Bruker Explained

Bruker Corporation
Type:Public
Founded:, in Germany
Industry:Scientific test equipment
Revenue: (2023)
Operating Income: (2023)
Net Income: (2023)
Assets: (2023)
Equity: (2023)
Num Employees:9,707 (2023)
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Bruker Corporation is an American manufacturer of scientific instruments for molecular and materials research, as well as for industrial and applied analysis. It is headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, and is the publicly traded parent company of Bruker Scientific Instruments (Bruker AXS, Bruker BioSpin, Bruker Daltonics and Bruker Optics) and Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) divisions.

In April 2010, Bruker created a Chemical Analysis Division (headquartered in Fremont, CA) under the Bruker Daltonics subsidiary. This division contains three former Varian product lines: ICPMS systems, laboratory gas chromatography (GC), and GC-triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (originally designed by Bear Instruments and acquired by Varian in 2001).

In 2012, it sponsored the Fritz Feigl Prize,[2] and since 1999 the company has also sponsored the Günther Laukien Prize.

History

The company was founded on September 7, 1960, in Karlsruhe, Germany as Bruker-Physik AG[3] by five people, one of them being Günther Laukien, who was a professor at the University of Karlsruhe at the time. The name Bruker originates from co-founder Emil Bruker, as Günther Laukien himself was formally not allowed to commercialize his research whilst being a professor.[4] Bruker produced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR) and EMR spectroscopy equipment then.

In the early 1960s, the company had around 60 employees and was growing rapidly.[5] One of the early success products was the HFX 90 NMR spectroscopy system, with three independent channels and which was also the first NMR system using only semiconductor transistors.[6]

In 1969, Bruker launched the first commercial Fourier transform NMR spectroscopy system (FT-NMR) and in the 1970s the company was the first to commercialize a superconducting FT-NMR. Later, the company would expand their product range with MRI, FTIR and FT-Raman spectrometers and with mass spectrometers.

In 1968, Bruker shipped NMR systems to Yale University in Connecticut. After that, demand from the US grew, so Bruker opened an office in Elmsford, New York which marked the start of their US activities.[4] In 2008 after a corporate reorganization lasting 8 years, all divisions were merged in a unified Bruker Corporation.[4]

Günther Laukien died in 1997; one of his four sons Frank Laukien, is currently the CEO of Bruker.[7] Another son, Jörg C. Laukien, also works for the company.[8] Another son, Dirk D. Laukien, is a former company executive.[9]

Acquisitions

Bruker acquisitions include GE NMR Instruments (1992), Siemens AXS (1997),[10] Nonius (2001),[11] MacScience (2002),[12] Vacuumschmelze Hanau (2003),[13] Röntec (2005),[14] SOCABIM (2005),[15] PGT (2005),[16] Keymaster (2006),[17] Quantron (2006),[18] JuWe (2008),[19] SIS (2008),[20] ACCEL (2009),[21] Michrom Bioresources (2011),[22] Skyscan (2012),[23] Prairie Technologies (2013),[24] Oncovision (Preclinical PET imaging business, 2016),[25] Oxford Instruments Superconducting Technology (2016),[26] Hysitron Inc. (2017),[27] XGLab (2017),[28] Luxendo (2017),[29] Alicona (2018),[30] PMOD Technologies LLC (2019),[31] Optimal Group (2022),[32] and Neurescence Inc (2022).[33]

Other

In 1964, the company bought the NMR division of the Swiss Trüb-Täuber.[3]

Bruker made several offers to take over its supplier Oxford Instruments during the 1970s, but after almost a decade of negotiations, an acquisition was eventually rejected by Oxford Instruments.[34]

In 1997, the analytical X-ray division of Siemens was acquired by Bruker.[35]

In 2010, Bruker bought 3 product lines from Agilent, which Agilent had acquired from Varian.[36] These included mass spectrometry and gas chromatography instruments. They have since divested these products to Scion Instruments with the exception of the triple quadrupole

In 2012, Bruker bought parts of Carestream Health, including their in-vivo imaging portfolio and related aspects.[37]

In 2019, Bruker bought Alicona, known for production of metrology equipment based on focus variation, to extend its analytics business in the industrial market.[38]

In November 2022, it was announced Bruker had acquired the Mountain View-headquartered miniaturized microscope / miniscope company, Inscopix, Inc.[39]

