Agilent Technologies, Incorporated (NYSE:A) 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd Santa Clara, CA 95051 Phone: (408) 553-2424 Fax: (408) 345-8474 http://www.agilent.com
Agilent Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in May 1999, is the measurement Company providing core bio-analytical and electronic measurement solutions to the communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis industries. The Company currently has three primary businesses: electronic measurement; bio-analytical measurement; and semiconductor test solutions. The Company's electronic measurement business provides standard and customized electronic measurement instruments and systems, monitoring, management and optimization tools for communications networks and services, software design tools and related services that are used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, deployment and operation of electronics equipment and communications networks and services. Related services include start-up assistance, instrument productivity and application services and instrument calibration and repair. The Company also offer customization, consulting and optimization services throughout the customer's product lifecycle. The Company sells its electronic measurement products through direct sales, distributors, resellers, manufacturer's representatives, telesales and electronic commerce. Electronic measurement business generated $3.3 billion in revenue in fiscal 2005, $3.2 billion in revenue in fiscal 2004 and $2.7 billion in revenue in fiscal 2003. The Company's bio-analytical measurement business provides application-focused solutions that include instruments; software, consumables and services that enable customers to identify quantify and analyze the physical and biological properties of substances and products. The Company's seven key product categories include: microarrays, microfluidics, gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, software and informatics, and related consumables, reagents and services. The Company's semiconductor test solutions business delivers technologies and solutions for Companies who design, manufacture and test systems-on-a-chip, systems-in-a-package and memory semiconductor devices. The Company's systems are used to test a range of devices, from the extremely price-sensitive to the most complex and high-performance. On August 15, 2005, Agilent announced a strategic move that includes a plan to spin off the semiconductor test solutions business, which operates in the SOC, SIP and Memory Test markets. This business would become a new automated test Company focused on technology and innovation in semiconductor test. During the fourth quarter of 2005, the Company realigned its operating segments, creating the semiconductor test solutions business, formerly included within its automated test business. The remainder of the automated test business is currently reported in the electronic measurement business. The Company sells its semiconductor test solutions through direct sales.
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