BNET Industries

Market Cap:$2.1B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.7B
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Founded in 1952 and incorporated in 1957, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (referred to in this report as Bio-Rad, we, us, and our) was initially engaged in the development and produc­tion of specialty chemicals used in biochemical, pharmaceutical and other life science research applications. In 1967, Bio-Rad entered the field of clinical diagnostics with the development of its first test kit based on separation techniques and materials developed for life science research. Bio-Rad expanded into the field of analytical and measuring instrument systems through internal research and development efforts and acquisitions in the late 1970's and 1980's. In 1999, Bio-Rad acquired the stock of Pasteur Sanofi Diagnostics and the rights to certain ancillary assets. This strengthened our position in the HIV and infectious disease diagnostic product market. In 2000 and 2004, Bio-Rad divested its semiconductor, optoelectronic metrology and confocal microscopy product lines. In late 2007, we acquired 77.7% of the registered shares or 85.96% of the outstanding shares of DiaMed Holding AG. During 2008, we acquired additional shares of DiaMed, bringing our total ownership percentage to 93.46% at December 31, 2008. These acquisitions have enhanced our position in the immunohematology market.

Number of Employees 6,600
Contact Information

1000 Alfred Nobel Dr

Hercules

bio-rad.com

(510) 724-7000

NAICS Code Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing: 334516

Recent Events

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    11/30/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • System combines top-down and bottom-up proteomics to improve biomarker discovery

    11/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Bio-Rad Labs Posts Higher Profit In Q3 - Update

    11/03/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Bio-Rad to acquire certain diagnostics businesses of Biotest

    10/26/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Bio-Rad to Report Third-Quarter 2009 Financial Results Tuesday,

    10/12/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Lucid Proteomics System from Bio-Rad and Bruker Combines Top-Down and Bottom-Up Proteomics to Improve Biomarker...

    10/01/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Bio-Rad Reports Second-Quarter Currency-Neutral Revenue Growth of

    8/04/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Norman Schwartz CEO
Jim Sharp President
Christine A. Tsingos Cfo
Brad Crutchfield Vice President
Bradford Crutchfield Vice President
Giovanni Magni Vice President
John Goetz Vice President
Sanford S. Wadler Vice President
Dick Swan Director, IT
John Stier Director, Real Estate & Facilities
Steve Binder Director, Technology Development, Clinical Diagnostics
Ann Madden Manager, Laboratory Separations
Annette Tumolo Manager, Gene Expression
Bill Kuhlman Manager, Process Chromatography
Bruce Bartholomew Manager, North America Sales, Clinical Diagnostics
Daniel Merle Manager, Business Development
David Forrester Regional Manager, Europe
Diane Dahowski Manager, Bioplex
Francois Capit Regional Manager, Asia Pacific
John Bussell Manager, Clinical Systems
Leonard Pulig Manager, Marketing, Life Science
Patrice Deletoille Manager, Blood Virus
Patrick Bugeon Group Operations Manager, France Clinical Diagnostics
Patrick Carroll Manager, North America Sales, Life Science
Robyn Hawkins Manager, Quality Systems
Ron Hutton Treasurer & Manager, Investor Relations
Sanjiv Suri Regional Manager, Japan
Scott Jenest Manager, Manufacturing, Life Sciences
Susan Berg Manager, Corp Communications
Tina Cuccia Corporate Communications Manager
Todd Morrill Manager, Business Development, Life Science
James R. Stark Corporate Controller
Bob Adamson Sales Engineer
Gregory M Banik
Janette Stockert Paralegal
John Hertia Gom, U.S. Clinical Diagnostics
Nicholas Roelofs Gom, U.S. Life Science
Samir P. Singh
Steven D. Schwartz
Vinit Saxena
Albert J. Hillman Director
Alice N. Schwartz Director
James J. Bennett Director
Philip L. Padou Director
Ruediger Naumann-Etienne Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
David Schwarts Chairman
David Schwartz Chairman
Louis Drapeau Board of Directors
Ruediger A. Naumann Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. CEO Current
Bio-Rad QSD Division President Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. President Current
Life Science Group of Bio-Rad General Manager Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Director Current
Infomatics Div President Former
Life Science Group of Bio-Rad General Manager Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. President Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Cfo Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Vice President Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Vice President Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Vice President & Group Manager, Life Science Group Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Group Manager,Life Science Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Vice President Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Vice President Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. International Sales Manager Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Vice President Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Group Manager, Clinical Diagnostics Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Vice President Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Secretary Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. General Counsel Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Director, IT Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Director, IT Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Director, Real Estate & Facilities Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Director, Real Estate & Facilities Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Director, Technology Development, Clinical Diagnostics Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, Laboratory Separations Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, Gene Expression Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, Process Chromatography Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, North America Sales, Clinical Diagnostics Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, Business Development Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Regional Manager, Europe Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, Bioplex Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Regional Manager, Asia Pacific Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, Clinical Systems Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, Marketing, Life Science Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, Blood Virus Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Group Operations Manager, France Clinical Diagnostics Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, North America Sales, Life Science Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, Quality Systems Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Treasurer & Manager, Investor Relations Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Treasurer Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Regional Manager, Japan Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, Manufacturing, Life Sciences Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, Corp Communications Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Corporate Communications Manager Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Manager, Business Development, Life Science Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Corporate Controller Current

