Shimadzu Corp.
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Native name
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株式会社 島津製作所 |
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Traded as | TYO: 7701 OSE: 7701 |
Industry | Precision Instruments |
Founded | Kyoto, Japan (1875 ) |
Founder | Genzo Shimadzu |
Headquarters | 1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabara-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Akira Nakamoto, (CEO and President) |
Products | Scientific, medical , aircraft and industrial instruments |
Revenue | $ 2.8 billion (FY 2012) (¥ 264.048 billion) (FY 2012) |
Profit | $ 80.6 million (FY 2012) (¥ 7.578 billion) (FY 2012) |
Number of employees
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10,395 (as of March 31, 2013) |
Slogan | Excellence in Science |
Website | Official website |
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Shimadzu Corporation (株式会社 島津製作所 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.[3] The American arm of the company, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, was founded in 1975.[4]
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History
Founding and early years
The company was established by Genzo Shimadzu (島津 源蔵 Shimazu Genzō?) in 1875.[3] X-ray devices, the spectrum camera, the electron microscope, and the gas chromatograph were developed and commercialized in advance of other Japanese companies. The American arm of the company, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, was founded in 1975.[4]
Recent developments
In 2002, Koichi Tanaka, a longstanding employee, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a method of mass spectrometric analysis of biological macromolecules.
The company also developed, in 2005, an ultra-high speed video camera, HyperVision HPV-1, which is capable of recording at 1,000,000 FPS,[5][6] while in 2014 it released the HyperVision HPV-X, a camera that achieves ultra-high-speed continuous recording at 10 million frames per second.[7][8] Other products developed by Shimadzu include head-mounted displays.[9]
Shimadzu is the world's only producer of a "Direct-Conversion" Flat Panel Detector for Cardiac, Angiography and General Radiography examinations.[10]
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.[1][2]
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- ↑ Shimadzu Data Glass 3/A Archived June 29, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Safire FPD technology Archived May 1, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Electronics companies of Japan
- Manufacturing companies of Japan
- Defense companies of Japan
- Instrument-making corporations
- Laboratory equipment manufacturers
- Medical equipment manufacturers
- X-ray equipment manufacturers
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- Companies based in Kyoto
- Manufacturing companies established in 1875
- 1875 establishments in Japan
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- Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Companies listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange