| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Traded as | NASDAQ: BRKR |
| Founded | 1960 in Germany |
| Founder(s) | Professor Günther Laukien |
| Headquarters | Billerica, Massachusetts, USA |
| Key people | Dr. Frank Laukien, President & CEO; William Knight, COO |
| Revenue | US$ 1.1 billion (2008)[1] |
| Employees | Over 4000 |
| Parent | Bruker Corporation |
| Website | http://www.bruker.com |
Bruker is a leading provider of high-performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and materials research, as well as for industrial and applied analysis. Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR), headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, 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, and GC-triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (originally designed by Bear Instruments and acquired by Varian in 2001).
Bruker's major scientific instrumentation product lines include:
Bruker Scientific Instruments Division
Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) Division