Exhibit 21 THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION Subsidiaries of the Registrant As of February 28, 1997, the Registrant owned the following subsidiaries: STATE OR PERCENT NAME JURISDICTION OF OF INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Coleman Research Corporation Florida 100 Coleman Information Services Corporation Delaware 100 Coleman Services Incorporated Delaware 100 Traveller Information Services, Inc. Alabama 75 Nicolet Biomedical Inc. California 100 Eden Medical Electronics, Inc. Delaware 100 Eden Medizinische Elektronik GmbH Germany 100 Neuroscience Limited United Kingdom 100 Nicolet Biomedical Japan Inc. Japan 100 Nicolet Biomedical Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Nicolet Biomedical S.A.R.L. France 100 Peter Brotherhood Holdings Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Peter Brotherhood Limited United Kingdom 100 D.S.T. Pattern & Engineering Co. Ltd. United Kingdom 100 FES International Limited United Kingdom 100 Link Control Technology Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Machtech Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Peter Brotherhood Pension Fund Trustees Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Sensonics Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Thermo Electron Realty Limited United Kingdom 100 Turboflex Limited United Kingdom 100 T & A Nash (Penn) Limited United Kingdom 100 Torsiflex Limited United Kingdom 100 (50% of which shares are owned directly by Peter Brotherhood Limited) Vikram Brotherhood Turbines Ltd. United Kingdom 51* Thermo Holdings Limited United Kingdom 100 SensorMedics Corporation Delaware 100 SensorMedics B.V. The Netherlands 100 SensorMedics Critical Care Corporation California 100 SensorMedics (Deutschland) GmbH Germany 100 SensorMedics FSC Corporation Virgin Islands 100 Termo Electron, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100 The Thermo Electron Companies Inc. Wisconsin 100 Bird Medical Technologies, Inc. California 100 Bird International, Inc. U.S. Virgin 100 Islands Bird Products Corporation California 100 Bird Life Design Corporation California 100 Stackhouse, Inc. California 100 Gulf Precision, Inc. Arizona 100 Seeley Enterprises, Inc. New Mexico 100 International Technidyne Corporation Delaware 100 International Technidyne Corporation Limited United Kingdom 100 Loftus Furnace Company Pennsylvania 100 Medical Data Electronics, Inc. Delaware 100 Met-Therm, Inc. Ohio 100 NAPCO, Inc. Connecticut 100 Page 1PAGE THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION Subsidiaries of the Registrant STATE OR PERCENT NAME JURISDICTION OF OF INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ North East Surgical Tool Corp. Massachusetts 100 Nicolet Biomedical of California Inc. California 100 North Carbondale Minerals, Inc. California 100 Overly, Inc. Wisconsin 100 Perfection Heat Treating Company Michigan 100 San Marcos Resource Recovery, Inc. California 100 Southern Ocean County Resource Recovery, Inc. New Jersey 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* TEC Energy Corporation California 100 North County Resource Recovery Associates California 100* (50% of which is owned directly by San Marcos Resource Recovery, Inc.) Tecomet Inc. Massachusetts 100 Thermedics Inc. Massachusetts 55 Orion Foreign Sales Corp. U.S. Virgin 100 Islands Orion Research Limited United Kingdom 100 Orion Research Puerto Rico, Inc. Delaware 100 Corpak Inc. Massachusetts 100 Walpak Company Illinois 100 Orion Research, Inc. Massachusetts 100 Russell pH Limited Scotland 100 Thermedics Detection Inc. Massachusetts 94 Rutter & Co. The Netherlands 100 Rutter Instrumentation S.A.R.L. France 90 Systech B.V. The Netherlands 50 ThermedeTec Corporation Delaware 100 Thermedics Detection de