
PerkinElmer
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PerkinElmer, Inc., previously styled Perkin-Elmer, is an American global corporation that was founded in 1937 and originally focused on precision optics. Over the years it went into and out of several different businesses via acquisitions and divestitures; these included defense products, semiconductors, computer systems, and others. By the 21st century, PerkinElmer was focused in the business areas of diagnostics, life science research, food, environmental and industrial testing. Its capabilities include detection, imaging, informatics, and service. It produced analytical instruments, genetic
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PerkinElmer is a United States-based operating company established in 1931. It is recognized in the Sp 500 collection and operates within the Laboratory Analytical Instruments industry. The organization is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, where it was incorporated.
PerkinElmer is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol RVTY. Its Central Index Key is 0000031791, and it is classified under SIC code 3826. The company’s fiscal year ends on December 29. It is also identified as a funder and maintains an active status.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, SEC EDGAR, ROR, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.name
- PerkinElmer, Inc.
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.traded_as
- (until 2023)
- Company.logo
- PerkinElmer Logo.svg
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters in Shelton, Connecticut
- Company.hq_location
- Shelton, Connecticut, U.S. (2023)
- Company.key_people
- Dirk Bontridder, Chief Executive Officer Rosemary Pitts, Chief Financial Officer
- Company.num_employees
- ~5000
- Company.revenue
- Not communicated
- Company.industry
- Medtech
- Company.owner
- New Mountain Capital
- Company.products
- Provides end-to-end discovery, measurement & testing solutions and specialized Pharma services (analytical solutions for applied markets, pharma services, food quality & safety solutions, omics sample prep solutions).
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
RVTY- Industry
- Laboratory Analytical Instruments
- Exchange
- NYSE
- State of incorporation
- MA
- Entity type
- operating
- Latest filing
- SD · 2026-06-01
- Jurisdiction
- US-MA
- Headquarters
- WALTHAM, US
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company, Funder
- Founded
- 1931
- Location
- Waltham, United States
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.419236.b · ISNI 0000 0001 2176 1341
Official website
PerkinElmer | Science with Purpose
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- organization
- Part of
- S&P 500
- Occupation
- photographer
- Country
- United States
- Founded by
- Richard Scott Perkin
- Headquarters
- Waltham
- Industry
- health technology
- Stock exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Official website
- www.perkinelmer.com
- Image
- PerkinElmer headquarters.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- inception
- 1937-01-01
- Commons category
- PerkinElmer
- social media followers
- 14200
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Founding
- Semiconductor manufacturing
- Lab equipment
- Computer Systems Division
- 1999
- Recently
- Acquisition history
- Programs
- Hubble optics project
- KH-9 Hexagon
- References
- External links
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