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At the age of 25, Kenneth Rainin founds the Rainin Instrument Company to distribute laboratory instruments and supplies. He secures the rights to sell a line of pipettes, a tool used to precisely measure and dispense liquid, and grows the Pipetman into the dominant brand of pipettes used in laboratories.