Hamamatsu Photonics

Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
Native name
浜松ホトニクス株式会社
Company typePublic KK
TYO: 6965
IndustryElectronics
Founded(September 29, 1953; 70 years ago (1953-09-29))
FounderHeihachiro Horiuchi
Headquarters325-6, Sunayama-cho, Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, 430-8587, Japan
Key people
Teruo Hiruma
(Chairman of the board)
Akira Hiruma
(President and CEO)
Products
RevenueIncrease JPY 120.6 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 1.01 billion) (FY 2014)
Increase JPY 16.5 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 138.3 million) (FY 2014)
Number of employees
4,420 (consolidated, as of December 19, 2014)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
[1]

Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (浜松ホトニクス株式会社, Hamamatsu Hotonikusu Kabushiki-Kaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of optical sensors (including photomultiplier tubes), electric light sources, and other optical devices and their applied instruments for scientific, technical and medical use.[2][3]

The company was founded in 1953 by Heihachiro Horiuchi, a former student of Kenjiro Takayanagi, who is known as "the father of Japanese television".[4]

  1. ^ "Corporate Profile". Hamamatsu Photonics. Archived from the original on June 10, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  2. ^ Simon, Hermann (June 10, 2009). "Chapter 1: The Mystique of the Hidden Champions". Hidden Champions of the Twenty-First Century: The Success Strategies of Unknown World Market Leaders. London: Springer Science+Business Media. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-387-98147-5.
  3. ^ Resolved Instruments. "DPD80 Infrared Datasheet". Retrieved April 23, 2018. For more information on the photodiode please refer to part number g6854-01 in the hamamatsu datasheet ...
  4. ^ "Business club video:Hamamatsu". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.