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Bruker Corporation
Company typePublic
IndustryScientific test equipment
Founded1960;64 years ago(1960),in Germany
Founder
HeadquartersBillerica, Massachusetts,U.S.
Key people
RevenueIncreaseUS$2.96 billion(2023)
IncreaseUS$437 million(2023)
IncreaseUS$427 million(2023)
Total assetsIncreaseUS$4.25 billion(2023)
Total equityIncreaseUS$1.39 billion(2023)
Number of employees
9,707 (2023)
Websitebruker.com
Footnotes / references
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Bruker Corporationis an American manufacturer of scientific instruments for molecular and materials research, as well as for industrial and applied analysis. It is headquartered inBillerica, Massachusetts,and is the publicly traded parent company of Bruker Scientific Instruments (Bruker AXS, Bruker BioSpin, Bruker Daltonics and Bruker Optics) and Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) divisions.

In April 2010, Bruker created a Chemical Analysis Division (headquartered in Fremont, CA) under the Bruker Daltonics subsidiary. This division contains three former Varian product lines:ICPMSsystems, laboratorygas chromatography(GC), and GC-triple quadrupole mass spectrometer(originally designed by Bear Instruments and acquired by Varian in 2001).

In 2012, it sponsored theFritz Feigl Prize,[2]and since 1999 the company has also sponsored theGünther Laukien Prize.[3]

History[edit]

The company was founded on September 7, 1960, inKarlsruhe,Germany[4]asBruker-PhysikAG[3]by five people, one of them beingGünther Laukien,who was a professor at theUniversity of Karlsruheat the time. The nameBrukeroriginates from co-founder Emil Bruker, as Günther Laukien himself was formally not allowed to commercialize his research whilst being a professor.[4]Bruker producedNuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy(NMR) andEMRspectroscopy equipment then.

In the early 1960s, the company had around 60 employees and was growing rapidly.[5]One of the early success products was the HFX 90 NMR spectroscopy system, with three independent channels and which was also the first NMR system using only semiconductor transistors.[6]

In 1969, Bruker launched the first commercialFourier transformNMR spectroscopy system (FT-NMR) and in the 1970s the company was the first to commercialize asuperconductingFT-NMR. Later, the company would expand their product range withMRI,FTIRand FT-Ramanspectrometers and withmass spectrometers.[7]

In 1968, Bruker shipped NMR systems toYale UniversityinConnecticut.After that, demand from the US grew, so Bruker opened an office inElmsford, New Yorkwhich marked the start of their US activities.[4]In 2008 after a corporate reorganization lasting 8 years, all divisions were merged in a unified Bruker Corporation.[4]

Günther Laukien died in 1997; one of his four sonsFrank Laukien,is currently the CEO of Bruker.[7]Another son, Jörg C. Laukien, also works for the company.[8]Another son, Dirk D. Laukien, is a former company executive.[9]

Acquisitions[edit]

Bruker acquisitions include GE NMR Instruments (1992), Siemens AXS (1997),[10]Nonius (2001),[11]MacScience (2002),[12]Vacuumschmelze Hanau (2003),[13]Röntec (2005),[14]SOCABIM (2005),[15]PGT (2005),[16]Keymaster (2006),[17]Quantron (2006),[18]JuWe (2008),[19]SIS (2008),[20]ACCEL (2009),[21]Michrom Bioresources (2011),[22]Skyscan (2012),[23]Prairie Technologies (2013),[24]Oncovision (Preclinical PET imaging business, 2016),[25]Oxford Instruments Superconducting Technology (2016),[26]Hysitron Inc. (2017),[27]XGLab (2017),[28]Luxendo (2017),[29]Alicona (2018),[30]PMOD Technologies LLC (2019),[31]Optimal Group (2022),[32]and Neurescence Inc (2022).[33]

Other[edit]

In 1964, the company bought the NMR division of theSwissTrüb-Täuber.[3]

Bruker made several offers to take over its supplierOxford Instrumentsduring the 1970s, but after almost a decade of negotiations, an acquisition was eventually rejected by Oxford Instruments.[34]

In 1997, the analytical X-ray division ofSiemenswas acquired by Bruker.[35]