Argentina S.A. Argentina 100 (1% of which shares are owned directly by Thermedics Detection Inc.) Thermedics Detection de Mexico, S.A. Mexico 100 de C.V. Thermedics Detection GmbH Germany 100 Thermedics Detection Limited United Kingdom 100 Thermedics Detection Scandinavia AS Norway 100 Thermo Sentron Inc. Delaware 73 (additionally, 2.53% of the shares are owned directly by The Thermo Electron Companies Inc.) Ramsey France S.A.R.L. France 100 Ramsey Ingenieros S.A. Spain 100 Ramsey Italia S.R.L. Italy 100 Tecno Europa Elettromeccanica S.R.L. Italy 100 Ramsey Technology Inc. Massachusetts 100 Xuzhou Ramsey Technology Co., Limited China 50* Thermo Sentron Australia Pty. Ltd.. Australia 100 Thermo Sentron B.V. The Netherlands 100 Page 2PAGE THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION Subsidiaries of the Registrant STATE OR PERCENT NAME JURISDICTION OF OF INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Sentron Canada Inc. Canada 100 Thermo Sentron GmbH Germany 100 Thermo Sentron Limited United Kingdom 100 Hitech Electrocontrols Limited United Kingdom 100 Hitech Licenses Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Hitech Metal Detectors Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Thermo Sentron SEC Corporation Massachusetts 100 Thermo Sentron (South Africa) Pty. Ltd. South Africa 100 TMD Securities Corporation Massachusetts 100 Thermo Cardiosystems Inc. Massachusetts 54 (additionally, .13% of the shares are owned directly by The Thermo Electron Companies Inc.) Nimbus Inc. Massachusetts 100 TCA Securities Corporation Massachusetts 100 Thermo Voltek Corp. Delaware 52 (additionally, .53% of the shares are owned directly by The Thermo Electron Companies Inc.) Comtest Europe B.V. The Netherlands 100 Comtest Instrumentation, B.V. The Netherlands 100 Comtest Italia S.R.L. Italy 100 Comtest Limited United Kingdom 100 TVL Securities Corporation Delaware 100 UVC Realty Corp. New York 100 Thermo Administrative Services Corporation Delaware 100 Thermo Amex Management Company Inc. Delaware 100 Thermo Amex Finance, L.P. Delaware 99* Thermo Amex Convertible Growth Fund Delaware 99* I., L.P. Thermo Ecotek Corporation Delaware 82 Caribbean Cogeneration Company, Inc. Massachusetts 100 Delano Energy Company Inc. Delaware 100 Delano Operations Company, Inc. California 100 Eco Fuels Inc. Wyoming 100 EuroEnergy Group, B.V. Italy 50* Gatepeak Corporation Delaware 100 KFP Operating Company, Inc. Delaware 100 Independent Power Services Corporation Nevada 100 SFS Corporation New Hampshire 100 TCK Fuels Inc. Delaware 100 KFx Fuel Partners, L.P. Delaware 95* (2% of which is owned directly by Eco Fuels Inc.) Tenpeak Corporation Nevada 100 TES Securities Corporation Delaware 100 Thermendota, Inc. California 100 Mendota Biomass Power, Ltd. California 60* MBPL Agriwaste Corporation California 100 Thermo Ecotek International Holdings Inc. Cayman Islands 100 Page 3PAGE THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION Subsidiaries of the Registrant STATE OR PERCENT NAME JURISDICTION OF OF INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Ecotek International Inc. Cayman Islands 100 TCK Cogeneration Dominicana Inc. Cayman Islands 100 (1% of which shares are owned directly by Thermo Ecotek International Holdings Inc.) TCK Dominicana Holdings Inc. Cayman Islands 100 (1% of which shares are owned directly by Thermo Ecotek International Holdings Inc.) Thermo EuroVentures sro Czech Republic 100 Thermo Electron of Maine, Inc. Maine 100 Gorbell/Thermo Electron Power Company Maine 80* Thermo Electron of New Hampshire, Inc. New Hampshire 100 Hemphill Power and Light Company New Hampshire 66* Thermo Electron of Whitefield, Inc. New Hampshire 100 Whitefield Power and Light Company New Hampshire 100* (39% of which is owned directly by SFS