Business Summary
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Bruker Corporation is a global manufacturer of scientific instruments that address the needs of a diverse array of customers in life science, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and molecular diagnostics research, as well as in materials and chemical analysis. Its core technology platforms include x-ray technologies, magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry technologies, infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy technologies. It offers low-temperature and high-temperature superconducting wire and superconducting devices for use in advanced magnet technology, physics research and energy applications. It has two business segments. The Scientific Instruments segment consists of Bruker AXS, Bruker BioSpin, Bruker Daltonics and Bruker Optics. The Energy & Supercon Technologies segment consists of Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies. In April 2009, it acquired substantially all of the assets of the research instruments portion of ACCEL Instruments GmbH from Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
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