Bob Adamson joined the company as Vice President of Sales and Marketing in January 2005. Mr. Adamson brings to Spectrum over 15 years of experience in the bioprocess separation industry having served as Manager and Sales Engineer for Pall Filtron Corporation, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. and Westfalia Corporation. Prior to this he worked as a Process Development Engineer at MegaBios Corporation and Celtrix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Adamson holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biology and Physiology from Southern Illinois University.

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Spectrum Laboratories Inc. Vice President of Sales and Marketing Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Sales Engineer Current
Southern Illinois University M.S. Degrees In Biology and Physiology Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Current

Janette J. Stockert has been a paralegal with Bio-Rad Laboratories for seven years supervising the Bid Coordination department and a total of 15 years experience in the Legal field in contracts, corporate, and intellectual property law. She received her B.S. in Business education from Dickinson State College, Dickinson, North Dakota and her A.A.S Legal Assistant from Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. Janette is looking forward to becoming active in WSPA

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Washington State Paralegal Association East King County Director Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Paralegal Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Gom, U.S. Clinical Diagnostics Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Gom, U.S. Life Science Current

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Pharming Group N.V. Chief Business Officer Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Current
Millipore Corporation Current
Pharming Group N.V. Board of Directors Current
Stanford University Masters Degree In Biological Sciences Former
Williams College Bachelors Degree Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Current

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since 1985. He is the inventor of the Company's original technology. His background includes over 20 years of experience in marketing operations at biotech companies and suppliers such as: Bio-Rad Laboratories and Bio-Response (now Baxter Healthcare). Mr. Saxena has an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Syracuse University and an M.B.A. from the University of California Berkeley.

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Sepragen Corp Chief Executive Officer Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Current
Bioresponse Current
Sepragen Corp Board of Directors Current
Syracuse University M.S. In Chemical Engineering Former
University of California, Berkeley M.B.A. Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Chairman Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Director Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Chairman Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Director Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Director Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Director Current

Louis Drapeau joined InSite Vision in October 2007. Prior to InSite Vision, he served as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Finance, at Nektar Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in San Carlos, California. Prior to Nektar, he served as Acting Chief Executive Officer from August 2004 to May 2005 and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from August 2002 to August 2005 for BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Previously, Drapeau spent 30 years at Arthur Andersen including 19 years as an Audit Partner in Arthur Andersen?s Northern California Audit and Business Consulting practice which included 12 years as Managing Partner. Drapeau received both his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and a Masters in Business Administration from Stanford University. He serves as a Director of Bio-Rad Laboratories, InterMune, Inc., BioNovo Inc. and Inflazyme Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Organization Position Status
InSite Vision Incorporated Chief Executive Officer, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Current
Nektar Therapeutics Chief Financial Officer Former
Nektar Therapeutics Senior Vice President, Finance Former
Haynes Capital Corp Current
Bionovo, Inc. Chairperson Current
InterMune, Inc. Chairman Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Board of Directors Current
Inflazyme Pharmaceuticals Ltd Board of Directors Current
InterMune, Inc. Board of Directors Current
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Acting CEO Former
InSite Vision Incorporated Chief Financial Officer Former
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Senior Vice President, Finance Former
Bionovo, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Stanford University Masters In Business Administration Former
Stanford University Undergraduate Degree In Mechanical Engineering Former

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Director Current

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Geologic Solutions, Inc. Current
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Director Former

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Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Director Current
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Director Current
Diasonics, Inc. Cfo Former

Executive News

  • Bio-Rad Helps Raise $1.1 Million in Napa Valley Tour de Cure

    Market Wire via MSN Money - 8/31/09 - View Story

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     BIO $96.69 -1.76 (-1.79% )
Average Volume 76,267
Shares Outstanding 22.36M
Market Cap 2.2B
Year High 100.99
Year Low 51.33
Earnings Per Share 3.55
P/E Ratio 27.24
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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