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Company Description – Our products are now a part of the Thermo Scientific brandhas a distinguished history of innovation, fueled by a desire to get answers for research problems, and solve specific applications challenges for customers. Originally named Environmental Sciences Associates, ESA was founded in 1968 by four recently graduated MIT PhDs who set out to develop an instrument to measure lead based on a novel electrochemical technique, called anodic stripping voltammetry, or ASV. The result was the first and only practical instrument specifically cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for measuring lead levels in children. Today, we design and manufacture a full range of specialty high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) detectors, instruments, reagents, consumables, and total solutions – turnkey systems with all you need to achieve maximum performance: integrated components, including instruments, columns, reagents, and, in some cases, sample prep – along with expert chemistry and  application support. Our products can be found in virtually every type of clinical-diagnostic, biomedical-research, and industrial laboratory worldwide – from pharmaceutical research and quality control, to oncology, food and beverage, and scientific discovery.

Headquartered about 30 miles northwest of Boston in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Thermo Fisher Scientific employs a talented, multidisciplinary staff  worldwide. These include design engineers, applications scientists and marketing specialists. Many hold advanced scientific or engineering degrees. Employees work cross-functionally to provide quick response to customers and to solve complex product-development and technical-support problems.