Dionex Celebrates 25 Years with NASDAQ

Dionex President and CEO Lukas Braunschweiler, Ph.D., will ring the NASDAQ Stock Market opening bell on Friday, December 7, 2007 to mark the company’s 25th anniversary as a publicly traded company. The bell-ringing ceremony will be broadcast on national business television at 9:30 am ET and via web cast live on NASDAQ's website and MarketSite broadcast studio in New York City.

“Dionex is honored to participate in the opening of the NASDAQ on the 25th anniversary of the company’s initial public offering,” Dr. Braunschweiler said. “Our strong financial performance, technological innovations, and broad product portfolio contribute to our leadership position in the global Liquid Chromatography market.”

As reported by Dionex, on October 31, 2007, net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 were $82.4 million, an increase of 13% compared with the $72.9 million reported in the first quarter of last year. Cash flow from operating activities was strong at $13 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2008.

Dionex (NASDAQ:DNEX) is a global leader in the manufacturing and marketing of liquid chromatography and extraction systems, consumables, and software for chemical analysis. The Company's systems are used worldwide in environmental analysis and by the life sciences, chemical, petrochemical, food and beverage, power generation, and electronics industries. Our expertise in applications and instrumentation helps analytical scientists to evaluate and develop pharmaceuticals, establish environmental regulations, and produce better industrial products.

Based in Sunnyvale, California, Dionex employs more than 1,200 people worldwide and reported revenues of over $327 million for its 2007 fiscal year.