Company information

Varian Medical Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation was originally incorporated in 1948 as Varian Associates, Inc. In 1999, it transferred its instruments business to Varian, Inc., or VI, a wholly owned subsidiary, and transferred its semiconductor equipment business to Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., or VSEA, a wholly owned subsidiary. The Company designs and manufactures advanced equipment and software products for treating cancer with radiation, as well as high quality, cost-effective X-ray tubes, replacement X-ray tubes and flat panel digital subsystems for imaging in medical, veterinary, scientific and industrial applications. The Company's largest business segment is Oncology Systems, which designs, manufactures, sells and services hardware and software products for treating cancer with radiation, including linear accelerators, treatment simulation and verification products, information management and treatment planning software and other sophisticated accessory products and services. Its products enable radiation oncology departments in hospitals and clinics to perform conventional radiotherapy treatments and offer the advanced treatment processes of intensity modulated radiation therapy, or IMRT, and image guided radiation therapy, or IGRT. Its customers include comprehensive cancer treatment clinics, university research and community hospitals, private and governmental institutions, healthcare agencies, doctors' offices and cancer care clinics worldwide. The Company's second business segment is X-ray Products, which manufactures and sells X-ray imaging components and subsystems, namely X-ray tubes for use in a range of applications including computed tomography, or CT, scanning, radioscopic/fluoroscopic imaging, mammography, special procedures and industrial applications and flat panel imaging products for digital X-ray image capture, which is an alternative to image intensifier tubes for fluoroscopy and X-ray film for radiography. The Company's X-ray tubes and flat panel detectors are sold to original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, that incorporate these X-ray imaging components and subsystems into their medical diagnostic and industrial imaging systems. Its X-ray tubes are also sold directly to end-users for replacement purposes. Its flat panel detectors are also being incorporated into next generation imaging equipment, including equipment for IGRT such as the OBI, and for dental CT scanning and veterinary X-rays imaging. The Company maintains service centers in Milpitas, California; DesPlaines, Illinois; Clark, New Jersey; Marietta, Georgia; Richardson, Texas; Corona, California; Buc, France; Crawley, England; Zug, Switzerland; Tokyo, Japan; and Beijing and Hong Kong, China; as well as field service forces throughout the world for Oncology Systems service support. As a manufacturer and seller of medical devices and devices utilizing radioactive by-product material, the Company is subject to regulation by federal governmental authorities, such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, and state and local regulatory agencies, such as the State of California, to ensure such devices are safe and effective.

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
3100 Hansen Way Palo Alto CA 94304-1030
Phone: (650) 493-4000
Fax: (650) 493-4000