Abbott Laboratories (Abbott) is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of a range of health care products. Abbott operates in five segments: Proprietary Pharmaceutical Products, Established Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products and Vascular Products. In March 2012, STARLIMS Technologies, an Abbott company, acquired STARLIMS's French distributor Varilab; operations of two privately held Spanish businesses, operating as STARLIMS Iberica; a Dutch company, operating as STARLIMS Netherlands, with a branch office in Solna, Sweden; and the business of its Israeli distribution partner, STARLIMS Israel, Ltd. In addition, the Company established STARLIMS Germany GmbH, with offices in Witten, Germany.