The Czech republic has non optical microscopes only because FEI (part of Thermo Fisher Scientific) has its manufacturing plant there.
Since there are basically two manufacturers of election microscopes on earth (the other one being Zeiss) and one of these bad boys will settle you for millions of dollars, this explains how it’s the country’s main exports.
Before being aquire by Thermo Fisher Scientific (in 2014 or 2015, not sure) FEI’s annual gross income was around $1B, so around the figure cited here.
Source: I worked at FEI when it was aquire by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
The Czech republic has non optical microscopes only because FEI (part of Thermo Fisher Scientific) has its manufacturing plant there.
Since there are basically two manufacturers of election microscopes on earth (the other one being Zeiss) and one of these bad boys will settle you for millions of dollars, this explains how it’s the country’s main exports.
Before being aquire by Thermo Fisher Scientific (in 2014 or 2015, not sure) FEI’s annual gross income was around $1B, so around the figure cited here.
Source: I worked at FEI when it was aquire by Thermo Fisher Scientific.