Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO)

1000 Alfred Nobel Dr.
Hercules, CA 94547 (Map)
Phone: 510-724-7000
Fax: 510-741-5800
Toll Free: 800-424-6723
http://www.bio-rad.com

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Bio-Rad Laboratories makes a most excellent array of research laboratory and medical testing equipment. The company manufactures and supplies more than 8,000 products through two segments. Its clinical diagnostics segment makes products used in blood, fluid, and tissue testing to detect diseases such as diabetes. Its life science unit offers instruments, apparatus, reagents, and software used in lab settings to study life processes, potential drugs, and food pathogens. Bio-Rad has a sales force that sells directly to such end users as clinical labs, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, government agencies, and universities. More than two-thirds of its sales are made outside the US.

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Company Type Public (NYSE: BIO)
Fiscal Year-End December
2010 Sales (mil.) £1,245.7
1-Year Sales Growth 8.0%
2010 Net Income (mil.) £119.9
1-Year Net Income Growth 28.3%
2010 Employees 6,880
1-Year Employee Growth 4.2%
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Chairman David Schwartz
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President, CEO, and Director Norman Schwartz
VP and CFO Christine A. Tsingos
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