Corporation) Thermo Fuels Company, Inc. California 100 Thermo Trilogy Corporation Delaware 100 AgriSense-BCS, Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Woodland Biomass Power, Inc. California 100 Woodland Biomass Power, Ltd. California 100* (.1% of which is owned directly by Thermo Ecotek Corporation) Thermo Electron Foundation, Inc. Massachusetts 100 Thermo Electron Metallurgical Services, Inc. Texas 100 Thermo Fibertek Inc. Delaware 84 AES Equipos y Sistemas S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100 Enviroprint Inc. Delaware 100 Fibertek Construction Company, Inc. Maine 100 Thermo AES Canada Inc. Canada 100 Thermo Web Systems, Inc. Massachusetts 100 Fiberprep Inc. Delaware 95 (31.05% of which shares are owned directly by E. & M. Lamort, S.A.) Fiberprep Securities Corporation Delaware 100 Thermo Wisconsin, Inc. Wisconsin 100 Thermo Fibergen Inc. Delaware 69 GranTek Inc. Wisconsin 100 Thermo Fibertek U.K. Limited United Kingdom 100 Vickerys Holdings Limited United Kingdom 100 Vickerys Limited United Kingdom 100 Paperlines Limited New Zealand 100 Vickerys Projects Limited United Kingdom 100 Winterburn Limited United Kingdom 100 TMO Lamort Holdings Inc. Delaware 100 E. & M. Lamort, S.A. France 100 Lamort Equipementos Industrials Ltda. Brazil 60* Lamort GmbH Germany 100 Lamort Iberia S.A. Spain 100 Lamort Italia S.R.L. Italy 100 Page 4PAGE THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION Subsidiaries of the Registrant STATE OR PERCENT NAME JURISDICTION OF OF INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lamort Paper Services Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Nordiska Lamort Lodding A.B. Sweden 100 Thermo Instrument Systems Inc. Delaware 82 Analytical Instrument Development, Inc. Pennsylvania 100 Eberline Instrument Company Limited United Kingdom 100 Eberline Instrument Corporation New Mexico 100 Epsilon Industrial Inc. Texas 100 Flow Automation (UK) Limited United Kingdom 100 Gas Tech Inc. California 100 Gas Tech Australia, Pty. Ltd. Australia 50* Gas Tech Partnership California 50* Gastech Instruments Canada Ltd. Canada 100 Houston Atlas Inc. Texas 100 Metrika Systems Corporation Delaware 84 Eberline Radiometrie S.A. France 100 Gamma-Metrics California 100 Gamma-Metrics International F.S.C. Inc. Guam 100 Thermo Instrument Systems GmbH Germany 100 Eberline Instruments GmbH Germany 100 Thermo Instrument Systems Limited United Kingdom 100 National Nuclear Corporation California 100 Optek-Nicolet Holdings Inc. Wisconsin 100 Thermo Instrument Controls Limited United Kingdom 100 Thermo Optek Corporation Delaware 93 (additionally, .30% of the shares are owned directly by The Thermo Electron Companies Inc.) ARL Applied Research Laboratories S.A. Switzerland 100 Fisons Instruments (Proprietary) South Africa 100 Limited Thermo Optek Wissenschaftliche Gerate Austria 100 GesmbH ATI Acquisition Corp. Wisconsin 100 Mattson Instruments Limited United Kingdom 100 Thermo Elemental Limited United Kingdom 100 Thermo Optek Limited United Kingdom 100 Unicam Limited United Kingdom 100 Unicam Export Limited United Kingdom 100 Unicam Analytical Inc. Canada 100 Unicam Analytical Technology The The Netherlands 100 Netherlands B.V. Unicam Italia SpA Italy 100 Unicam S.A. Belgium 100 Fisons Instruments Inc. Canada 100 Fisons Instruments Nordic AB Sweden 100 Nicolet Instrument Corporation Wisconsin 100 Nicolet Japan K.K. Japan 100 Spectra-Tech, Europe Limited United Kingdom 100 Spectra-Tech, Inc. Wisconsin 100 Page 5PAGE THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION Subsidiaries of the Registrant STATE OR PERCENT NAME JURISDICTION OF OF INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nicolet Instrument GmbH Germany 100 Optek Securities Corporation Massachusetts 100 Planweld Holding