Thermo Electron Corporation (NYSE: TMO) (incorporated 1956) was a major provider of analytical instruments and services for a variety of domains.

It was co-founded in 1956 by George N. Hatsopoulos, an MIT PhD in mechanical engineering, and Peter M. Nomikos, a Harvard Business School graduate, who provided initial funding.

[1] After graduating from Northeastern University in 1959 John Hatsopoulos[2] (brother of George) later joined the company as Financial Controller.

[4] However, the Federal Trade Commission ruled that this acquisition was anticompetitive with regard to centrifugal evaporators, requiring Fisher to divest Genevac.

[5] In April 2007, Genevac was sold to Riverlake Partners LLC[6] and the merger closed with FTC approval.