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Agilent Technologies () is the actual descendant of the instrument company founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in 1939 . After 60 years of existence as part of Hewlett-Packard it was spun off from HP in 1999 . In that year, Agilent was an $8 billion company with about 30,000 employees, manufacturing Scientific Instrument s, Semiconductor s, optical networking devices, and test equipment for Telecom and wireless R&D and production. Agilent's major product lines include:
Agilent Technologies has a robust research and development program as part of Agilent Laboratories, with active research in MEMS , Nanotechnology , and Life Sciences. Agilent Technologies has an active investment group, Agilent Ventures, which invests in High Tech start up companies. Investments include MEMX , Infinera , and Telasics . In 2001, Agilent Technologies sold the Healthcare/Medical Products organization to Philips Medical Systems . HP Medical Products had been the 2nd oldest part of Hewlett-Packard , acquired in the 1950s. Only the original founding Test & Measurement organization was older. In August of 2005, Agilent Technologies announced the sale of the Semiconductor Products Group to manufacturer Lumileds to Philips Electronics for just under $1 billion. Lumileds originally started as Hewlett-Packard's optoelectronics division. Also in August 2005, Agilent announced a plan to spin off its semiconductor test solutions (STS) business, comprised of both the system-on-chip (SOC) and memory test market areas. Agilent’s target is to complete an initial public offering of the new company " Verigy " near mid-2006 when the spin-off is completed. DIVERSITY Agilent Technologies received a 100% rating on the Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign starting in 2004 , the third year of the report. EXTERNAL LINKS Data |