges blotting blotting membranes blotting papers and equipment components for lateral flow and flow through assays membranes for immunoassays conjugate release blood separators absorbents and sample pads general laboratory accessories extraction thimbles weighing papers test and chromatography papers lens cleaning tissue and benchkote papers references edit a b the early years . whatman . dead link a b c roberts matt t. ; etherington don 2011 11 19 . whatman james 1741 1798 . bookbinding and the conservation of books a dictionary of descriptive terminology . u.s. government printing office . isbn 978 0 8444 0366 3 . retrieved 2016 09 02 . watermark and countermark library . conservation . national gallery of australia . 2010 . retrieved 2010 11 29 . a b chalmers mark september 2016 . whatman springfield paper mill maidstone . archive . witney lightmoor press 91 52 65 . v t e paper history manufacture papermaking types blotting bond construction cotton rag cr pe display d asphalt glassine india korean kraft laid manila newsprint oatmeal onionskin origami baking building rice rolling security seed copy tar thermal tissue tracing transfer tree free wallpaper washi waterproof wax wood free wove writing xuan materials fiber crop paper chemicals papyrus wood pulp algal bloom shiro alga carta specifications grammage density size units of paper quantity surface chemistry of paper wet strength manufacture and process bleaching of wood pulp calender conical refiner deinking paper pollution environmental impact of paper hollander beater kraft process organosolv paper cut paper machine paper recycling soda pulping sulfite process industry paper industry in europe in canada in india in japan in the united states paper mill list of paper mills category commons authority control worldcat identities viaf 307449418 lccn no2014003226 v t e general electric subsidiaries and divisions current ge capital ge capital aviation services ge commercial finance ge energy financial services ge capital rail services europe ge technology infrastructure ge aviation ge aviation systems ge healthcare ge transportation ge energy ge digital energy ge jenbacher ge measurement & control solutions ge oil & gas ge power ge wind energy ge wind offshore ge home & business solutions ge intelligent platforms ge global research ge ventures former and defunct australian guarantee corporation1 canadian general electric1 compagnia generale di elettricit 2 electric bond and share company2 ge americom2 ge aerospace2 ge betz1 ge capital it solutions2 ge consumer & industrial gecis2 ge capital rail services2 ge equipment services1 ge industrial1 ge infrastructure1 geis2 genesis lease2 ge security2 genworth financial2 montgomery ward2 synchrony financial2 tungsram1 whatman1 joint ventures and shareholdings current cfm international 50 % engine alliance 50 % ge hitachi nuclear energy 60 % ge honda aero engines 50 % penske truck leasing prolec ge 49.99 % tbs gb former alco ge 1940 53 nbc 1926 30 1986 2004 nbcuniversal llc 2004 13 products and brands aircraft engines general comprehensive operating system genie locomotives mazda reciprocating engines trivection oven tungsram people founders charles a. coffin thomas edison edwin j. houston elihu thomson other james cash jr. ann fudge susan hockfield jeffrey r. immelt andrea jung rochelle lazarus sam nunn roger penske douglas a. warner iii jack welch bob wright places and facilities ge building general electric building nela park realty plot research laboratory river works specialty control plant switchgear plant welch technology centre other edison engineering development program ge true the general electric concert general electric edgelab general electric theater general imaging thomson houston electric company timeline united states v. general electric co. 1now integrated into other ge divisions or business groupings 2sold or spun off category commons retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title whatman plc & oldid 740575565 categories general electric healthcare subsidiarieshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from september 2016wikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with lccn identifiers 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 21 september 2016 at 23 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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