Shimadzu

Shimadzu Corporation
Native name
株式会社 島津製作所
Company typePublic KK
TYO: 7701
OSE: 7701
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$ 3.5 billion (FY 2019) (¥ 385.4 billion) (FY 2019)[2]
$ 384.19 million (FY 2019) (¥ 41.8 billion) (FY 2019)[2]
Number of employees
13,182 (as of March 31, 2020)[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
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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.[6] The American arm of the company, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, was founded in 1975.[7]

  1. ^ Official website
  2. ^ a b "FY2019 Operating Results&Financial Position" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Corporate Profile". 9 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Corporate Profile". Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
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