Fortive

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Fortive Corporation

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legal form Corporation
ISIN US34959J1088
founding 2016
Seat Everett , Washington , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
management Jim Lico (President and CEO)
Number of employees 26,000
sales 6.7 billion US dollars
Branch Conglomerate
Website www.fortive.com
Status: 2017

The Fortive Corporation is a US conglomerate whose subsidiaries are mainly focused on the manufacture of machines and measuring instruments. Fortive was founded in 2016 as a spin-off of the mechanical engineering division of the US conglomerate Danaher Corporation . After the restructuring, this consists largely of companies in the fields of biotechnology and medical technology. The Fortive group includes the Fluke Corporation , Hengstler GmbH , Tektronix and Gilbarco Veeder-Root . Fortive was ranked 420 on the Fortune 500 list of top-selling US companies in 2018.

Individual evidence

  1. Fortive: Fortive Leadership Team. Accessed January 15, 2019
  2. Fortive: FORM 10-K SEC-Filing 2017, accessed on January 15, 2019
  3. The Motley Fool: Better Buy: Danaher Corporation vs. Fortive Corp. accessed January 15, 2019
  4. ^ Danaher: Danaher Corporation completes separation of Fortive Corporation.Retrieved January 15, 2019
  5. Fortive: Business Directory. Retrieved January 15, 2019
  6. Fortune: Fortune 500 Companies 2018, accessed January 16, 2019