Company History Timeline — 2000s

必威体育登录手机Following its successful IPO in 1999, Agilent became a fully independent company in June 2000 focusing on key markets in communications, electronics and life sciences.必威体育登录手机Recognized as an industry leader, Agilent was number one worldwide in the test and measurement market but also faced challenges in some of its businesses.

必威体育登录手机Agilent overcame those challenges and has evolved to focus on high growth areas in the life sciences, diagnostics and genomics, and lab support services, serving six key markets.The company is a global leader in analytical and clinical laboratory technologies, delivering insights and innovation that help our customers bring great science to life.必威体育登录手机Agilent’s full range of solutions includes instruments, software, services, and expertise that provide trusted answers to our customers' most challenging questions.

2000

• 必威体育登录手机On June 2, 2000, Agilent Technologies becomes a fully independent company, following HP’s distribution of its Agilent shares to HP shareholders.
• 必威体育登录手机The introduction of Agilent’s Photonic Switching Platform accelerates the development of all-optical networks.
• Net revenue: $10.8 billion!employees: 47,000.

2001

• Co-founder William R.Hewlett dies on January 12.
• Acquisition of Objective System Integrators Inc.必威体育登录手机(OSI) enables Agilent to provide a complete solution to service providers who offer 3G wireless, optical, broadband Internet Protocol and voice over packet networks and services.
• 必威体育登录手机Philips acquires Agilent Technologies’ Healthcare Solutions Group.
• Net Revenue: $8.4 billion!Employees: 37,000.

2002

• 必威体育登录手机Agilent's first listing onFortunemagazine's list of the top 500 U.S.companies: No.212.
• President and CEO Ned Barnholt named Chairman of the Board.
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent acquires RedSwitch, adding expertise in InfiniBand and RapidIO to Agilent's product portfolio.
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent ships over 100 million optical mouse sensor components worldwide.
• Net revenue: $8.4 billion!employees: 37,000.

2003

• The company’s first whole human genome on a single microarray ships to gene expression customers for evaluation.
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent introduces miniature camera modules for camera-enabled mobile phones.
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent ships 200 millionth optical mouse sensor and 20 millionth FBAR duplexer.
• Net Revenue: $6.1 billion!Employees: 29,000.

2004

• 必威体育登录手机Agilent's Visual Engineering Environment (VEE) Pro system-development software provides the interface to test communication equipment in the Mars Exploration Rovers.
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent innovations enable DNA microarrays to more precisely and comprehensively identify and locate genetic alterations that contribute to cancer and developmental disorders, creating new applications in research and diagnostics.
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent acquires Silicon Genetics, a leading provider of software solutions for life science discovery.必威体育登录手机The addition of Silicon Genetics' genomics data analysis and management tools positions Agilent to become a market leader in life science informatics.
• Net Revenue: $7.2 billion!Employees: 28,000.

2005

• William P.必威体育登录手机(Bill) Sullivan is named Agilent President and CEO succeeding Edward W.(Ned) Barnholt.
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent forms joint venture, Chengdu Instruments Division, to develop and manufacture test equipment for China and the global market.
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent establishes Agilent Technologies China Holding Company Ltd., based in Shanghai, to consolidate its entities in China.
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.必威体育登录手机and Silver Lake Partners acquire Agilent’s Semiconductor Products Group.
• Net Revenue: $5.1 billion!Employees: 21,000.

2006

• 必威体育登录手机Major advances in mass spectrometry instrumentation expand the breadth of applications and provide significant advances in performance for Agilent systems.
• 必威体育登录手机Yokogawa Analytical Systems becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilent Technologies, expanding the market presence for its products and services in Japan.
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent introduces the E4898A Bit Error Ratio Tester (BERT) that is the industry’s first to operate at speeds of up to 100 Gb/s.
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent introduces the MXA signal analysis platform, which is the industry’s fastest signal analyzer with the highest accuracy of any midrange analyzer.
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent consolidates its locations in the San Francisco Bay Area into a 55-acre headquarters in Santa Clara.The location was originally built as a manufacturing site built by HP in 1968.

2007

• 必威体育登录手机Agilent enhances its position in life science research and diagnostics with the acquisition of Stratagene, a public company with a worldwide presence.必威体育登录手机Agilent also acquires companies that expand its laboratory automation and informatics capabilities.
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent introduces the 7890A Gas Chromatograph platform.Its unique design reliably manipulates the capillary flow inside a gas chromatograph oven, thus enabling new applications and productivity gains.

2008

• 必威体育登录手机Agilent introduces the 6230 Accurate-Mass time-of-flight liquid chromatograph/mass spectrometer (LC/MS) system, which can detect and identify compounds in amounts smaller than two trillionths of a gram, making it a powerful tool for food safety, toxicology and other measurements where minute amounts of compounds must be identified.

2009

• Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis (LSCA) separate into the Chemical Analysis Group and Life Sciences Group.必威体育登录手机Agilent now is comprised of three business groups -- Life Sciences (LSG), Chemical Analysis (CAG) and Electronic Measurement (EMG).
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent introduces the industry's first microwave signal generator that breaks the one-watt output power barrier, the PSG E8257D.The ultrahigh output of this instrument eliminates the need for supplementary hardware such as amplifiers, couplers and detectors.
• 必威体育登录手机The Agilent 1290 Infinity Liquid Chromatography System enables faster performance with the industry's largest analytical power range to date.This is the industry's most powerful, sensitive and flexible liquid chromatography system.
• 必威体育登录手机Agilent's Direct Drive Robot (DDR) wins an Association for Laboratory Automation best new product award.The Direct Drive Robot’s unique automation technology and software advances drug discovery research and genomics applications.