Products

Bruker develops and delivers a wide variety of professional and scientific analysis devices including mass spectrometers, single-Crystal and powder X-ray diffractometers, X-ray tomography devices, NMR spectroscopy devices, fluorescence microscopes, raman spectroscopes, atomic-force microscopes, and profilometers

Notable product use

Bruker products are used globally in a variety of situations. The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University selected Bruker to build the world's first 21.0 tesla FT-ICR MS.[40]

The Total Carbon Column Observing Network uses high resolution FT-IR spectrometers made by Bruker to measure various greenhouse gases across the globe.[41]

Awards

In May, 2004, Frost & Sullivan selected the Company's Bruker Daltonics subsidiary for their 2004 Product Line Innovation Award for the Life Sciences. Bruker Daltonics received this award for its innovative development of sophisticated mass spectrometers.[42]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K) . February 29, 2024 . U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  2. Web site: Fritz-Feigl-Preis. www.asac.at. 6 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180307150846/http://www.asac.at/Index.aspx?site=1&main=84&sub=0&content=313. 7 March 2018. dead.
  3. Ernst. Richard R.. The Günther Laukien Prize. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 173. 2. 2005. 188–191. 1090-7807. 10.1016/j.jmr.2005.02.006. 15780911. 2005JMagR.173..188E .
  4. Web site: 17th Bruker Users' Group Meeting 2010 Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction . Frank . Burgäzy . 21 September 2010 . Bruker AXS . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309043754/http://xray.chem.wisc.edu/Resources/Meetings/Bruker18/01_welcome%20scd%20user%20meeting%20bio.pdf . 2016-03-09 . dead .
  5. Book: Gareth R Eaton. Sandra S Eaton. Kev M Salikhov. Foundations of Modern EPR. 8 May 1998. World Scientific. 978-981-4496-81-0. 718.
  6. Web site: The 1960s. Bruker ultimately introduced the first fully transistorized NMR instrument, the HFX 90, the first of which was delivered to the Technical Univ. of Berlin.. Michelle. Longo. Laboratory Equipment.
  7. Web site: Bruker's Founder, Günther Laukien, Honored at Pittcon 2013. 22 May 2013. 8 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160309053124/http://www.theresonance.com/gunther-laukien-honored-2/. 9 March 2016. dead.
  8. Web site: Corporate Governance. Bruker. 2016-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20160407070253/http://ir.bruker.com/investors/corporate-governance/officers-and-directors/default.aspx. 2016-04-07. dead.
  9. Web site: Joerg C. Laukien. Bruker. 2016-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310124906/http://ir.bruker.com/investors/corporate-governance/officers-and-directors/biography/default.aspx?ItemId=bf3a7418-37e8-4b24-aea0-a623615e66de. 2016-03-10. dead.
  10. Web site: History of Bruker. https://web.archive.org/web/20150920090252/https://www.bruker.com/about-us/who-we-are/whoweare/history.html. 20 September 2015. Bruker. 7 March 2016.
  11. Web site: Bruker AXS and Nonius unite. International Union of Crystallography.
  12. Bruker AXS Acquires MAC Science to Further Penetrate Japanese Life Science and Materials Research Markets.. (n.d.) >The Free Library. (2014). Retrieved Mar 08 2016 from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Bruker+AXS+Acquires+MAC+Science+to+Further+Penetrate+Japanese+Life...-a084889567
  13. Web site: 21 May 2003. Bruker BioSpin Announces Agreement To Acquire Superconductor Business. BusinessWire.
  14. "Bruker AXS enters x-ray microanalysis market." Instrument Business Outlook. Strategic Directions International Inc. (SDI). 2005. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-03-08 . 2018-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142908/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-138313230.html . dead .
  15. Web site: 16 August 2005. Bruker AXS to Acquire X-Ray Analysis Software Company SOCABIM. BusinessWire.
  16. Web site: 26 October 2005. Bruker AXS Announces Agreement to Acquire the Princeton Gamma-Tech (PGT) X-Ray Microanalysis Business. BusinessWire.
