Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. provides analytical instruments, equipment, reagents and consumables, software, and services for research, manufacture, analysis, discovery, and diagnostics. It operates in two segments, Analytical Technologies and Laboratory Products and Services. The Analytical Technologies segment offers scientific instruments, including analytical instrumentation to analyze prepared samples; biosciences products for general chemistry and life sciences applications; software interpretation tools and development support; and laboratory automation equipment and systems. It also offers diagnostics products and services used in healthcare laboratories to prepare and analyze patient samples to detect and diagnose diseases; process instruments that provide measurement solutions and services; and solutions and services for environmental monitoring, safety, and security. The Laboratory Products and Services segment offers laboratory equipment, including sample preparation, environment storage and handling equipment, and laboratory workstations; laboratory consumables, such as tubes and containers for sample preparation, analysis, and sample storage; research market solutions; and healthcare market products, such as analytical equipment, diagnostic tools, and reagents. This segment also offers workplace and first responder equipment, protective gear, and apparel; and packaging, warehousing, distribution, labeling, and analytical laboratory services. Thermo Fisher serves pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions, government agencies, and environmental and industrial process control settings in the United States and internationally. Thermo Fisher has a strategic partnership with Phytronix Technologies, Inc. for the use of Laser Diode Thermal Desorption technology. The company, formerly known as Thermo Electron Corporation, was founded in 1956 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.