Danaher Corp
DHR
Company Profile
Business description
In 1984, Danaher’s founders transformed a real estate organization into an industrial-focused manufacturing company. Then, through a series of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, Danaher now focuses primarily on manufacturing scientific instruments and consumables in the life science and diagnostic industries after the late 2023 divestiture of its environmental and applied solutions group, Veralto.
Contact
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 800W
WashingtonDC20037-1701
USAT: +1 202 828-0850
Sector
Healthcare
Stock type
Defensive
Industry
Diagnostics & Research
Fiscal Year End
31 December 2024
Employees
63,000
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