BILLERICA, Mass. & SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 11, 2010 – Agilent Technologies will sell certain product lines of Varian Inc. to Bruker Corp., the companies announced this week. Divesting certain business segments was a key requirement for obtaining regulatory approval of its Varian acquisition, Agilent said.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 5, 2010 – Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that Adrian T. Dillon will resign his position as executive vice president of finance and administration, and chief financial officer, effective April 1. Dillon will become the chief financial and...

SAN FRANCISCO – The photonics industry last month took an evening off from the bustle of the show floor to celebrate innovation at the Photonics West 2010 trade show and conference. Ten companies ...

CHICAGO & SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 9, 2010 - Linden LLC, a Chicago-based health care private equity firm, has purchased Hycor Biomedical Inc. from Agilent Technologies for an undisclosed amount. Hycor, located in Garden Grove, Calif., manufactures in vitro diagnostic products for the...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 25, 2010 - Novelx, a Lafayette, Calif.-based maker of field emission scanning electron microscopes (SEMs), has been acquired by measurement company Agilent Technologies for an undisclosed amo...

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 11, 2009 – Not even a day of rain and wind could keep attendees away from the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting at the San Diego Convention Center this week. In fact, the uncharacteristically gray, wet weather might have kept...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 27, 2009 – In a move designed to bolster its transformation into a bioanalytical measurement company, Agilent Technologies said it will buy medical device maker Varian of Palo Alto, Calif., for $1.5 billion in cash.

MUNICH, Germany, July 2, 2009 -- A German consortium led by Toptica Photonics AG of Munich has acquired bioimaging specialist Till Photonics GmbH from Agilent Technologies. The transaction concluded June 30; financial terms were not disclosed.

Jun 1, 2009 — An application note titled Improved Methods for Measuring Distortion in Broadband Technologies is available from Agilent Technologies. Downloadable from the company Web site, the document discusses the importance of characterizing broadband...

May 21, 2009 — Santa Clara, Calif.-based Agilent Technologies, in conjunction with the China National Environmental Monitoring Center (CNEMC), has developed a method to detect and identify perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in water and soil using high-performance...

Mar 31, 2009 — Agilent Technologies Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has named Ron Nersesian senior vice president and general manager of the company’s Electronic Measurement Group (EMG). Nersesian is currently vice president and general manager of EMG’s Wireless...

Mar 27, 2009 — Agilent Technologies Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., a maker of measurement instruments for communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis, has appointed Ron Nersesian as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 26, 2009 – Because of revenue losses as high as 50 percent, Agilent Technologies will cut 2700 jobs in the electronic measurement and semiconductor divisions, bringing its job loss total to 3800, or 20 percent of the work force.

SAN DIEGO, March 26, 2009 -- A number of new optical communication technologies and capabilities, particularly those for 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s optical links, were unveiled by companies such as Finisar, JDSU, NeoPhotonics, Bookham and Agilent Technologies this week during the...

Jan 8, 2009 — The board of directors of the LXI Consortium, a Nimot, Colo.-based nonprofit that comprises test and measurement companies, has elected Von Campbell of Agilent Technologies as its new president. Campbell, a 26-year company veteran, oversees...

Dec 2, 2008 — BioNanomatrix Inc., a Philadelphia-based developer of nanoscale platforms for molecular diagnostics, personalized medicine and biomedical research, has announced the appointment of Gary Zweiger as vice president of business development. Zweiger has...

Oct 14, 2008 — Mellanox Technologies of Santa Clara, Calif.,  a supplier of semiconductor-based, interconnect products to server, storage, and infrastructure OEMs.announced that Sash Sunkara has been named vice president of marketing. Sunkara has over 14 years of...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 30, 2008 -- Measurement company Agilent Technologies Inc. announced today it has acquired the Nano Instruments business unit of MTS Systems Corp for an undisclosed amount to strengthen its nanomeasurement product portfolio. Founded in 1983 and based in Oak...

NEW ORLEANS, March 4, 2008 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., announced this week it has signed an agreement to acquire Till Photonics GmbH and has acquired Colloidal Dynamics of Warwick, R.I. Both companies will join the recently created Materials Science...

NEW ORLEANS, March 4, 2008 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., announced this week it has signed an agreement to acquire Till Photonics GmbH and has acquired Colloidal Dynamics of Warwick, R.I. Both companies will join the recently created Materials Science...

Nov 1, 2007 — Agilent Technologies has released its two-volume “Lightwave Catalog 2007/2008,” which is available in pdf or in print. The resource details the company’s products for photonic testing of next-generation cost-effective optical devices as well as its...

Oct 10, 2007 — Veeco Instruments Inc. of Woodbury, N.Y., a provider of metrology and process equipment systems to the semiconductor, data storage, high-brightness LED/wireless and scientific/research markets, announced it has named William A. Tomeo as executive...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 13, 2007 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. announced today it will acquire NetworkFab, a private defense contractor. The transaction, subject to standard closing conditions, is expected to close in 30 to 60 days, Agilent said. Financial details were not disclosed....

Jul 11, 2007 — Bookham Inc., a provider of optical components, modules and subsystems, today announced the appointment of Alain Couder as president and CEO, effective Aug. 13. Couder replaces acting president and CEO Peter Bordui, who will remain as chairman of...

Jul 1, 2007 — Agilent Technologies Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., will purchase Adaptif Photonics GmbH of Hamburg, Germany. Acquisition of the German manufacturer of instruments for polarization control and analysis in laser, sensor and telecommunications...