EXHIBIT 21 THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION Subsidiaries of the Registrant As of February 28, 2003, Thermo Electron Corporation owned the following companies: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STATE OR JURISDICTION OF PERCENT OF NAME INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo CRS Holdings Ltd. Canada 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo CRS Ltd. Canada 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CRS Robotics Inc. Michigan 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robocon GmbH Austria 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CRS Robotics France SARL France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Coleman Corporation Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Coleman Services Incorporated Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Information Solutions Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peter Brotherhood Holdings Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aircogen Ltd. England 80 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peter Brotherhood Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peter Brotherhood Pension Fund Trustees Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Realty Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Holdings Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fi SA France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gulf Precision, Inc. Arizona 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Hypersil-Keystone Inc. Pennsylvania 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Loftus Furnace Company Pennsylvania 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAPCO, Inc. Connecticut 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ North East Surgical Tool Corp. Massachusetts 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Staten Island Cogeneration Corporation New York 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TE Great Lakes Inc. Michigan 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TEC Cogeneration Inc. Florida 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Florida Cogeneration Associates Florida 50* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ North County Resource Recovery Associates California 100* (50% of which is owned directly by Thermo Securities Corporation) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Export Inc. Barbados 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Foundation, Inc. Massachusetts 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Leasing Corporation Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Capital Company LLC Delaware 50 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Detection Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Orion Inc. Massachusetts 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Orion Research Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Orion Puerto Rico Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell pH Limited Scotland 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Keytek LLC Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermedics Detection de Argentina S.A. Argentina 99 (additionally 1% of the shares are owned directly by Thermo Detection Inc.) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Detection de Mexico, S.A. C.V. Mexico 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Detection Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermedics Detection Scandinavia AS Norway 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Allen Coding Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Allen Coding Corporation Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Weighing & Inspection Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best Checkweighers Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Intertest (UK) Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goring Kerr Detection Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goring Kerr (NZ) Limited New Zealand 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Sentron Canada Inc. Canada 95 (additionally, 5% of the shares are owned directly by Thermo Electron Corporation) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ramsey France S.A.R.L. France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Allen France France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Ramsey S.A. Spain 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ramsey Italia S.R.L. Italy 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Ramsey TecnoEuropa S.r.l. Italy 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Ramsey Inc. Massachusetts 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xuzhou Ramsey Technology Development Co., Limited China 50* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Sentron Australia Pty. Ltd. Australia 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Sentron Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hitech Electrocontrols Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hitech Licenses Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hitech Metal Detectors Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Westerland Engineering Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Westerland Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Sentron (South Africa) Pty. Ltd. South Africa 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Voltek Europe B.V. Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comtest Italia S.R.L. Italy 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comtest Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UVC Realty Corp. New York 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Administrative Services Corporation Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KFP Operating Company, Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KFx Fuel Partners, L.P. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron of Maine, Inc. Maine 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gorbell/Thermo Electron Power Company Maine 80* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Star/RESC LLC Texas 75 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Foundation, Inc. Massachusetts 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Metallurgical Services, Inc. Texas 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Eberline Corporation New Mexico 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Life Sciences Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Denley Instruments Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Life Sciences International Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron (Management Services) Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comdata Services Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lipshaw Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Luckham Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phicom Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Southions Investments Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sungei Puntar Rubber Estate Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Westions Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Whale Scientific Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forma Scientific Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Life Sciences (Europe) Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E-C Apparatus Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shandon (Germany) Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Savant Instruments Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Helmet Securities Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Equipment Company Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Life Sciences International Kft Hungary 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Life Sciences International, Inc. Pennsylvania 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LSI (US) Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LSI North America Service Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Life Sciences International Holdings BV Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Labsystems OY Finland 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo BioAnalysis S.A. Spain 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Labsystems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. China 90 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Labsystems India Pvt. Ltd. India 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Clinical Labsystems Oy Finland 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labsystems (Hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong 99 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JSC Thermo Labsystems Russia 95 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labinstruments Oy Finland 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Life Sciences International (Poland) SP z O.O Poland 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labsystems Christioan-Gassauer-Fleissner GmbH Austria 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Britlowes Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Commendstar Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Consumer & Video Holdings Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Video Communications Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greensecure Projects Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hybaid Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Equibio Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cell One S.A.R.L. France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labsystems Ges mbH Austria 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Omnigene Limited England 58.5 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shenbridge Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Southern Instruments Holdings Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Finishlong Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gamma-Metrics Minerals Pty Ltd. Australia 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Gamma-Metrics Inc. California 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron India Private Limited India 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo MF Physics Corporation Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Radiometrie Corporation Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Radiometrie U.S.A., Inc. California 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Radiometrie Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ONIX Systems Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Process Instruments GP, LLC Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Process Instruments LP Texas 99.9 (an additional 0.1% of Thermo Process Instruments LP is owned by Thermo Process Instruments GP, LLC) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Measuretech Canada Inc. Canada 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Onix Holdings Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CAC UK Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Measurement Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peek Measurement Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sarasota Data Products Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sarasota Instrumentation Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Onix Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo ONIX B.V. Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VG Gas Analysis Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quadropols Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VG Systems Japan K.K. Japan 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Projects OY Finland 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments Corporation Wisconsin 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron German Holdings Inc. Delaware 35.4 (7.2% of shares are owned directly by TDI Inc. of VA, 6.6% of shares are owned directly by Thermo Radiometrie Corporation, 19.3% of shares are owned directly by Thermo Electron Corporation, 29.3% of shares are owned directly by Thermo Finnigan LLC, 2.2% of shares are owned directly by Thermo Detection Inc.) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Vacuum Generators Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FI Instruments Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Spectronic Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SLM International Inc. Illinois 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Elemental Inc. Massachusetts 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A.R.L. Applied Research Laboratories S.A. Switzerland 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fisons Instruments (Proprietary) Limited South Africa 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Wissenschaftliche Gerate GesmbH Austria 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Baird Do Brazil Representacoes Ltda. Brazil 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beijing Baird Analytical Instrument Technology Co. Limited China 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Cahn Corporation Wisconsin 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mattson Instruments Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Optek Italia S.p.A. Italy 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unicam S.A. Belgium 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nicolet Japan K.K. Japan 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Optek Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo VG Systems Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norlab Instruments Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Spectroscopy Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Elemental Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unicam Export Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nuclear Enterprises Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Planweld Holding Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hilger Analytical Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Nicolet Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nippon Jarrell-Ash Co Ltd. Japan 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Instruments (Canada) Inc. Canada 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unicam Analytical Inc. Canada 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Optek Materials Analysis (S.E.A.) Pte Limited Singapore 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gould Instrument Systems, Inc. Ohio 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gould & Nicolet S.A. France 95 (additionally, 5% of the shares are owned directly by Thermo Electron Corporation) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Kevex X-Ray Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo NESLAB Inc. New Hampshire 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nicolet Instrument Technologies Inc. Wisconsin 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Noran Inc. Wisconsin 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThermoSpectra Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nicolet Technologies Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectrace Instruments Inc. California 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Sweden Forvaltning AB Sweden 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics AB Sweden 99 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics Holdings USA, Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics Canada Ltd. Canada 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics Holdings Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Decorex Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics Holdings S.A. France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Saroph B.V. Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra Precision (Asia) Pte. Ltd. Singapore 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Saroph Sweden AB Sweden 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Labsystems Sweden AB Sweden 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Finnnigan AB Sweden 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Instruments Nordic AB Sweden 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Life Sciences AB Sweden 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Radiometrie Oy Finland 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Nobel AB Sweden 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nobel Electronique S.A.R.L. France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nobel Elektronikk A/S Norway 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AB Givareteknik Sweden 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics, Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Laser Analytical Systems GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Laser Analytical Systems, Inc. California 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics Semiconductor Lasers, Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics Laser Data Systems, Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics France S.A. France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics K.K. Japan 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics Lasers B.V. Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics Lasers Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Finnigan LLC Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Finnigan MAT S.R.L. Italy 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Finnigan Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThermoQuest AB Sweden 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermoquest Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Hypersil Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Finnigan MAT China, Inc. California 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Finnigan Australia Pty. Ltd. Australia 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Finnigan Mat Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Instruments Australia Pty. Limited Australia 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Finnigan Properties, Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Business Trust Massachusetts 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TMOI Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Forma Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo IEC Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Savant Inc. New York 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Masslab Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ H.D. Technologies Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Life Sciences International (HK) Limited Hong Kong 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TMQ SEG (Hong Kong) Limited Hong Kong 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Finnigan Italia S.p.A. Italy 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Finnigan AG Switzerland 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThermoQuest K.K. Japan 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fisons Instruments NV Belgium 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fisons Instruments K.K. Japan 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Haake Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Instruments S.A. Spain 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo BioAnalysis Corporation Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo LabSystems S.A. Spain 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Holding European Operations Corp. Delaware 85 (an additional 15% is owned by Thermo Electron German Holdings Inc.) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Luxembourg Holding S.a.r.l. Luxembourg 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Grond en Watersaneringstechniek Nederland B.V. Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Holding BV Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Instruments NV Belgium 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron BV Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Finance Company BV Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nicolet Technologies BV Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Separation Products B.V. B.A. Belgium 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Finnigan S.A. Spain 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThIS Gas Analysis Systems B.V. Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Euroglas B.V. Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Deutschland Verwaltvngs GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Luxembourg S.a.r.l. Luxembourg 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo BioSciences GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Finnigan GmbH Germany 90 (additionally, 10% of the shares are owned directly by Thermo Electron Corporation) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Life Sciences GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Hypersil GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Finnigan GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Nicolet GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Haake GmbH Germany 90 (additionally, 10% of the shares are owned directly by Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments Corporation) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESM Andersen Instruments GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ITC Grundstucksverwaltungs GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ITC Grundstucksverwaltungs GmbH & Co. Germany 90 (additionally 10% of the shares are owned by Thermo Securities Corporation) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo BLH GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Shandon GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Radiometrie GmbH Germany 90 (additionally 10% of the shares are owned directly by Thermo Electron Corporation) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESM Eberline Instruments GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo LabSystems Vertriebs GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Ramsey GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nobel Elektronik GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Detection GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThermoSpectra GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gould Nicolet Messtechnik GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo NORAN GmbH Germany 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThermoSpectra B.V. Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo TLH (U.K.) Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo TLH L.P. Delaware 99.99* (additionally 0.01% is owned by Thermo TLH (U.K.) Limited - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo BioStar Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo DMA Inc. Texas 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DMA Latinoamericana S.A. de C.V. Mexico 50 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labsystems (SEA) Pte. Ltd. Singapore 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fastighets AB Skrubba Sweden 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dynex Technologies spol. s.r.o. Czech Republic 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TDI Inc. of VA Virginia 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labsystems, Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Projects Limited (BVI) England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Bioanalysis Japan K.K. Japan 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Shandon Ltd. England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anglia Scientific Instruments Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shandon Southern Instruments Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Shandon Inc. Pennsylvania 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E-C Apparatus Corporation Florida 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Whale Scientific Corporation Colorado 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ALKO Diagnostic Corporation Massachusetts 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo BioAnalysis (Guernsey) Ltd. Channel Islands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo BioAnalysis Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Fast U.K. Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Projects Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo LabSystems Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Toolquip Group Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Toolquip International Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Medquip International Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labquip International Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simple Paper Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shockblock Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Electron Holding France SA. (Additionally owned by 47.52% by Thermo Electron France 22.59 Corporation and 29.9% owned by Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments Corporation) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo VG Scientific France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Finnigan France France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Finnigan Automass S.A. France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Hypersil S.A. France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Konelab SA France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shandon France S.A. France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Radiometrie France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Instruments SAS France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rutter Instrumentation S.A.R.L. France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Optek EURL France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo LabSystems S.A.R.L. France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rheo S.A. France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labsystems S.A. France 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo LabSystems (Australia) Pty Limited Australia 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo LabSystems Inc. Massachusetts 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Trace Ltd. Australia 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trace BioSciences Pty. Ltd. Australia 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Trace BioSciences NZ Limited New Zealand 99 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trace America, Inc. Florida 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Herbos Dijaganosticka Croatia 50 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shanghai Long March Chiron Trace Medical Science Co. Ltd. China 22 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Environmental Instruments Inc. California 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Gastech Ltd. Canada 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Andersen Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Instruments do Brasil Ltda. Brazil 100 (1% of which shares are owned directly by Thermo Elemental Inc.) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Van Hengel Holding B.V. Netherlands 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Optek S.A. Spain 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics Franklin Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics Syracuse Inc. New York 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Hilger Crystals Limited England 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectra-Physics Stratford Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Power Corporation Massachusetts 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACI Holdings Inc. New York 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ T-Lyte Corporation Delaware 98 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TTT Metals of Minnesota, Inc. Minnesota 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TTT Metals of California, Inc. California 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TTT Metals of Wisconsin Inc. Wisconsin 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TMA/Hanford, Inc. Washington 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RGPC Inc. Michigan 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lancaster Laboratories LLC Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo EuroTech (Delaware) Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo EuroTech Ireland Ltd. Ireland 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThermoRetec Corporation Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GeoWest Golden Inc. Colorado 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GeoWest TriTechnics of Ohio, LLC Colorado 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RETEC Thermal, Inc. Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRI Oak Ridge LLC Delaware 50 (additionally, 50% of the shares are owned directly by Coleman Services Incorporated) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRUtech L.L.C. Delaware 47.5* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Securities Corporation Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Eberline LLC Delaware 51 (49% owned by Thermo BioAnalysis Corporation) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Technology Ventures Inc. Idaho 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Plasma Quench Investment Limited Partnership Delaware 60* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThermoLase LLC Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThermoLase Japan L.L.C. Wyoming 50* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trex Medical Corporation Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trex Medical Systems Corporation Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Corporation Delaware 100 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Joint Venture/Partnership 8