Shimadzu

Shimadzu corporation, situated in Kyoto, was founded in 1875 as a maker of educational physics and chemical instruments and was also engaged in Japan's first manned balloon trip two years later.

For more than 140 years, Shimadzu Corporation has been dedicated to commercializing cutting-edge technology and making it available to clients in a variety of sectors. Their mission statement, "Excellence in Science," reflects their desire and attitude to provide superior, world-class analytical and measuring instruments, medical imaging systems, aircraft equipment, and industrial machinery for the advancement of human health, society's safety and security, and industrial processes. Shimadzu wants to work with clients to address their needs with distinctive technologies and solutions in today's difficult, ever-changing world.

Diagnostics and X-ray imaging equipment, such as angiography, fluoroscopy, radiography, and transportable C-arm devices, are the focus of the Japanese company's activities in the medical industry today. Shimadzu has a $3.5 billion yearly revenue and employs over 13,000 people in 74 countries by 2020.

Founded: 1875

Headquarters: Kyoto

Websitehttp: //www.shimadzu.com/