Shimadzu Corporation provides equipment solutions in Japan and Internationally. It operates through Measuring Instruments, Medical Equipment, Industrial Equipment, and Aircraft Equipment business segments. The company offers analytical and measuring instruments include gas and liquid chromatography, gas and liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometry, software and informatics, molecular spectroscopy, elemental analysis, surface analysis, life science lab instrument, material testing, non-destructive testing, total organic carbon analysis, continuous monitoring analysis, thermal analysis, particle size analysis, and balance products, as well as MALDI-based instruments and solutions, columns, reagents, and consumables products. It also provides medical systems comprising angiography, fluoroscopy, mobile C-arm, radiography, mobile X-ray systems, PET, and fluorescence imaging products; optical devices which consist of diffraction gratings, aspherical mirrors, laser mirrors and windows for high power lasers, polka-dot beam splitters, laser spectrum analyzers, and precision refractometers. In addition, the company offers vacuum and industrial machinery, including turbo molecular pumps, helium leak detectors, multi deposition system, vacuum heat-treatment furnaces, liquid delivery equipment gear pumps, mechatronic systems glass fiber winders, ferromagnetic object detector, underwater optical wireless communication, liquid crystal injection system, and dynamic balancing machines. Further, the company provides hydraulic equipment, such as hydraulic gear pumps, power packages, and multi control valves; and aircraft equipment, including electro-mechanical actuators, flight control systems, and landing gear systems. It serves to the Spectroscopic Analysis, Optical Communication, Laser, Medical, and Food industries. Shimadzu Corporation was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.
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