Thermo Electron Karlsruhe

Company Presentation

Claudia Merz Product Specialist

May 2005

Thermo Electron Corporation

over 2 Bill. US$ revenue, more than 11.000 employees in 30 countries
LIFE AND LABORATORY SCIENCES MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL

1.8 Mrd. US$

0.6 Mrd. US$ Spectra-Physics Brand

LABORATORY FOCUSED
Bioscience Technologies Scientific Instruments Informatics and Services Clinical Diagnostics

MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT FOCUSED

Process Instruments Environmental Instruments Control Technologies

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Measurement and Control Sector

ENVIRONMENTAL INSTRUMENTS DIVISION (EID) PROCESS INSTRUMENTS DIVISION (PID)

Products to Ensure Health and Safety

Products to Detect, Monitor and Control

Products to Provide Precision Control Technology

Structured in two divisions

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Process Instruments Division

Measurement & Control Sector Process Instruments Division Control Technologies Business Process Systems Business Materials & Minerals Business Weighing & Inspection Business
Material Characterization Temperature Control Compliance Testing

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Control Technologies Business

Two businesses: - Temperature Control TC HAAKE and NESLAB circulators for laboratory and process - Material Characterization MC HAAKE and PRISM viscometers and rheometers for laboratory and process Locations: - Newington, NH, USA - Karlsruhe, Germany - Stone, UK
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- Breda, The Netherlands - Paris, France - Shanghai, China

Karlsruhe Location

240 employees Production of: Viscometers, rheometers, polymer processing instruments, circulators R&D: design, electronic, process engineering, software Project controlling innovations for key projects (cross-functional) International applications and training center 2 product specialist teams Coordination of sales & marketing activities PPI Philosophy (Practical Process Improvement)

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More than 120 years tradition

1882 1919 1934 1959 1975 1996 2001 2003 Founded in Hamburg as Julius Haake & Sohn Move to Medingen (near Dresden) as Gebrder HAAKE Start viscometer production (Falling ball viscometer) New company site Karlsruhe Sold to Fisons Acquisition by Thermo Integration of PRISM products Integration of Rheometric Scientifics online rheometers

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and Innovation (page 1 of 2)

1934 1937 1954 1978 1984 1992

Invention of HPPLERs falling ball viscometer Invention of first HAAKE circulator with automatic regulation (F. Hppler) First commercial rotational viscometer: HAAKE RotoVisco 1 First commercial computer-controlled rotational viscometer: HAAKE RotoVisco 20 First commercial computer-controlled torque rheometer: HAAKE RheoCord Production of first CS Rheometer with automatic lift system: HAAKE RheoStress 100

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 and Innovation (page 2 of 2)

1996 1998 2001 2002 2003 2004

First torque rheometer with field-bus technology and sensor coding: HAAKE PolyLab System First micro-compounder with integrated rheological measurement: HAAKE MiniLab First rotational rheometer with integrated microscopic optics HAAKE RheoScope 1 First elongational rheometer for liquids and samples: HAAKE CaBER 1 Digital HAAKE Viscotester 1 plus & 2 plus Modular rheometer platform HAAKE MARS, Modular torque rheometer platform HAAKE PolyLab OS

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on the way to the next challenge

- Customer focus - Discussions with experts

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Competence in Temperature Control (TC) Laboratory Process

General heating and cooling (rotary evaporators, vacuum traps, condensers, jacketed vessels, calibration) Temperature control for instrumentation (ICP-MS, GC, SEM/TEM)

Heat removal for medical imaging equipment (MRI, X-ray, CT) Temperature control for lasers (semiconductor manufacturing, printing, research)

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Competence in Temperature Control (TC)

Selected Products:

HAAKE Phoenix

HAAKE DC10

HAAKE EK 45

HAAKE Fogging Tester

HAAKE C10

Market leader for circulators represented in 120 countries

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Competence in Material Characterization (MC) Laboratory Process Production

Viscometers, rheometers and meltflow indexer for R&D, development and quality control with data acquisition

Torque rheometers with mixers, single screw extruders, twin screw extruders plus postex to scale up production

On-line viscometers and rheometers to monitor and control production by viscosity, elasticity or MFI

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Competence in Material Characterization (MC)

Selected Products MC: Laboratory Instruments

HAAKE Viscotester 1/2

HAAKE Viscotester 6/7

HAAKE Viscotester 550

HAAKE RheoStress 600

HAAKE CaBER 1

HAAKE RheoScope 1

Wide product portfolio:

from QC to R&D

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Competence in Material Characterization (MC)

Selected Products MC: Processing Instruments

HAAKE MiniLab

HAAKE PolyDrive

HAAKE PolyLab

PRISM EuroLab

HAAKE PCR 630

Market leader in polymer processing and online (HAAKE, PRISM products)

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Rheometer references
Installations of HAAKE RheoStress rheometers

>> 1500 rheometers worldwide

HAAKE RheoStress 100 ? 150 ? 300 ? 600 ? HAAKE MARS

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Thermo Material Characterization Locations

Breda, The Netherlands

Stone, UK

Karlsruhe, Germany

Shanghai, China Paris, France Newington, NH, USA

Sao Paulo, Brazil

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