Varian, Inc. was one of the largest manufacturers of

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s for the scientific industry. They had offerings over a broad range of chemical analysis equipment, with a particular focus on Information Rich Detection and Vacuum technology. Varian was spun off from

Varian Associates Varian Associates was one of the first high-tech companies in Silicon Valley. It was founded in 1948 by Russell H. and Sigurd F. Varian, William Webster Hansen, and Edward Ginzton to sell the klystron, the first vacuum tube which could amp ...

in 1999 and was purchased by

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in May 2010 for $1.5 billion, or $52 per share. Varian Inc. had its corporate headquarters in

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, and offices in Australia, the

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countries, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Manufacturing plants

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, The Netherlands * Grenoble, France * Yarnton, United Kingdom *

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, Shropshire, United Kingdom (polymer laboratories) * Turin, Italy

Products and services

Chromatography In chemical analysis, chromatography is a laboratory technique for the Separation process, separation of a mixture into its components. The mixture is dissolved in a fluid solvent (gas or liquid) called the ''mobile phase'', which carries it ...

, including

gas chromatography Gas chromatography (GC) is a common type of chromatography used in analytical chemistry for Separation process, separating and analyzing compounds that can be vaporized without Chemical decomposition, decomposition. Typical uses of GC include t ...

, GC/MS,

high performance liquid chromatography High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), formerly referred to as high-pressure liquid chromatography, is a technique in analytical chemistry used to separate, identify, and quantify specific components in mixtures. The mixtures can origina ...

, and LC/MS. *

Spectroscopy Spectroscopy is the field of study that measures and interprets electromagnetic spectra. In narrower contexts, spectroscopy is the precise study of color as generalized from visible light to all bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. Spectro ...

, including UV-Vis, CD,

near infrared Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves. The infrared spectral band begins with the waves that are just longer than those o ...

, and

FT-IR Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is a technique used to obtain an infrared spectrum of absorption or emission of a solid, liquid, or gas. An FTIR spectrometer simultaneously collects high-resolution spectral data over a wide spectral ...

* Inductively coupled plasma, including mass spectroscopic and atomic emission spectroscopic detection. *

mass spectrometry Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique that is used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. The results are presented as a ''mass spectrum'', a plot of intensity as a function of the mass-to-charge ratio. Mass spectrometry is used ...

, including

FTMS Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry is a type of mass analyzer (or mass spectrometer) for determining the mass-to-charge ratio (''m''/''z'') of ions based on the cyclotron frequency of the ions in a fixed magnetic field. T ...

Nuclear magnetic resonance Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a physical phenomenon in which nuclei in a strong constant magnetic field are disturbed by a weak oscillating magnetic field (in the near field) and respond by producing an electromagnetic signal with a ...

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Magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to generate pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes inside the body. MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields, magnetic field gradients, and ...

X-ray Crystallography X-ray crystallography is the experimental science of determining the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal, in which the crystalline structure causes a beam of incident X-rays to Diffraction, diffract in specific directions. By measuring th ...

* Information rich detection * Drugs of Abuse Testing * Dissolution Testing * Vacuum Pumps * Leak Detection * Turbo Pumping Systems * Vacuum Measurement * Valves and components

History

In October 1967, Techtron Pty Ltd merged with

. Techtron is a manufacturer of Atomic Absorption Spectrometers and Spectral lamps. In 1982, Varian transferred the Cary UV-Visible product line to Australia. In 1997, Varian bought Chemagnetics, a Colorado-based manufacturer of solid-state NMR spectrometers. In 2002, Varian bought Ansys Technologies, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of In-Vitro Medical Devices. In 2004, Varian Inc bought Magnex Scientific, an

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-based manufacturer of high-field magnets. In 2005, Varian bought Polymer Laboratories, a speciality

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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. On 27 July 2009,

announced it would buy Varian Inc, for $1.5 Billion. On 14 October 2014, Agilent made the strategic decision to close its NMR business. Agilent entered the NMR business in 2010, with the acquisition of Varian. Several former Varian engineers have continued the business through private ventures, including the probe department spawning the company PhoenixNMR and the software being made open source. Many of the former Varian employees now honor Russell Varian's legacy of innovation by funding the Varian Young Investigator Award that recognizes early career investigators in NMR that make significant advancements in instrument development.

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