Varian reorganizes core businesses
Palo Alto, CA
Varian Associates is reorganizing its core healthcare systems, semiconductor equipment, and instruments businesses into three separate public companies. The reorganization plan, which has been approved by Varian`s board of directors, gives each business unit greater flexibility in addressing their respective markets. The healthcare systems business is organized around two product lines–radiation oncology equipment for cancer treatment and X-ray tubes for various diagnostic uses. The semiconductor equipment business fabricates and services ion implantation systems; the instruments business is a major manufacturer of analytical and research instrumentation for industrial and scientific applications. — TGW