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)
ProductsScientific, medical, aircraft and industrial instruments
Revenue$ 3.5 billion (FY 2019) (¥ 385.4 billion) (FY 2019)
$ 384.19 million (FY 2019) (¥ 41.8 billion) (FY 2019)
Number of employees
13,182 (as of March 31, 2020)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references

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. The American arm of the company, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, was founded in 1975.