Type: Public
On the web: http://www.agilent.com
Employees: 18,700
Employee growth: 1.1%

Products from Agilent Technologies have a measurable effect on the scientific world. A leading maker of scientific testing equipment, Agilent supplies a slew of analytical and measurement instruments, including oscilloscopes, gas chromatographs, mass spectrometers, vacuum pumps, and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging systems. Its operations include products used in electronic test and measurement, life sciences, and chemical analysis. Its Agilent Research Laboratories unit develops technologies used to create new products. Agilent's customers include such global giants as Cisco, Dow Chemical, GlaxoSmithKline, Intel, Merck, and Samsung. Customers outside the US account for more than two-thirds of sales.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending October, 2011:
Sales: $6,615.0M
One year growth: 21.5%
Net income: $1,012.0M
Income growth: 48.0%

Officers:
Chairman: James G. Cullen
President, CEO, and Director: William P. (Bill) Sullivan
SVP and CFO: Didier Hirsch

Competitors:
Danaher
Teradyne
Thermo Fisher Scientific

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