[Histonet] I think I will give it an acronym

[Philip Oshel]

Maybe we should start a pool on how long before it's all ThermoLeica.
Phli

If I recall correctly, Leica (once named Ernst 
Leitz, Wetzlar) bought the microscopes and 
microtomes sections of Carl Reichert (Austria), 
Wild-Heerburg (Switzerland), American Optical and 
Bausch and Lomb (USA).
After Vision ByoSystems (Australia) grew enough 
to buy NovoCastra (UK), it was bought by Leica 
after a failed hostile takeover by Ventana.
Now Leica Microsystems can offer all types of 
consumables, slides and cassettes printers, sells 
the Peloris tissue processors and the Bond 
autostainers, manufactures/sells embedding 
stations, micrtotomes, microscopes, cryostats all 
sorts of histology automated instruments and has 
even developed a type of microscope (I call it 
"Cyclops" because it does not carry "eyes" = 
eyepieces and is designed just for digital 
imaging).
It is also manufacturing very cheap (and not very 
good microscopes) in China (any surprises there?).
At this moment in Europe only Carl Zeiss 
(Germany) and Lomo (Russia still manufacturing 
variations of 1937 Zeiss microscopes) and some 
companies in Russia (manufacturing copies of the 
horizontal OmE Reichert microtomes and copies of 
the Autotechnicon) can be considered as 
independent from Leica.
Is that Thermo larger than Leica Microsystems?
René J.

Bernice Frederick <b-frederick <@t> northwestern.edu> wrote:

One on many. Leica now has vision biosystems! And they were AO long, long
ago!

Bernice Frederick HTL (ASCP)
Northwestern University
Pathology Core Facility
710 N Fairbanks Court
Olson 8-421
Chicago,IL 60611
312-503-3723


-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Philip Oshel
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 3:05 PM
To: Histonet <@t> Pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] I think I will give it an acronym

How about the Empire?
That's what they've become.
Phil

>The acronym is still longer than most company names.
>
>Douglas D. Deltour HT(ASCP)
>[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bonner,
>Janet
>Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 2:32 PM
>To: Gayle Callis; curtis.king <@t> thermofisher.com;
>Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>Subject: RE: [Histonet] I think I will give it an acronym
>
>Honestly, they need to start over with a new name!
>
>________________________________
>
>From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Gayle Callis
>Sent: Fri 9/14/2007 3:07 PM
>To: curtis.king <@t> thermofisher.com; Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>Subject: [Histonet] I think I will give it an acronym
>
>
>
>Curtis,
>
>I think I will now assign an acronym, TFSci or maybe ThermFishSci. Too
>long to type out all the time.
>
>
>>Subject: RE: [Histonet] AO 860 sliding microtome and Caroline Bass
>>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:03:12 -0400
>>
>>From: "King, Curtis - RAS"
>>
>>Just to clear things up The Company Name is ThermoFisher Scientific.
>>
>>Thermo Shandon is a Brand just like Thermo Richard Allen is now a brand.
>>
>>Curtis D King, HT (ASCP)
>>Research and Development
>>ThermoFisher Scientific
>>4481 Campus Drive
>>Kalamazoo, MI 49008
>>800-522-7270 ext. 672
>>Curtis.King <@t> thermofisher.com
>>
>>
>
>Gayle Callis
>MT,HT,HTL(ASCP)
>Research Histopathology Supervisor
>Veterinary Molecular Biology
>Montana State University - Bozeman
>PO Box 173610
>Bozeman MT 59717-3610

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Philip Oshel
Microscopy Facility Supervisor
Biology Department
024C Brooks Hall
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859

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