# Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

Company page: [Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermo_Fisher_Scientific)

> Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is an American supplier of analytical instruments, life sciences solutions, specialty diagnostics, laboratory, pharmaceutical and biotechnology services. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, Thermo Fisher was formed through the **merger of Thermo Electron and Fisher Scientific in 2006**. Thermo Fisher Scientific has acquired other reagent, consumable, instrumentation, and service providers, including Life Technologies Corporation (2013), Alfa Aesar (2015), Affymetrix (2016), FEI Company (2016), BD Advanced Bioprocessing (2018),and PPD (2021).

A basic structure of the companiy, [its brands](https://www.thermofisher.com/uk/en/home/brands.html) and product lines looks like this:

```
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TFS, aka "Thermo")
├── Applied Biosystems (AB; brand)
│   └── MicroAmp
│      └── EnduraPlate
├── Fisher Scientific (FS; brand)
├── Invitrogen (INV; brand)
├── Ion Torrent (IT; brand)
├── Gibco (GIB; brand)
├── Thermo Scientific (TS; brand)
│   ├── Nalgene
│   ├── Nunc
│   └── Pierce
├── Unity Lab Services (brand, services)
├── Patheon (brand, services)
└── PPD (brand, services)
```

## Plates

| Description               | Image              | PLR definition |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 'Thermo_TS_96_wellplate_1200ul_Rb'<br>Part no.: AB-1127 or 10243223<br>[manufacturer website](https://www.fishersci.co.uk/shop/products/product/10243223) <br><br>- Material: Polypropylene (AB-1068, polystyrene) <br> | ![](img/thermo_fisher/Thermo_TS_96_wellplate_1200ul_Rb.webp) | `Thermo_TS_96_wellplate_1200ul_Rb` |
| 'Thermo_AB_96_wellplate_300ul_Vb_EnduraPlate'<br>Part no.: 4483354 (TFS) or 15273005 (FS) (= with barcode)<br>Part no.: 16698853 (FS) (= **without** barcode)<br>[manufacturer website](https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/4483354) <br><br>- Material: Polycarbonate, Polypropylene<br>- plate_type: semi-skirted<br>- product line: "MicroAmp"<br>- (sub)product line: "EnduraPlate" | ![](img/thermo_fisher/Thermo_AB_96_wellplate_300ul_Vb_EnduraPlate.png) | `Thermo_AB_96_wellplate_300ul_Vb_EnduraPlate` |

## Troughs

| Description               | Image              | PLR definition |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 'ThermoFisherMatrixTrough8094'<br>Part no.: 8094<br>[manufacturer website](https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/8094) | ![](img/thermo_fisher/ThermoFisherMatrixTrough8094.jpg.avif) | `ThermoFisherMatrixTrough8094` |