  17. Web site: 20 June 2006. Bruker AXS Announces Acquisition of Hand-held XRF Company. BusinessWire.
  18. Web site: Bruker AXS Acquires Metals Analysis Company. 8 September 2006. Photonics.com.
  19. Web site: 3 January 2008. Bruker AXS Announces Agreement to Acquire Elemental Analysis Company JUWE Laborgeraete GmbH . BusinessWire.
  20. Web site: 22 August 2008. Bruker AXS Announces Acquisition of Hand-held XRF Company. Matt. Wilkinson.
  21. Web site: Bruker Advanced Supercon, Inc. Acquires ACCEL Research Instruments Business from Varian Medical Systems. . 3 April 2009. 30 June 2017. 8 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308214448/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS97095+03-Apr-2009+BW20090403. dead.
  22. Web site: Bruker acquires Michrom Bioresources . Dunlap . Lloyd . April 2011 . DDN-News . 12 March 2014.
  23. Web site: Bruker Acquires Skyscan MicroCT . 2014-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140314090124/http://www.bruker.com/products/mr/news/single-view/article/bruker-announces-acquisition-of-skyscan-a-leading-provider-of-micro-ct-systems-for-3d-x-ray-imaging-1.html . 2014-03-14 . dead .
  24. Web site: Bruker Announces Acquisition of Prairie Technologies . September 12, 2013 . 12 March 2014.
  25. Web site: Bruker Completes Acquisition of Preclinical PET Imaging Business . November 22, 2016 . 2 May 2017.
  26. Web site: Bruker and Oxford Instruments Announce Acquisition of Oxford Instruments Superconducting Wire Business by Bruker's BEST Segment . Bruker . 17 November 2016 . 25 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180225205347/https://ir.bruker.com/m/#/Press_Releases/acd26933-3793-4f9c-af17-e38d10989a12 . 25 February 2018 . dead .
  27. Web site: Hysitron Joins Bruker Nano Surfaces Division - Hysitron. Hysitron. en. 2017-01-26.
  28. Web site: Bruker Acquires Company XGLab with Unique X-Ray Detection Technologies and XRF Instruments for Art & Conservation Markets. 2018-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143846/https://ir.bruker.com/investors/press-releases/press-release-details/2017/Bruker-Acquires-Company-XGLab-with-Unique-X-Ray-Detection-Technologies-and-XRF-Instruments-for-Art--Conservation-Markets/default.aspx. 2018-06-12. dead.
  29. Web site: Bruker Acquires Emerging Light Sheet Microscopy Company LUXENDO. May 8, 2017.
  30. Web site: Bruker to Acquire Alicona Imaging. Keith Mills Publishing. Editor. November 14, 2018.
  31. Corporation. Bruker. Bruker Announces Acquisition of Preclinical and Molecular Imaging Research Software Provider PMOD Technologies LLC. 2021-07-22. www.prnewswire.com. en.
  32. Web site: Bruker acquires Optimal Group . 2022-04-26 . www.manufacturingchemist.com . en.
  33. Web site: Bruker to Acquire Neurescence. 2022-11-14.
  34. Book: Audrey Wood. Magnetic Venture: The Story of Oxford Instruments. 25 January 2001. OUP Oxford. 978-0-19-924108-8. 94–95.
  35. Business: Bruker acquires Siemens. Analytical Chemistry. 69. 23. 1997. 715A. 0003-2700. 10.1021/ac9718612.
  36. Web site: Bruker and Agilent Technologies Announce Agreement for Bruker to Acquire Certain Varian Inc. Product Lines . March 9, 2010 . 12 March 2014.
  37. Web site: Bruker to Acquire Carestream's Preclinical In-vivo Imaging Business . September 21, 2012 . 12 March 2014.
  38. Web site: Bruker to acquire Alicona Imaging GmbH . 2022-11-10 . Today's Medical Developments . en.
  39. Web site: 2022-11-09 . Bruker Announces Acquisition of Inscopix for Neuroscience Research . 2022-11-10 . NS Medical Devices . en-US.
  40. Web site: Bruker Daltonics Chosen to Build World's First 21.0 Tesla FT-ICR Magnet . October 29, 2010 . Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News . 12 March 2014.
  41. Toon . Geoffrey . Blavier . Jean-Francois . Washenfelder . Rebecca . Wunch . Debra . Keppel-Aleks . Gretchen . Wennberg . Paul . Connor . Brian . Sherlock . Vanessa . Griffith . David . Deutscher . Nick . Nothold . Justus . March 23, 2009 . Total Column Carbon Observing Network (TCCON) . 12 March 2014.
  42. Frost & Sullivan Presents 2004 Product Line Innovation Award to Bruker.

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