Horiba
Company type | Public KK |
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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 | US$ 1.31 billion (FY 2013) (¥ 138.13 billion) (FY 2013) |
US$ 85.38 million (FY 2013) (¥ 8.99 billion) (FY 2013) | |
Number of employees | 5,787 (consolidated as of December 31 2013) |
Subsidiaries | List |
Website | Official website |
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
- Austria: Horiba (Austria) GmbH
- Brasil: Horiba ABX Brasil
- Canada: Horiba Automotive Test Systems Inc.
- China: Horiba Instruments (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Horiba Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- France: Horiba ABX SAS
- Horiba ABX International SAS
- Horiba France Sarl
- Horiba France Holding Sarl
- Horiba Jobin Yvon SAS
- Horiba Jobin Yvon International SAS
- BIOPEP SAS
- Germany: Horiba Automotive Test Systems GmbH
- Horiba Europe GmbH
- Horiba Europe Automation Division GmbH
- Horiba Jobin Yvon GmbH
- India: Horiba India Private Limited
- Italy: Horiba Jobin Yvon Srl
- Japan: Horiba, Ltd.
- Horiba STEC, Co., Ltd.
- Horiba Advanced Techno Co., Ltd.
- Horiba Techno Service Co., Ltd.
- Horiba Itech Co., Ltd.
- Korea: Horiba Korea Ltd.
- Horiba Automotive Test Systems Ltd.
- Horiba STEC Korea, Ltd.
- Poland: Horiba ABX Sp. zo. o.
- Singapore: Horiba Instruments (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
- Thailand: Horiba ABX (Thailand) Ltd.
- Horiba ABX Diagnostics (Thailand) Ltd.
- UK: Horiba Instruments Limited
- Horiba Jobin Yvon Ltd.
- Horiba Test Automation Ltd.
- Horiba Jobin Yvon IBH Ltd.
- USA: Horiba International Corporation
- Horiba Instruments Incorporated
- Horiba ABX Inc. - Horiba Jobin Yvon Inc.
- Horiba/STEC Incorporated
- Horiba Automotive Test Systems Corp.
Gallery
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Head office of Horiba in Kyoto, Japan
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The European headquarters and research center of Horiba in Paris-Saclay, France
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Reagent plant in Montpellier, France
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Horiba model MEXA-200 infrared CO analyzer
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A Horiba engine test stand
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Radiation monitor showing radiation at Minamisōma, Fukushima
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.
- ^ a b 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.