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Shimadzu

Shimadzu Corporation (株式会社 島津製作所) 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 founded in 1975.

History

Founding and early years

The company was established by Genzo Shimadzu Sr. (島津 源蔵) in 1875.[6] During the 1890s and 1900s, Shimadzu experienced rapid growth that occurred at the same time as higher education grew in Japan.[7]

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.[7] The American arm of the company, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, was founded in 1975.[8]

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]

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References

  1. {{Official website | url=https://www.shimadzu.com/about/profile.html }}^
  2. FY2019 Operating Results＆Financial Position^
  3. Corporate Profile 9 February 2018^
  4. Corporate Profile retrieved April 16, 2014^
  5. Annual Report 2013 retrieved April 16, 2014^
  6. Kazuko Goto. New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities: From Industrial Restructuring to the Cultural Turn Routledge, 2012^
  7. The Decade of the Great War Koninklijke Brill, 2014, retrieved 7 August 2020^
  8. Michael E. Swartz. Analytical Techniques in Combinatorial Chemistry CRC Press, 2000-02-18^
  9. A page about HyperVision HPV-1 on official site^
  10. Gareth Edwards. Shimadzu's million-frame-per-second video camera Engadget, March 29, 2005, retrieved April 16, 2014^
  11. A World's First - Journey to Unknown Realms of High Resolution and Ultra-High Speeds Shimadzu, retrieved April 17, 2014^
  12. Jesus Diaz. Watch a ball breaking glass filmed at 10 million frames per second Sploid, March 21, 2014, retrieved April 17, 2014^
  13. Shimadzu Data Glass 3/A^
  14. {{Official website | url=https://www.shimadzu.com/news/2024/tth0-a77bl20c23j.html }}^
  15. {{Official website | url=https://www.shimadzu.com/news/epcwkbm6au53m7xw.html }}^
  16. {{Official website | url=https://www.shimadzu.com/news/9fejfmd4je8r8dzf.html }}^
  17. {{Official website | url=https://www.shimadzu.eu/shimadzu-has-acquired-alsachim-specialist-high-quality-analytical-isotope-labeled-standards }}^
  18. {{Official website | url=https://www.shimadzu.com/about/history.html }}^