Limited United Kingdom 100 Nicolet Instrument Limited United Kingdom 100 Planweld Limited United Kingdom 100 Hilger Analytical Limited United Kingdom 100 Thermo Electron Limited United Kingdom 100 Thermo Instrument Systems Japan Delaware 100 Holdings, Inc. Nippon Jarrell-Ash Company, Ltd. Japan 100 Thermo Jarrell Ash Corporation Massachusetts 100 Baird Do Brazil Representacoes Ltda. Brazil 100 Beijing Baird Analytical Instrument China 100 Technology Co. Limited Thermo Instrument Systems (F.E.) China 100 Limited Thermo Instruments (Canada) Inc. Canada 100 Eberline Instruments (Canada) Ltd. Canada 100 Thermo Optek France S.A. France 100 Thermo Optek Holding B.V. The Netherlands 100 Baird Europe B.V. The Netherlands 100 Baird France S.A.R.L. France 100 Thermo Group B.V. The Netherlands 100 Thermo Vision Corporation Delaware 100 CID Technologies Inc. New York 100 Laser Science, Inc. Delaware 100 Oriel Instruments Corporation Delaware 100 Oriel Foreign Sales Corp. U.S. Virgin 100 Islands Scientific Measurement Systems Inc. Colorado 100 ThermoSpectra Corporation Delaware 75 (additionally, .88% of the shares are owned directly by The Thermo Electron Companies Inc.) Diametrix Detectors, Inc. Delaware 50 Gould Instrument Systems, Inc. Ohio 100 Kevex Instruments Inc. Delaware 100 Kevex X-Ray Inc. Delaware 100 Nicolet Instrument Technologies Inc. Wisconsin 100 NORAN Instruments Inc. Wisconsin 100 Park Acquisition Corp. Delaware 100 ThermoSpectra B.V. The Netherlands 100 Nicolet Technologies B.V. The Netherlands 100 Bakker Electronics Limited United Kingdom 100 NORAN Instruments B.V. The Netherlands 100 ThermoSpectra GmbH Germany 100 Gould Nicolet Messtechnik GmbH Germany 100 NORAN Instruments GmbH Germany 100 ThermoSpectra Limited United Kingdom 100 Nicolet Technologies Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Page 6PAGE THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION Subsidiaries of the Registrant STATE OR PERCENT NAME JURISDICTION OF OF INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thermo Spectra S.A. France 100 Nicolet Technologies S.A.R.L. France 100 Quest-Finnigan Holdings Inc. Virginia 100 Quest-TSP Holdings Inc. Delaware 100 ThermoQuest Corporation Delaware 93 (50% of which shares are owned directly by Quest-Finnigan Holdings Inc.) (additionally, .12% of the shares are owned directly by The Thermo Electron Companies Inc.) Finnigan FT/MS Inc. Delaware 100 Finnigan Corporation Delaware 100 Finnigan Instruments, Inc. New York 100 Finnigan International Sales, Inc. California 100 Finnigan MAT China, Inc. California 100 Finnigan MAT (Delaware), Inc. Delaware 100 Finnigan MAT Instruments, Inc. Nevada 100 Finnigan MAT International Sales, Inc. California 100 Finnigan MAT (Nevada), Inc. Nevada 100 Finnigan MAT AG Switzerland 100 Finnigan MAT Canada, Ltd. Canada 100 Finnigan MAT GmbH Germany 100 Finnigan MAT S.R.L. Italy 100 Thermo Separation Products S.R.L. Italy 100 Thermo Instruments Australia Pty Australia 100 Limited ThermoQuest Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Finnigan MAT Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Finnigan MAT AB Sweden 100 Thermo Separation Products Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Finnigan Properties, Inc. California 100 Masslab Limited United Kingdom 100 ThermoQuest B.V. The Netherlands 100 Thermo Separation Products B.V. The Netherlands 100 Thermo Separation Products B.V. B.A. Belgium 100 ThermoQuest France S.A. France 100 Finnigan Automass S.A. France 100 Finnigan MAT S.A.R.L. France 100 Thermo Separation Products S.A. France 100 ThermoQuest Italia S.p.A. Italy 100 ThermoQuest Spain S.A. Spain 100 ThermoQuest Wissenschaftliche Gerate GmbH Austria 100 Thermo Separation Products AG Switzerland 100 Thermo Separation Products Inc. Delaware 100 