Bruker Corp. designs and manufactures scientific instruments and analytical and diagnostic solutions that enable its customers to explore life and materials at microscopic, molecular and cellular levels. Its technology platforms include magnetic resonance technologies, mass spectrometry technologies, gas and liquid chromatography triple quadrupole mass spectrometry technologies, X-ray technologies, spark-optical emission spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, stylus and optical metrology technology, fluorescence optical microscopy and infrared and raman molecular spectroscopy technologies. The company operates its business through two segments: Bruker Scientific Instruments and Bruker Energy and Supercon Technologies. The Bruker Scientific Instruments are organized into three operating segments: the Bruker BioSpin Group, the Bruker CALID Group and the Bruker Nano Group. Bruker was founded by Günther Laukien and Emil Bruker in 1960 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.