In 2010, Bruker bought 3 product lines fromAgilent,which Agilent had acquired fromVarian.[36]These included mass spectrometry and gas chromatography instruments. They have since divested these products to Scion Instruments with the exception of the triple quadrupole[citation needed]

In 2012, Bruker bought parts ofCarestream Health,including their in-vivo imaging portfolio and related aspects.[37]

In 2019, Bruker bought Alicona, known for production of metrology equipment based onfocus variation,to extend its analytics business in the industrial market.[38]

In November 2022, it was announced Bruker had acquired theMountain View-headquartered miniaturized microscope / miniscope company, Inscopix, Inc.[39]

Products[edit]

Bruker Amazon Speed ETD ion trap mass spectrometer (left)
Bruker RamanScope III

Bruker develops and delivers a wide variety of professional and scientific analysis devices includingmass spectrometers,single-Crystal and powderX-ray diffractometers,X-ray tomography devices,NMR spectroscopy devices,fluorescence microscopes,raman spectroscopes,atomic-force microscopes,andprofilometers

Notable product use[edit]

Bruker products are used globally in a variety of situations. TheNational High Magnetic Field LaboratoryatFlorida State Universityselected Bruker to build the world's first 21.0teslaFT-ICR MS.[40]

TheTotal Carbon Column Observing Networkuses high resolutionFT-IR spectrometersmade by Bruker to measure various greenhouse gases across the globe.[41]

Awards[edit]

In May, 2004, Frost & Sullivan selected the Company's Bruker Daltonics subsidiary for their 2004 Product Line Innovation Award for the Life Sciences. Bruker Daltonics received this award for its innovative development of sophisticated mass spectrometers.[42]

References[edit]

