BioTek
{{Infobox company
| name = BioTek Instruments
| logo = BioTek Logo.svg
| type = Subsidiary
| foundation = 1968
| founder = Norman Alpert
| location = Winooski, Vermont, U.S.
|area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Briar Alpert, Chairman and CEO
| industry = Scientific equipment
| products = Microplate readers and related devices and software
|| homepage = [http://www.biotek.com/ BioTek web site]
}}
BioTek Instruments was a privately held Vermont–based manufacturer of scientific instruments and associated software used in basic research in the life sciences as well in quality assurance in related industries. The company was founded in 1968 by University of Vermont Medical College physiologist Dr. Norman Alpert and engineer George H. Luhr, who directed the college's instrumentation and model facility.{{cite news|last1=Simmon|first1=Virginia Lindauer|title=BioTek, Briar and Adam Alpert|url=http://www.vermontguides.com/2013/biotek0313.html|work=Business People-Vermont|date=March 2013}} Alpert's son, Briar took over as CEO in 2001. The company manufactures its products at its headquarters in Winooski, Vermont.{{cite news|last1=Kelley|first1=Kevin|title=BioTek thrives despite industry difficulties|url=http://www.vermontbiz.com/article/january/biotek-thrives-despite-industry-difficulties|work=Vermont Business Magazine|date=January 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717194555/http://www.vermontbiz.com/article/january/biotek-thrives-despite-industry-difficulties|archive-date=July 17, 2011}} The site was expanded in 2009, and again in 2017.{{cite news|last1=Baird|first1=Joel Banner|title=BioTek expands its base in Winooski|url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2016/07/18/biotek-expands-its-base-winooski/87244506/|work=Burlington Free Press|date=July 18, 2016|language=en}}
In 2019 Agilent Technologies acquired Biotek for $1.165 billion.{{cite press release |author= |title=Agilent Completes Acquisition of BioTek Instruments - Builds on Multi-Year Growth Strategy in Critical Cell Analysis Technology
|url=https://www.biotek.com/about/news/agilent-completes-acquisition-of-biotek-instruments/|date=2019-08-26|access-date=2020-05-14}}
{{cite news |date=2019-07-15 |title= Agilent Technologies signs agreement to acquire BioTek Instruments |url=https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190715/Agilent-Technologies-signs-agreement-to-acquire-BioTek-Instruments.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403001714/https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190715/Agilent-Technologies-signs-agreement-to-acquire-BioTek-Instruments.aspx |archive-date=2020-04-03 |access-date=2020-05-14}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2019/07/11/winooski-based-biotek-to-sell-for-nearly-12-billion |access-date=2021-09-07 |title=Winooski-Based BioTek to Sell for Nearly $1.2 Billion}} With the acquisition, Biotek's products will provide research on life science with "cost-effective analysis and qualification" over many different applications.{{Cite web |date=2019-07-12 |title=Agilent Technologies to buy BioTek Instruments for £929m |url=https://www.nsmedicaldevices.com/news/agilent-biotek-instruments/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=NS Medical Devices |language=en-US}}
File:BioTek Building022310.jpg
The company originally manufactured devices used to test and calibrate medical equipment, and in the 1980s started to develop then sell microplate readers; in 2002 the company sold off the testing device business to focus on microplates. By 2013 its lines of business included microplate readers, washers, dispensers and related software, as well as related laboratory automation equipment; it was developing a microscopy line as well. As of 2013 it had around 350 employees, with around 250 in Vermont and the rest in sales in other US states and major markets worldwide.
