Exhibit 21 THERMEDICS INC. Subsidiaries of the Registrant At March 6, 1996, Thermedics Inc. owned the following companies: State or Jurisdiction Registrant's Name of Incorporation % of Ownership - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analytical Technology, Inc. Delaware 100% Orion Foreign Sales Corp. U.S. Virgin Islands 100% Orion Research Limited United Kingdom 100% Orion Research Puerto Rico, Inc. Puerto Rico 100% Corpak Inc. Massachusetts 100% Walpak Company Illinois 100% Orion Research, Inc. Massachusetts 100% Russell pH Limited Scotland 100% Thermedics Detection Inc. Massachusetts 100% Rutter & Co. Netherlands 100% Rutter Instrumentation S.A.R.L. France 90% Systech B.V. Netherlands 50% ThermedeTec Corporation Delaware 100% Thermedics Detection de Argentina S.A. Argentina 100% Thermedics Detection de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100% Thermedics Detection GmbH Germany 100% Thermedics Detection Limited United Kingdom 100% Thermedics Detection Scandinavia AS Norway 100% Thermedics F.S.C. Inc. U.S. Virgin Islands 100% Thermo Sentron Inc. Delaware 100% 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% Thermedics Australia Pty. Ltd. Australia 100% Thermo Sentron B.V. Netherlands 100% 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 52% TCA Securities Corporation Massachusetts 100% Thermo Voltek Corp. Delaware 50% Comtest Europe B.V. Netherlands 100% Comtest Instrumentation, B.V. Netherlands 100% Comtest Limited United Kingdom 100% KeyTek FSC, Ltd. U.S. Virgin Islands 100% TVL Securities Corporation Delaware 100% UVC Realty Corp. New York 100%