Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Announces Executive Changes
December 16, 2021 at 06:30 pm IST
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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. announced the appointment of Simon May as Executive Vice President and President of the Life Science Group, effective January 4, 2022. He succeeds Annette Tumolo who will retire from this role at that time. Dr. May will be responsible for providing leadership and management of the overall strategy and business direction for the company’s Life Science Group global operations. Prior to joining Bio-Rad, Dr. May spent seven years at Thermo Fisher Scientific in various leadership roles in Sales and Product/Portfolio Management.
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. is specialized in the development, manufacturing and marketing of products used in life sciences research, clinical diagnostics and analytical chemistry. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- manufacture of clinical diagnostic tests and automated test systems (51.8%). The group also offers test kits, quality control systems and related IT systems;
- manufacture of reagents, equipment and instruments for biological research (48.1%): for the separation, identification and purification of chemical and biological substances (proteins, nucleic acids, bacteria, etc.) for the proteomics, genomics research, biopharmaceuticals, cell biology and food safety markets;
- other (0.1%): in particular, manufacturing of analytical instruments.
At the end of 2022, the Group has 16 production sites in the United States (5), Germany (3), France (2), China (2), Poland, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Singapore.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (41.2%), Europe (30.4%), Asia (22.8%) and other (5.6%).
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. 