  1. ^"2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K)".U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 29, 2024.
  2. ^"Fritz-Feigl-Preis".www.asac.at.Archived fromthe originalon 7 March 2018.Retrieved6 March2018.
  3. ^abcErnst, Richard R. (2005). "The Günther Laukien Prize".Journal of Magnetic Resonance.173(2): 188–191.Bibcode:2005JMagR.173..188E.doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2005.02.006.ISSN1090-7807.PMID15780911.
  4. ^abcdBurgäzy, Frank (21 September 2010)."17th Bruker Users' Group Meeting 2010 Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction"(PDF).Bruker AXS. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2016-03-09.
  5. ^Gareth R Eaton; Sandra S Eaton; Kev M Salikhov (8 May 1998).Foundations of Modern EPR.World Scientific. p. 718.ISBN978-981-4496-81-0.
  6. ^Longo, Michelle."The 1960s".Laboratory Equipment.Bruker ultimately introduced the first fully transistorized NMR instrument, the HFX 90, the first of which was delivered to the Technical Univ. of Berlin.
  7. ^ab"Bruker's Founder, Günther Laukien, Honored at Pittcon 2013".22 May 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 9 March 2016.Retrieved8 March2016.
  8. ^"Corporate Governance".Bruker. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-04-07.Retrieved2016-03-08.
  9. ^"Joerg C. Laukien".Bruker. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-10.Retrieved2016-03-08.
  10. ^"History of Bruker".Bruker. Archived fromthe originalon 20 September 2015.Retrieved7 March2016.
  11. ^"Bruker AXS and Nonius unite".International Union of Crystallography.
  12. ^Bruker AXS Acquires MAC Science to Further Penetrate Japanese Life Science and Materials Research Markets.. (n.d.) >The Free Library. (2014). Retrieved Mar 08 2016 fromhttp://www.thefreelibrary.com/Bruker+AXS+Acquires+MAC+Science+to+Further+Penetrate+Japanese+Life...-a084889567
  13. ^"Bruker BioSpin Announces Agreement To Acquire Superconductor Business".BusinessWire. 21 May 2003.
  14. ^"Bruker AXS enters x-ray microanalysis market." Instrument Business Outlook. Strategic Directions International Inc. (SDI). 2005."Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2018-06-12.Retrieved2016-03-08.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^"Bruker AXS to Acquire X-Ray Analysis Software Company SOCABIM".BusinessWire. 16 August 2005.
  16. ^"Bruker AXS Announces Agreement to Acquire the Princeton Gamma-Tech (PGT) X-Ray Microanalysis Business".BusinessWire. 26 October 2005.
  17. ^"Bruker AXS Announces Acquisition of Hand-held XRF Company".BusinessWire. 20 June 2006.
  18. ^"Bruker AXS Acquires Metals Analysis Company".Photonics.com. 8 September 2006.
  19. ^"Bruker AXS Announces Agreement to Acquire Elemental Analysis Company JUWE Laborgeraete GmbH".BusinessWire. 3 January 2008.
  20. ^Wilkinson, Matt (22 August 2008)."Bruker AXS Announces Acquisition of Hand-held XRF Company".
  21. ^"Bruker Advanced Supercon, Inc. Acquires ACCEL Research Instruments Business from Varian Medical Systems".Reuters.3 April 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 8 March 2016.Retrieved30 June2017.
  22. ^Dunlap, Lloyd (April 2011)."Bruker acquires Michrom Bioresources".DDN-News.Retrieved12 March2014.
  23. ^"Bruker Acquires Skyscan MicroCT".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-03-14.Retrieved2014-03-14.
  24. ^"Bruker Announces Acquisition of Prairie Technologies".September 12, 2013.Retrieved12 March2014.
  25. ^"Bruker Completes Acquisition of Preclinical PET Imaging Business".November 22, 2016.Retrieved2 May2017.
  26. ^"Bruker and Oxford Instruments Announce Acquisition of Oxford Instruments Superconducting Wire Business by Bruker's BEST Segment".Bruker. 17 November 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 25 February 2018.Retrieved25 February2018.
  27. ^"Hysitron Joins Bruker Nano Surfaces Division - Hysitron".Hysitron.Retrieved2017-01-26.
  28. ^"Bruker Acquires Company XGLab with Unique X-Ray Detection Technologies and XRF Instruments for Art & Conservation Markets".Archived fromthe originalon 2018-06-12.Retrieved2018-06-06.
  29. ^"Bruker Acquires Emerging Light Sheet Microscopy Company LUXENDO".May 8, 2017.
  30. ^Editor, Keith Mills Publishing (November 14, 2018)."Bruker to Acquire Alicona Imaging".{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)
  31. ^Corporation, Bruker."Bruker Announces Acquisition of Preclinical and Molecular Imaging Research Software Provider PMOD Technologies LLC".www.prnewswire.com(Press release).Retrieved2021-07-22.
  32. ^"Bruker acquires Optimal Group".www.manufacturingchemist.com.Retrieved2022-04-26.
  33. ^"Bruker to Acquire Neurescence".Retrieved2022-11-14.
  34. ^Audrey Wood (25 January 2001).Magnetic Venture: The Story of Oxford Instruments.OUP Oxford. pp. 94–95.ISBN978-0-19-924108-8.
  35. ^"Business: Bruker acquires Siemens".Analytical Chemistry.69(23): 715A. 1997.doi:10.1021/ac9718612.ISSN0003-2700.
  36. ^"Bruker and Agilent Technologies Announce Agreement for Bruker to Acquire Certain Varian Inc. Product Lines".March 9, 2010.Retrieved12 March2014.
  37. ^"Bruker to Acquire Carestream's Preclinical In-vivo Imaging Business".September 21, 2012.Retrieved12 March2014.
  38. ^"Bruker to acquire Alicona Imaging GmbH".Today's Medical Developments.Retrieved2022-11-10.
  39. ^"Bruker Announces Acquisition of Inscopix for Neuroscience Research".NS Medical Devices.2022-11-09.Retrieved2022-11-10.
  40. ^"Bruker Daltonics Chosen to Build World's First 21.0 Tesla FT-ICR Magnet".Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News. October 29, 2010.Retrieved12 March2014.
  41. ^Toon, Geoffrey; Blavier, Jean-Francois; Washenfelder, Rebecca; Wunch, Debra; Keppel-Aleks, Gretchen; Wennberg, Paul; Connor, Brian; Sherlock, Vanessa; Griffith, David; Deutscher, Nick; Nothold, Justus (March 23, 2009)."Total Column Carbon Observing Network (TCCON)"(PDF).Retrieved12 March2014.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help)
  42. ^"Frost & Sullivan Presents 2004 Product Line Innovation Award to Bruker"(Press release).

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