Shimadzu

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.[4] The American arm of the company, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, was founded in 1975.[5]

Shimadzu Corporation
Native name
株式会社 島津製作所
Public KK
Traded asTYO: 7701
OSE: 7701
ISINJP3357200009 
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$ 2.8 billion (FY 2012) (¥ 264.048 billion) (FY 2012)
$ 80.6 million (FY 2012) (¥ 7.578 billion) (FY 2012)
Number of employees
10,395 (as of March 31, 2013)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
[2][3]

History

Founding and early years

The company was established by Genzo Shimadzu Sr.島津 源蔵 (Shimazu Genzō) in 1875.[4] 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.[5]

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 2001, an ultra-high speed video camera, HyperVision HPV-1, which is capable of recording at 1,000,000 FPS,[6][7] 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.[8][9] Other products developed by Shimadzu include head-mounted displays.[10]

Shimadzu is the world's only producer of a "Direct-Conversion" Flat Panel Detector for Cardiac, Angiography and General Radiography examinations.[11]

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.[2][3]

Acquisition history

In 2019, Shimadzu's Medical subsidiary in USA acquired CORE Medical Imaging, Inc. to strengthen Healthcare Business in North America. [12]

In 2018, Shimadzu acquired Infraserv Vakuumservice GmbH of Germany in order to strengthen their Turbomolecular Pump Sales and Service Capabilities in Europe.[13]

In 2017, Shimadzu acquired AlsaChim, a specialist for high-quality analytical isotope labeled standards.[14]

In 1989, Shimadzu Corporation acquired Kratos Group Plc. in U.K. to expand in Surface Analysis, MALD-TOF segments.[15]

Global Subsidiaries and Network

Over the years, Shimadzu Corporation has established a strong network of own subsidiaries and local distributors for sales and service support to customers across the globe. Few of them are as in below table. [16]

Region Subsidiaries Distributors
North America Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, INC.,

Shimadzu Medical Systems USA

 -
Latin America SHIMADZU DO BRASIL COMERCIO LTDA.,

SHIMADZU LATIN AMERICA S.A.

 -
Europe Shimadzu Europa GmbH -
Middle East and Africa SHIMADZU MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA FZE,

SHIMADZU SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD.

 -
Asia Pacific SHIMADZU (ASIA PACIFIC) PTE. LTD.,

SHIMADZU PHILIPPINES CORPORATION,

SHIMADZU MALAYSIA SDN. BHD.,

SHIMADZU ANALYTICAL (INDIA) PVT. LTD.

 Spinco Biotech Pvt Ltd (India),

Toshvin Analytical Pvt. Ltd.(India),

Swan Environment Pvt Ltd. (India),

Bara Scientific Co., Ltd (Thailand),

China Shimadzu (China) CO., LTD. -
Taiwan and Korea Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (Taiwan) CO., LTD.,

Shimadzu Scientific Korea Corporation

 -
Oceania Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (Oceania) PTY. LTD. -

Products

Shimadzu’s main products are as below.[17]

Analytical Instruments Testing and Measuring Instruments Medical Systems Industrial Machinery & Equipment Aircraft Equipment
Gas Chromatography,

Liquid Chromatography,

Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometry,

Liquid Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometry,

Data Management & Software,

Mass Spectrometry,

Spectroscopy,

Total Organic Carbon Analysis,

Surface Analysis,

Life Science Lab Instruments,

Thermal Analysis

 Particle Size Analysis,

Continuous Monitoring Analysis,

Balances,

Materials Testing & Inspection,

Non-Destructive Testing

 Angiography,

Fluoroscopy,

Mobile C-arm,

Mobile X-ray,

Fluorescence Imaging,

Radiography,

 Turbo Molecular Pump,

Hydraulic Gear Pumps,

Diffraction Gratings

 Flight Control System,

Electro-Mechanical Actuators,

Landing Gear System

Products
  • Shimadzu's Nexera series HPLC (2019)
  • Inside the cover of a Shimadzu Ion Trap-Time of Flight mass spectrometer in 2008. Visible are power supplies, circuit boards, the flight tube, ion gauges etc.
  • 2009 MALDI mass spectrometer (in the Applications Lab of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Columbia, MD)
  • SHIMADZU GC-2010 Plus High-end Gas Chromatograph

Buildings
  • Shimadzu Foundation Memorial Hall in the Nakagyo-ku ward of Kyoto in 2006
  • Shimadzu office building in Tokyo

See also

References
  1. Official website
  2. "Corporate Profile". Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  3. "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  4. 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.
  5. Swartz, Michael E. (2000-02-18). Analytical Techniques in Combinatorial Chemistry. CRC Press. pp. 278–279. ISBN 9780203909966.
  6. A page about HyperVision HPV-1 on official site Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Gareth Edwards (March 29, 2005). "Shimadzu's million-frame-per-second video camera". Engadget. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  8. "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.
  9. Jesus Diaz (March 21, 2014). "Watch a ball breaking glass filmed at 10 million frames per second". Sploid. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  10. Shimadzu Data Glass 3/A Archived June 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  11. Safire FPD technology Archived May 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  12. Official website
  13. Official website
  14. Official website
  15. Official website
  16. Official website
  17. Official website
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