Shimadzu

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Shimadzu Corporation
Native name
株式会社 島津製作所
Company type
Public KK
TYO: 7701
OSE: 7701
IndustryPrecision Instruments
FoundedKyoto, Japan (1875 (1875))
FounderGenzo Shimadzu
Headquarters1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabara-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Teruhisa Ueda, (President and Chief Executive Officer)[1]
ProductsScientific, medical, aircraft and industrial 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]
WebsiteOfficial websiteCategory:Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia
Footnotes / references
[4][5]

Shimadzu Corporation (株式会社 島津製作所Category:Articles containing Japanese-language text, Kabushiki-gaisha Shimadzu Seisakusho) is a Japanese public KK company, manufacturing precision instruments, measuring instruments and medical equipment, based in Kyoto, Japan. It was established in 1875.[6] The American arm of the company, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, was founded in 1975.[7]

History

Founding and early years

The company was established by Genzo Shimadzu Sr. (島津 源蔵Category:Articles containing Japanese-language text, 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, the spectrum camera, the electron microscope, and the gas 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]

Genzo Shimadzu Sr's son Genzo Shimadzu Jr was the second president of the company and also founded battery manufacturer GS (now GS Yuasa) in 1917.

Developments

The company also developed, in 2001, an ultra-high speed video camera, HyperVision HPV-1, which is capable of recording at 1,000,000 FPS,[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 include head-mounted displays.[13]

The company had revenue of ¥264.048 billion yen ($2.8 billion USD) in FY 2012, with 10,395 employees as of March 31, 2013.[4][5]

Acquisition history

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 their turbomolecular 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 and MALDI-TOF segments.[18]

Products

Buildings

See also

References

  1. ↑ Official websiteCategory:Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia
  2. 1 2 "FY2019 Operating Results＆Financial Position" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Corporate Profile". 9 February 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Corporate Profile". Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Goto, Kazuko (2012). "Craft and creativity: New economic spaces in Kyoto". New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities: From Industrial Restructuring to the Cultural Turn. Routledge. ISBN 9780415567732.
  7. 1 2 Swartz, Michael E. (2000-02-18). Analytical Techniques in Combinatorial Chemistry. CRC Press. pp. 278–279. ISBN 9780203909966.
  8. 1 2 The Decade of the Great War. Koninklijke Brill. 2014. pp. 362–363. ISBN 978-90-04-27427-3. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  9. ↑ A page about HyperVision HPV-1 on official site Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback MachineCategory:Webarchive template wayback links
  10. ↑ Gareth Edwards (March 29, 2005). "Shimadzu's million-frame-per-second video camera". Engadget. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  11. ↑ "A World's First - Journey to Unknown Realms of High Resolution and Ultra-High Speeds". Shimadzu. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  12. ↑ Jesus Diaz (March 21, 2014). "Watch a ball breaking glass filmed at 10 million frames per second". Sploid. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Shimadzu Data Glass 3/A". Archived from the original on June 29, 2007.
  14. ↑ Official websiteCategory:Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia
  15. ↑ Official websiteCategory:Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia
  16. ↑ Official websiteCategory:Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia
  17. ↑ Official websiteCategory:Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia
  18. ↑ Official websiteCategory:Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia
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