1 Nishinokyo Kuwabara-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan
81 (75) 823-1111
Vision/Mission
In our medium-term management plan, started in FY2014 under a long-term vision of becoming a “True Global Business,” we posted our basic policy outlining our aim to “Become an Innovative Company Contributing to the Growth of Customers Globally.”
Business Description
Shimadzu Corporation provides various fields with analytical and measuring instruments, medical systems, aircraft equipment and industrial machinery and services.
We fully support the business expansion and R&D sophistication of clients by providing these instruments and services. Constantly striving for the development of high value-added instruments and services, we aim to continually boost customer satisfaction.
Background
Shimadzu Corporation started manufacturing and selling physical and chemical instruments in 1875. Since its foundation, Shimadzu has provided valued products and services on a global basis, keeping in mind its corporate philosophy of “Contributing to Society through Science and Technology.”
In 1992, it established its management principle, “Realizing Our Wishes for the Wellbeing of both Mankind and the Earth,” and endeavored to provide solutions to resolve problems in those times.
Products/Services
・Analytical Instruments
・Testing and Measuring Instruments
・Medical Systems
・Aircraft Equipment
・Industrial Machinery and Equipment
Markets
The Shimadzu Group has expanded to 74 companies worldwide which are engaged in manufacturing and sales in 24 countries.
Employees
10,879 (consolidated) as of March 31, 2015
Highlights
1875 Genzo Shimadzu Sr. started the manufacture of educational physical and chemistry instruments in Kiyamachi-Nijo, Kyoto.
1877 Succeeded in Japan’s first manned balloon flight.
1896 Succeeded in taking radiographs.
1897 Started the manufacture of storage batteries.
1909 Built Japan’s first medical X-ray device.
1915 Started manufacture of optical measuring instruments.
1930 Genzo Shimadzu Jr. was invited to the Emperor’s dinner party as one of the 10 greatest inventors of Japan.
1934 Developed Japan’s first spectrograph.
1952 Developed Japan’s first photoelectric spectrophotometer.
1956 Developed Japan’s first gas chromatograph.
1961 Developed world’s first remote-controlled fluoroscopy system.
1968 Established SEG (currently SEG) in West Germany.
1975 Established SSI in the US.
1979 Established SPI in the US.
1985 Established Beijing Shimadzu Analysis Center.
1989 Acquired Kratos in the U.K.
Established SAP in Singapore.
1991 Established SOP (currently SOPS) in Australia.
1992 Established BSME in Beijing.
1999 Established SSL in Shanghai.
Developed world’s fastest DNA sequencer.
2002 Koichi Tanaka awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
2005 Established SAIP in India.
2007 Established SMEA in Dubai.
2008 Took over Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ turbomolecular pump business.
2011 Established an analytical and measuring instruments development center in Shanghai.
Established SSA in South Africa.
2014 Established SML in Malaysia.
2015 SPI new plant completed in California.
140th anniversary of the company’s foundation.
