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Native name | 株式会社 島津製作所 |
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| Company type | PublicKK |
| TYO:7701 OSE: 7701 | |
| Industry | Precision Instruments |
| Founded | Kyoto, Japan (1875 (1875)) |
| Founder | Genzo Shimadzu |
| Headquarters | 1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabara-cho,Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Teruhisa Ueda, (President andChief Executive Officer)[1] |
| Products | Scientific,medical,aircraft andindustrial instruments |
| Revenue | $ 3.5 billion (FY 2019) (¥ 385.4 billion) (FY 2019)[2] |
| $ 384.19 million (FY 2019) (¥ 41.8 billion) (FY 2019)[2] | |
Number of employees | 13,182 (as of March 31, 2020)[3] |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references [4][5] | |
Shimadzu Corporation (株式会社 島津製作所,Kabushiki-gaisha Shimadzu Seisakusho) is a JapanesepublicKK company, manufacturing precision instruments, measuring instruments and medical equipment, based inKyoto, Japan. It was established in 1875.[6] The American arm of the company,Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, was founded in 1975.[7]
The company was established by Genzo Shimadzu Sr. (島津 源蔵,Shimazu Genzō) in 1875.[6] During the 1890s and 1900s, Shimadzu experienced rapid growth that occurred at the same time as higher education grew in Japan.[8]
X-ray devices, thespectrum camera, theelectron microscope, and thegas chromatograph were developed and commercialized in advance of other Japanese companies. Shimadzu became a corporation in 1917.[8] The American arm of the company, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, was founded in 1975.[7]
The company also developed, in 2001, anultra-high speed video camera, HyperVision HPV-1, which is capable of recording at 1,000,000FPS,[9][10] while in 2016 it released the HyperVision HPV-X2, a camera that achieves ultra-high-speed continuous recording at 10 million frames per second at Full Pixel Resolution.[11][12] Other products developed by Shimadzu includehead-mounted displays.[13]
The company had revenue of¥264.048 billion yen ($2.8 billion USD) inFY 2012, with 10,395 employees as of March 31, 2013.[4][5]
In 2024, Shimadzu's scientific Instruments "SSI" acquired ZefSci (Zef Scientific, Inc.) to strengthen their core position in the Multi Vendor Space.[14]
In 2019, Shimadzu's Medical subsidiary in USA acquired CORE Medical Imaging, Inc. to strengthen healthcare business in North America.[15]
In 2018, Shimadzu acquired Infraserv Vakuumservice GmbH of Germany in order to strengthen theirturbomolecular pump sales and service capabilities in Europe.[16]
In 2017, Shimadzu acquired AlsaChim, a specialist for high-quality analytical isotope labeled standards.[17]
In 1989, Shimadzu Corporation acquired Kratos Group Plc. in U.K. to expand in surface analysis andMALDI-TOF segments.[18]
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