JEOL

JEOL Ltd.
Native name
日本電子株式会社
Company typePublic KK
TYO: 6951
ISINJP3735000006
IndustryPrecision instrument
FoundedMay 30, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-05-30)
FoundersKenji Kazato
Kazuo Ito
Headquarters
Akishima, Tokyo 196-8558
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Gon-emon Kurihara
(President)
Products
RevenueIncrease JPY 107.3 billion (FY 2015) (US$ 952 million) (FY 2015)
Increase JPY 4 billion (FY 2015) (US$ 36.2 million) (FY 2015)
Number of employees
2,963 (consolidated as of March 31, 2016)
Websitewww.jeol.co.jp/en/
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

JEOL, Ltd. (日本電子, Nihon Denshi Kabushiki-kaisha, Nihon meaning Japan and Denshi meaning electron) is a major developer and manufacturer of electron microscopes and other scientific instruments, industrial equipment and medical equipment.[3]

Its headquarters are in Tokyo, Japan, with 25 domestic and foreign subsidiaries and associated companies as of 2014.[3] It is listed in the top ten businesses worldwide for analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing.[4] JEOL's instruments are used by researchers around the world, including the University of Cambridge,[5] University of Oxford,[6] and MIT.[7]

It has been included in the Activest Lux Nanotech Mutual Fund[8] and the WestLB Nanotech Fund.[9]

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  2. ^ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Report 2014" (PDF). JEOL Ltd. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  4. ^ "JEOL LTD". Plunkett Research, Ltd. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Facilities @ Wolfson Electron Microscopy Suite". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Instruments". Oxford University. David Cockayne Centre for Electron Microscopy David Cockayne Centre for Electron Microscopy. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Electron Microscopy". MIT. MIT Center for Materials Science and Engineering. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  8. ^ Uldrich, Jack (2006). Investing in nanotechnology : profiles over 100 leading nanotechnology companies. Avon, MA: Adams Media. p. 45. ISBN 9781593374082. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  9. ^ Thayer, Ann M. (May 2, 2005). "Nanotech Investing". Chemical & Engineering News. 83 (18): 17–24. doi:10.1021/cen-v083n018.p017. Retrieved 24 June 2016.