Early Years and Expansion (1969-2000) - DMG, Inc. organised as a Massachusetts real estate investment trust in 1969 - In 1978, DMG, Inc. reorganised as Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc. - The company changed its name to Danaher and reincorporated in Delaware in 1984 - Danaher acquired Chicago Pneumatic in June 1986 - Danaher formed NMTC, Inc. in January 1993, acquiring assets of Matco Tools Corp. - Danaher acquired Easco Hand Tools Inc. in 1990 - Became exclusive supplier of handtools for Sears - Acquired Armstrong Tools in 1994 - First acquisition on the European mainland with Hengstler in 1995 - Danaher owned 100% of Hach since 1999

Strategic Growth (2001-2010) - Acquisition of Trojan Technologies in 2004 - Addition of West Instruments and PMA in 2005 - Acquisition of Leica Microsystems in 2005 - Purchase of Tektronix, Inc. in 2007 - Acquisition of Analytical Technologies business unit of MDS, Inc. in 2009

Further Expansion (2011-2020) - Acquisition of Beckman Coulter in 2011 - Sale of Accu-sort to Datalogic in 2011 - Spin-off of several subsidiaries to create Fortive in 2016 - Acquisition of Cepheid in 2016 - Acquisition of Phenomenex in 2016

Recent Developments (2021-present) - Merger of Pall Life Sciences and Cytiva in September 2022 - Acquisition of General Electric Life Sciences' biopharma business in March 2020 - Spin-off of Dental segment into Envista Holdings Corporation in 2018 - Acquisition of Integrated DNA Technologies in early 2019 - Acquisition of Navman Wireless in December 2012

Controversies and Spin-offs - Controversy regarding the pricing of test cartridges manufactured by Cepheid, a subsidiary of Danaher - Spin-offs: Fortive Corporation, Gems Sensors & Controls, Hengstler, Fluke Corporation, Qualitrol - Spin-off of Dental segment into Envista Holdings Corporation - Spin-off of environmental and applied solutions segment as Veralto Corporation - Acquisition of Abcam by Danaher - Reaction and pressure on Danaher regarding the pricing of the TB test cartridges - External links to official website, Bloomberg data, SEC filings, and Yahoo! search results - Contract Research Organizations: Labcorp Drug Development, IQVIA, Syneos Health, Parexel, ICON PLC

Danaher Corporation Information - Danaher Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange - It was established in 1969 in Washington, D.C. - Danaher Corporation is a conglomerate company operating in the electronics and manufacturing sectors - Some of its subsidiaries include Buck Bros, Channellock, and Cornwell Tools