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Danaher Corporation is a producer of precision motion control products and scientific and technical tools and instruments for commercial and industrial applications. The Company conducts its operations through two business segments: Process/Environmental Controls and Tools & Components. The Process/Environmental Controls segment, in 2001, encompassed three strategic platforms, which included Motion Control, Environmental and Electronic Test, and three focused niche businesses, which included Power Quality, Aviation & Defense and Industrial Controls. In early 2002, a fourth strategic platform, Product Identification, was added to the segment through the acquisition of Videojet Technologies. The Tools & Components segment encompasses one strategic platform, Mechanics Hand Tools, and five focused niche businesses, which include Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing Company, Delta Consolidated Industries, Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Hennessy Industries and Joslyn Manufacturing Company. |