Agilent Technologies

Corporate Overview

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world’s premier measurement company, Agilent works in close collaboration with engineers, scientists and researchers around the globe to meet the communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis challenges of today and tomorrow.

The company operates two primary businesses – electronic measurement and bio-analytical measurement (life science and chemical analysis) -- supported by a central research group, Agilent Laboratories. Agilent is committed to providing innovative measurement solutions that enable our customers and partners to deliver the products and services that make a measurable difference in the lives of people everywhere. With a singular focus on measurement, Agilent helps:

• Test more than half of the world’s 1.13 billion cell phones

• Equip more than 200 communications service providers
• Advance next-generation integrated voice, video and data
• Analyze the causes and cures for disease
• Enable the military to be more flexible, mobile and reliable
• Make the world more safe and secure from crime and drugs
• Aid the discovery and quality of medicines
• Keep our air, water, soil and food clean and safe

The company’s 19,700 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries, with worldwide headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. Agilent has net revenue of US$5.8 billion in fiscal year 2008, more than 60% of this revenue was generated from outside the United States.

Business Groups

Bio-analytical Measurement

Agilent's bio-analytical measurement business provides application-focused solutions that include instruments, software, consumables and services that enable customers to identify, quantify and analyze the physical and biological properties of substances and products.

Markets:

Our bio-analytical measurement business focuses on life sciences, chemical analysis and material sciences.

Electronic Measurement

Agilent's electronic measurement business provides standard and customized electronic measurement instruments and systems, monitoring, management and optimization tools for communications networks and services, software design tools and related services that are used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, deployment and operation of electronics equipment and communications networks and services.

Markets: The markets for our electronic measurement business include communications test and general purpose test.

Agilent Laboratories

Agilent Labs is our central research organization based in Santa Clara, California, with satellite offices in Beijing, China; Everett, Washington; Leuven, Belgium; and South Queensferry, Scotland. Agilent Labs engages primarily in two types of research:

1) applied research that leads to technology that can be transferred to our existing businesses in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis, and
2) research that creates new businesses that are outside of our current markets but within our fields of interest. Agilent Labs also provides technology integration across our company.

Our Customers

Agilent’s customers include many of the world’s leading high-technology firms. These customers rely on Agilent’s products and services to make them more profitable and competitive, from research and development through manufacturing, installation and maintenance. Agilent enables its customers to speed their time to market and achieve volume production and high-quality precision manufacturing.

Agilent in India

Agilent has a proven history of technology innovation across a broad spectrum of test and measurement applications. Agilent in India has approximately 1800 professionals engaged in a wide range of high value added activities that include cutting edge research and development work, Engineering, IT, financial services and business support for the global operations of the company. Agilent has offices in Gurgaon, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Chandigarh and Ahmadabad.

Agilent’s intent in India is essentially driven by three objectives:

1. To drive customer satisfaction by engaging with customers to link their roadmap to Agilent R & D through Joint Developments & Partnerships to leverage sustainable, mutual profitable growth

2. To enhance technology advancement and innovation for both global and local markets
3. To drive internal and external productivity that enhances customer experience at each touch point with Agilent.

Centers of Excellence

The Agilent Life Sciences Center in Bangalore, hosts multi disciplinary teams for advanced technology, focusing on chemical analysis, molecular biology and software for creating novel and complex scientific applications on its bio-analytical instrument and software platforms.

Agilent has also set up global, state of the art R&D centers in Bangalore and Gurgaon for providing technical solutions that can be used by telecom and network operators across the whole communications network life cycles.

Community Service in India

Agilent in India has long been committed to serving as an economic and social asset in each community in which it operates. With India now ranked among the company’s fastest growing markets and a key player in the global technology sector, Agilent is providing support by expanding several community programs in the country with a focus on science education.

Acknowledged consistently as one of the best employers in India, Agilent today is the preferred company for bright young talent. We have been widely acknowledged for our innovative people practices for which Agilent has received many awards.