Horiba
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| Public KK | |
| Traded as | TYO: 6856 |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | Kyoto, Japan (October 17, 1945) |
| Founder | Masao Horiba |
| Headquarters | 2 Miyanohigashi, Kisshoin, Minami-ku Kyoto, 601-8510 Japan |
Key people |
Atsushi Horiba (Chairman of the Board, President and CEO) |
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| Revenue | (¥ 138.13 billion) (FY 2013) |
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Number of employees | 5,787 (consolidated as of December 31 2013) |
| Subsidiaries | List |
| Website | Official website |
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Footnotes / references [1][2][3] | |
Horiba, Ltd. (堀場製作所 Kabushiki-gaisha Horiba Seisaku-sho ) is a Japanese manufacturer of precision instruments for measurement and analysis. They make instruments that measure and analyze automobile exhaust gas (80% share of the world market),[4] and environmental, medical and scientific applications.
Horiba is one of the top 25 analytical and life sciences instrumentation companies in the world.[5]
Development of the company
Horiba was founded in 1945 by Masao Horiba, who graduated in nuclear physics from Kyoto University and in the early 1950s started mass-production of pH meters. The present company was registered in 1953. From 1959 until 2002, Hitachi was a principal shareholder, and the two companies retain close connections.[6]
In 1972, the company established subsidiaries in America and Europe. In 1996-7, Horiba acquired two French companies: the specialist blood cell counter maker ABX SA (currently called Horiba ABX SAS) in 1996, and optical equipment maker Instruments SA (currently Horiba Jobin Yvon SAS) in 1997.[7]
In 2005, Horiba acquired German company Schenck Development Test Systems (including Schenck Pegasus), expanding the automotive market product range[8] to include engine and driveline testing tools, including brake testing and wind-tunnel balances, and the Interautomation Group of Ontario, Canada, with its real-time pre-emptive kernel Linux-based ADACS data acquisition and control software suite.[6]
Horiba's diversification, and establishing of overseas subsidiaries, decoupled Horiba from the stagnant Japanese industrial market, and Japanese domestic sales dropped from 62% of total sales in 1995 to 35% in 2008. The Horiba group now consists of about 42 companies, spread over about 15 countries.
Major subsidiaries
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See also
- Engine test stand - with information about engine testing
- Horiba Medical - Horiba's division developing medical instruments and reagents for the in vitro diagnostics industry
References
- ↑ "Company Outline". Horiba. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Company Summary". Google Finance. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
- ↑ Pernille Rudlin (April 25, 2011). "Horiba – one of corporate Japan’s quiet success stories". Rudlin Consulting. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
- ↑ Ann M. Thayer (April 10, 2013). "Top Instrument Firms". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Bartholomei Timotheos Crispinus (May 9, 2012). Horiba. Vertpress. ISBN 978-613-5-61821-1.
- ↑ Yoshikazu Giga; Toshiyuki Kobayashi (May 14, 2013). What Mathematics Can Do for You: Essays and Tips from Japanese Industry Leaders. Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-4-431-54346-6.
- ↑ "Horiba Automotive Test Systems". ATZonline. October 27, 2005. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
External links
- Horiba, Ltd. website (English)
- Horiba Gaia report
