Varian, Inc.

Varian, Inc. was one of the largest manufacturers of scientific instruments 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 in 1999 and was purchased by Agilent Technologies in May 2010 for $1.5 billion, or $52 per share.
Varian Inc. had its corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California, and offices in Australia, the Benelux 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, Netherlands 
Grenoble, France 
Yarnton, United Kingdom 
Church Stretton, Shropshire, United Kingdom (polymer laboratories)
Turin, Italy
Products and services.
Chromatography, including gas chromatography, GC/MS, high performance liquid chromatography, and LC/MS.
Spectroscopy, including UV-Vis, near infrared, and FT-IR
Inductively coupled plasma, including mass spectroscopic and atomic emission spectroscopic detection. 
mass spectrometry, including FTMS 
Nuclear magnetic resonance 
Linear accelerator 
Magnetic resonance imaging 
X-ray Crystallography 
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 Varian Associates. 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 Oxford-based manufacturer of high-field magnets.
In 2005 Varian bought Polymer Laboratories, a speciality polymer 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 Agilent Technologies 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.