Thermo Fisher Scientific is a provider of analytical instrumentation, laboratory equipment, reagents and consumables. It serves a variety of industries, including the beverage, cement, coal mining, food, metals, minerals, petroleum, pharmaceutical, power and semiconductor industries. The company offers a range of products, such as portable elemental analyzers, security and detection systems, water analysis instruments and environmental monitoring equipment. Additionally, its product line includes asphalt and aggregate testing equipment, chillers, heat exchangers, process analyzers and nuclear reactor instrumentation systems. Thermo Fisher Scientific employs more than 30,000 people and serves over 350,000 customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals, clinical diagnostic laboratories, universities, research institutions and government agencies. In addition, it provides gas detectors for monitoring and controlling the presence of combustible and toxic gases. The company is located in Sugar Land, Texas.