Shimadzu
| Shimadzu Corp. 株式会社 島 津 製作 所
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| legal form | Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company) |
| ISIN | JP3357200009 |
| founding | 1875 |
| Seat | Nakagyo-ku , Kyoto , Japan |
| sales | 391 billion yen (~ 3.3 billion euros ) |
| Branch | Analytical instruments, laboratory technology and medical devices |
| Website | www.shimadzu.com |
| As of December 31, 2018 | |
Shimadzu ( Japanese 株式会社 島 津 製作 所 , Kabushiki kaisha Shimazu Seisakusho , Engl. Shimadzu Corporation ) was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Kyoto . Shimadzu is a manufacturer of instruments for instrumental analysis such as liquid chromatography (LC, HPLC, UHPLC), gas chromatography (GC), LCMS, GCMS, spectroscopy, sum parameters (TOC), materials testing technology and medical devices.
The devices serve product safety as well as environmental and consumer protection, are used in almost all manufacturing industries, in health care as well as in food production, processing and safety. They are used for routine and high-end applications, for process and quality control as well as research and development.
General
Shimadzu employs over 10,000 people worldwide and is represented in 76 countries. There are over 40 branches in Europe. The company has been represented in Germany for over 45 years. The headquarters for Europe and the sales branch for Germany are located in Duisburg . In addition, Shimadzu Germany has six technical offices and service bases in the regional catchment areas of Düsseldorf, Munich, Berlin, Hanover, Darmstadt and Jena.
Company history
Shimadzu was founded in 1875 by Genzō Shimadzu, whose family was allowed by Yoshihiro Shimdadzu to use his clan's name and family crest. The company is thus in direct contact with the Shimazu of the Sengoku period.
In 1877 he developed a hot air balloon, which he let fly with a passenger over the old Imperial Palace in Kyoto. His son Umejiro Shimadzu (1869-1951) was renamed Genzō Shimadzu in 1896 and in the same year took the first X-rays in Japan with his younger brother. They were only discovered a year earlier by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen . In 1909 Shimadzu Jr. developed a medical X-ray machine and began making materials development machines. In the same year Shimadzu became a public company. In 1930 Genzō Shimadzu Jr. was invited to dinner by the Japanese Emperor as one of the ten best inventors in Japan.
In 1934 the company produced the first Japanese spectrographs and in 1936 they began to manufacture parts for aviation. In 1951, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito visited the main Sanjo factory. In 1956 Shimdazu developed the first gas chromatograph in Japan.
In 1968 Shimdazu expanded to Germany. In 1987 Shimadzu moved from Düsseldorf to Duisburg and started producing analytical instruments at the German headquarters in Duisburg.
In 2002, Shimadzu employee Kōichi Tanaka was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a method for the mass spectrometric analysis of biological macromolecules.
In 2003 Shimadzu developed the world's first flat panel detector for the Dynamic X-Ray Imaging System. In 2005 Shimadzu celebrated its 130th anniversary and in 2008 took over the Turbo-Molecular Pump business from Mitsubishi.
In 2005 Shimadzu also developed a high-speed video camera, the HyperVision HPV-2 with an isCCD chip, which records up to 1 million images per second. In 2014 Shimadzu presented the successor, the HyperVision HPV-X. This video camera even makes up to 10 million per second.
Products
- The Nexera XR can be tailored to the specific analysis objective using a selection of modules. The UHPLC system has a maximum pressure of 660 bar , high reproducibility and system stability in combination with highly sensitive detectors. Typical areas of application are pharmaceuticals, (bio) chemistry, the environment and food. Due to their small stroke volumes, the pumps can deliver very precise flow rates. A low pressure gradient unit can optionally be built into the pumps. Methods from competitors can also be transferred to the system and further modules can be added at any time, which means that additional methods can be transferred to the system.
- The i-Series was developed for both conventional and ultra-fast LC analyzes and consists of the HPLC Prominence -i and the UHPLC system Nexera -i . Its properties include high-speed analysis, simplified method transfer, minimized environmental impact and easy maintenance. The i- Series can be used in many areas of CMC (Chemical Manufacturing Control) related analysis and confirmation of synthetic substances, including method development / optimization and QA / QC of products, release tests of generic drugs and in the remote monitoring of manufacturing processes of new active substances become. Complete application systems for certain substance classes are offered especially for food analysis.
- The LCMS-8060 Triple Quad mass spectrometer offers ultra-high scan rates up to 30,000 u / s and ultra-fast polarity changes in every mode . Polarity change times reduced to 5 ms enable the simultaneous acquisition of LC / MS / MS signals in positive and negative measuring mode. The individual MRM (Multiple Reaction Monitoring) recording times can be individually adjusted and shortened to up to 0.8 ms per MRM. The ion transfer of the UF-Qarray of the LCMS-8060 improves the LC / MS / MS sensitivity by increasing the signal strength and reducing the background noise.
Overview of business segments and products
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Analytical devices
- Gas chromatography (GC)
- Liquid chromatography (LC, HPLC & UHPLC)
- Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GCMS)
- Liquid Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry (LCMS)
- Mass Spectrometry (MS & UFMS)
- Spectroscopy (FTIR, AAS & ICP-OES)
- Sum parameter (TOC)
- Particle size determination
- material testing
- Scales
- Data management & software
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Medical equipment
- Angiography systems
- Radiography and fluoroscopy systems
- Systems for projection radiography
- Mobile C-arms
- Mobile X-ray systems
- Imaging Technologies
Trivia
Various Shimadzu products appeared in the " Navy CIS " (NCIS) series and were used by the fictional forensic scientist Abby in the laboratory.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Financial Highlights. Retrieved December 9, 2019 .
- ↑ 10-year anniversary and move to new rooms | SHIMADZU GERMANY. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Shimadzu Germany continues to grow. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Our technical offices | SHIMADZU GERMANY. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Shimdazu's emblem. Shimadzu Corporation, accessed April 4, 2018 .
- ↑ shimadzu.com
- ↑ Nexera XR | SHIMADZU GERMANY. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ↑ i-Series | SHIMADZU GERMANY. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ↑ LCMS-8060 - Triple Quadrupole MS | SHIMADZU GERMANY. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .