Thermo, Fisher to merge
23 Jun 2006
Thermo Electron Corp and Fisher Scientific International Inc are to merge in a stock-for-stock exchange deal. The combined entity, to be called Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, will have a staff of 7,500 and expects 2007 sales of over $9 billion. The two companies have complementary technologies in areas of instrumentation, life science consumables, software and services.
