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Dionex Corporation company history timeline

1971

Once certain particles were ionized, however, it was necessary to find a way to see them through the noise. It was not until late 1971, according to Hamish, that he and his colleagues developed a chromatographic method that used ion exchange as the separation mode and conductivity monitoring as the means of detection.

1974

It acquired Durrum in 1974.

1975

In September 1975, the first commercial IC instrument made its public debut at the fall meeting of the American Chemical Society, demonstrated in the back of a rented van.

1975: Dow Chemical licenses Ion Chromatography technology to Durrum Instrument.

1978

The IC business unit was spun-off in 1978.

1980

1980: Dionex incorporated as separate entity; A. Blaine Bowman becomes CEO.

1984

In 1984, Dionex took a major step when it offered the first PC-based IC workstation and the first on-line IC system from process analysis.

1986

Dionex would be reincorporated as a Delaware company in 1986.

Dionex's research efforts then produced a revolutionary breakthrough in IC technology with the 1986 introduction of its MicroMembrane suppressors, which now made gradient elution possible meaning the types of ions that could be analyzed grew substantially.

1987

By the end of fiscal 1987, sales would top $50 million.

1994

In fiscal 1994, Dionex introduced its PeakNet Windows-based software, which was incorporated into a new line of PC-based IC workstations.

2001

In January 2001, it increased it direct sales subsidiaries by opening offices in Denmark and China.

By fiscal 2001, revenues would improve to $176.8 million and net income to $31.4 million.

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