Shimadzu Corp.

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Shimadzu Corp.
Type
Founded 1875
Headquarters Kyoto, Flag of Japan Japan
Products Scientific instruments
Website http://www.shimadzu.com/
Headquarters of Shimadzu Corporation in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Headquarters of Shimadzu Corporation in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan


Shimadzu Corporation (株式会社島津製作所 Kabushiki-gaisha Shimazu Seisakusho?) (TYO: 7701) is a manufacturer of precision instruments, measuring instruments and medical equipment, based in Kyoto, Japan.

The company was established by Genzo Shimadzu (島津 源蔵 Shimazu Genzō) in 1875. X-ray devices, the spectrum camera, the electron microscope, and the gas chromatograph were developed and commercialized in advance of other Japanese companies. In 2002, Koichi Tanaka, a longstanding employee, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a method of mass spectrometric analysis of biological macromolecules. The company also developed an ultra-high speed video camera, HyperVision HPV-1, which is capable of recording at 1,000,000 FPS.[1][2]

Shimadzu also launched the Prominence UFLC liquid chromatograph in 2005. This ultra fast liquid chromatograph can do fast chromatography without high pressure compromise. Its unmatched pumping precision (3nL/step) coupled with a 10 seconds total cycle injector capability makes it the fastest instrument on the market.

Other products developed by Shimadzu include head-mounted displays [3].

Shimadzu is the worlds only producer of a "Direct-Conversion" Flat Panel Detector for Cardiac, Angiography and General Radiography examinations. Safire FPD technology

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  1. ^ A page about HyperVision HPV-1 on official site
  2. ^ Engadget article about camera
  3. ^ Shimadzu Data Glass 3/A
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