is a Japanese
public
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KK company, manufacturing precision instruments, measuring instruments and medical equipment, based in
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin, Keihanshin metropolitan area along wi ...
, Japan. It was established in 1875.
The American arm of the company, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, was founded in 1975.
History
Founding and early years
The company was established by in 1875.
During the 1890s and 1900s, Shimadzu experienced rapid growth that occurred at the same time as higher education grew in Japan.
X-ray
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devices, the
spectrum camera
is a Japanese public KK company, manufacturing precision instruments, measuring instruments and medical equipment, based in Kyoto, Japan. It was established in 1875. The American arm of the company, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, was founde ...
, the
electron microscope
An electron microscope is a microscope that uses a beam of accelerated electrons as a source of illumination. As the wavelength of an electron can be up to 100,000 times shorter than that of visible light photons, electron microscopes have a hi ...
, and the
gas chromatograph
Gas chromatography (GC) is a common type of chromatography used in analytical chemistry for separating and analyzing compounds that can be vaporized without decomposition. Typical uses of GC include testing the purity of a particular substance, ...
were developed and commercialized in advance of other Japanese companies. Shimadzu became a corporation in 1917.
The American arm of the company, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, was founded in 1975.
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, 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. Other products developed by Shimadzu include
head-mounted display
A head-mounted display (HMD) is a display device, worn on the head or as part of a helmet (see Helmet-mounted display for aviation applications), that has a small display optic in front of one ( monocular HMD) or each eye ( binocular HMD). An ...
s.
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.
Acquisition history
In 2019, Shimadzu's Medical subsidiary in USA acquired CORE Medical Imaging, Inc. to strengthen Healthcare Business in North America.
In 2018, Shimadzu acquired Infraserv Vakuumservice GmbH of Germany in order to strengthen their Turbomolecular Pump Sales and Service Capabilities in Europe.
In 2017, Shimadzu acquired AlsaChim, a specialist for high-quality analytical isotope labeled standards.
In 1989, Shimadzu Corporation acquired Kratos Group Plc. in U.K. to expand in Surface Analysis, MALD-TOF segments.
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See also
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List of companies of Japan
Location of Japan
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List of scientific instruments manufacturers
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Medical devices
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Laboratory equipment
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Mass spectrometry
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