ThermoQuest GmbH Germany 100 Thermo Separation Products GmbH Germany 100 ThermoQuest K.K. Japan 100 SID Instruments Inc. Delaware 100 FI Instruments Inc. Delaware 100 Page 7PAGE THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION Subsidiaries of the Registrant STATE OR PERCENT NAME JURISDICTION OF OF INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fisons Instruments BV The Netherlands 100 Fisons Instruments NV Belgium 100 Fisons Instruments K.K. Japan 100 Fisons Instruments S.A. France 100 HB Instruments Inc. Delaware 100 NK Instruments Inc. Delaware 100 Thermo Capillary Electrophoresis Inc. Delaware 100 Thermo Haake Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Thermo Haake (U.K.) Limited United Kingdom 100 Thermo Instrument (S.E.A.) Pte Limited Singapore 100 Thermo Instrumentos Cientificos S.A. Spain 100 Thermo VG Systems Limited United Kingdom 100 Spectrace Instruments Inc. California 100 Thermo BioAnalysis Corporation Delaware 67 (4.7% of which shares are owned directly by Quest-TSP Holdings Inc. and 2% of which shares are owned directly by Quest-Finnigan Holdings Inc.) Dynatech Laboratories spol. s.r.o. Czech Republic 100 DYNEX Technologies (Asia) Inc. Delaware 100 DYNEX Technologies Inc. Virginia 100 Thermo BioAnalysis GmbH Germany 100 Dynatech Deutschland GmbH Germany 100 Thermo LabSystems Vertriebs GmbH Germany 100 Thermo BioAnalysis (Guernsey) Ltd. Channel Islands 100 Thermo BioAnalysis Holding, Limited United Kingdom 100 Dynex Technologies Limited United Kingdom 100 Thermo BioAnalysis Ltd. United Kingdom 100 Thermo FAST UK Limited United Kingdom 100 Thermo LabSystems Limited United Kingdom 100 Thermo BioAnalysis S.A. France 100 Thermo LabSystems S.A.R.L. France 100 Thermo LabSystem (Australia) Pty Limited Australia 100 Thermo LabSystems Inc. Massachusetts 100 Thermo Environmental Instruments Inc. California 100 Thermo Instrument Controls Inc. Delaware 100 Flow Automation Inc. Texas 100 Thermo Instrument Controls de Mexico, Mexico 100 S.A. de C.V.(1% of which shares are owned directly by Thermo Instrument Systems Inc.) VG Gas Analysis Systems Inc. Massachusetts 100 Thermo Instruments do Brasil Ltda. Brazil 100 (1% of which shares are owned directly by Thermo Jarrell Ash Corporation) TN Technologies Inc. Texas 100 Kay-Ray/Sensall, Inc. Delaware 100 TN Technologies Canada Inc. Canada 100 VG Gas Analysis Limited United Kingdom 100 Van Hengel Holding B.V. The Netherlands 100 Page 8PAGE THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION Subsidiaries of the Registrant STATE OR PERCENT NAME JURISDICTION OF OF INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eberline Monitoring GmbH Germany 100 Fisons Instruments Vertriebs GmbH Germany 100 Gebruder Haake GmbH Germany 100 Thermo Instrument Systems B.V. The Netherlands 100 Euroglas B.V. The Netherlands 100 Thermo Automation Services (ThAS) B.V. The Netherlands 100 This Analytical B.V. The Netherlands 100 This Gas Analysis B.V. The Netherlands 100 This Lab Systems B.V. The Netherlands 100 This Scientific B.V. The Netherlands 100 Thermo Instruments GmbH Germany 100 Thermo Jarrell Ash, S.A. Spain 100 TN Spectrace Europe B.V. The Netherlands 100 Westronics Inc. Texas 100 Thermo Leasing Corporation Delaware 100 Thermo Capital Company LLC Delaware 50* Thermo Power Corporation Massachusetts 65 NuTemp, Inc. Illinois 100 Takepine Limited United Kingdom 100 Tecogen Securities Corporation Massachusetts 100 ThermoLyte Corporation Delaware 78 Thermo TerraTech Inc. Delaware 81 CarlanKillam Consulting Group, Inc. Florida 100 Carlan Consulting Group of Alabama, Inc. Alabama 100 CarlanKillam Construction Services, Inc. Florida 100 Holcroft (Canada) Limited Canada 100 Holcroft Corporation Delaware 100 Holcroft GmbH Germany 100 Metallurgical, Inc. Minnesota 100 Cal-Doran Metallurgical Services, Inc. California 100 Metal Treating Inc. Wisconsin 100 Normandeau Associates, Inc. New Hampshire 100 Thermo Analytical Inc. Delaware 100 Skinner & Sherman, Inc. Massachusetts 100 Thermo Consulting & Design Inc. Delaware 100 Engineering Technology and Knowledge Delaware 100 Corporation Elson T. Killam Associates, Inc. New Jersey 100 Bettigole Andrews Clark & Killam New York 100 Associates Inc. N. H. Bettigole Co., Inc. Delaware 100 N. H. Bettigole, P.A. New Jersey 100 N. H. Bettigole, P.C. New York 100 Duncan, Lagnese and Associates, Pennsylvania 100 Incorporated E3-Killam, Inc. New York 100 Killam Associates, Inc. Ohio 100 Killam Management and Operational New Jersey 100 Services, Inc. Page 9PAGE THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION Subsidiaries of the Registrant STATE OR PERCENT NAME JURISDICTION OF OF INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fellows, Read & Associates, Inc. New Jersey 100 Killam Associates, New England Inc. Delaware 100 George A. Schock & Associates, Inc. New Jersey 100 Jennison Engineering, Inc. Vermont 100 Thermo EuroTech N.V. The Netherlands 53 Amerika Tankinstallaties B.V. The Netherlands 100 Grond- & Watersaneringstechniek The Netherlands 100 Nederland B.V. High-Tech Trouble-Shooters B.V. The Netherlands 100 Jac. Amerika en Zonen B.V. The Netherlands 100 Refining & Trading Holland B.V. The Netherlands 100 Thermo Remediation Inc. Delaware 69 (additionally, 1.45% of the shares are owned directly by The Thermo Electron Companies Inc.) Eberline Holdings Inc. Delaware 100 Eberline Analytical Corporation New Mexico 100 Thermo Hanford Inc. Delaware 100 TMA/NORCAL Inc. California 100 IEM Sealand Corporation Virginia 100 Remediation Technologies, Inc. Delaware 100 RETEC Thermal, Inc. Delaware 100 ReTec/Tetra L.C. Texas 50* Thermo Fluids Inc. Delaware 100 TPS Technologies Inc. Florida 100 TPST Soil Recyclers of California Inc. California 100 California Hydrocarbon, Inc. Nevada 100 TPST Soil Recyclers of Maryland Inc. Maryland 100 Todds Lane Limited Partnership Maryland 100* (1% of which is owned directly by TPS Technologies Inc.) TPST Soil Recyclers of New York Inc. New York 100 TPST Soil Recyclers of Oregon Inc. Oregon 100 TPST Soil Recyclers of South Carolina Delaware 100 Inc. TPST Soil Recyclers of Virginia Inc. Delaware 100 TPST Soil Recyclers of Washington Inc. Washington 100 TMA/Hanford, Inc. Washington 100 Thermo Securities Corporation Delaware 100 Thermo Soil Recyclers Inc. Massachusetts 100 Thermo Technology Ventures Inc. Idaho 100 Plasma Quench Investment Limited Partnership Delaware 60* ThermoTrex Corporation Delaware 51 ThermoLase Corporation Delaware 64 CBI Laboratories, Inc. Texas 100 ThermoDess S.A.S. France 50* ThermoLase France L.L.C. Delaware 50* ThermoLase Japan L.L.C. Wyoming 50* ThermoTrex East Inc. Massachusetts 100 Trex Medical Corporation Delaware 79 Page 10PAGE THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION Subsidiaries of the Registrant STATE OR PERCENT NAME JURISDICTION OF OF INCORPORATION OWNERSHIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bennett X-Ray Corporation New York 100 Bennett International Corporation U.S. Virgin 100 Islands Eagle X-Ray, Inc. New York 100 Island X-Ray Incorporated New York 100 Continental X-Ray Corporation Delaware 100 Thermo Lorad F.S.C. Inc. U.S. Virgin 100 Islands Trex Communications Corporation Delaware 100 XRE Corporation Delaware 100 TMO, Inc. Massachusetts 100 TMOI Inc. Delaware 100 Thermo Biomedical Inc. Delaware 100 Thermo Electron Export Inc. Barbados 100 (equally owned among TMO, TMD, TCA, TCK, TFT, THI, THP, TTT, TVL, TLZ, THS, TBA, TOC, TMQ and TXM ) Thermo Electron (London) Ltd. United Kingdom 50* Thermo Finance (UK) Limited United Kingdom 100 * Joint Venture/Partnership