BIO vs LFUS Comparison

Bio-Rad Laboratories, headquartered in Hercules, California, develops, manufactures, and sells products and solutions for the clinical diagnostics and life sciences markets. In clinical diagnostics (60% of sales), Bio-Rad sells test systems and specialized quality controls for clinical laboratories. In life sciences (40% of sales), it develops and manufactures instruments and reagents used in research, biopharmaceutical production, and food testing and has a leadership position in dPCR technology. The company is geographically diverse, with major markets in the Americas (about 40% of sales), Europe (about 30%), Asia (about 30%), and other. Bio-Rad owns approximately 33% of Sartorius, a lab and bioprocessing supplier that specializes in single-use technology used in biologics manufacturing.

Littelfuse is a primary provider of circuit protection products (such as fuses and relays) for the transportation, industrial, telecommunications, and consumer electronics end markets. The company is also increasing its power semiconductor business, where it predominantly serves industrial end markets, and is breaking into electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Littelfuse has 17,000 global employees.