Hamamatsu Photonics
A Japanese company that especializes in optical devices for scientific, medical or technical use / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (浜松ホトニクス株式会社, Hamamatsu Hotonikusu Kabushiki-Kaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of optical sensors (including photomultiplier tubes), electric light sources, and other optical devices and their applied instruments for scientific, technical and medical use.[2][3]
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Native name | 浜松ホトニクス株式会社 |
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Company type | Public KK |
TYO: 6965 | |
Industry | Electronics |
Founded | (September 29, 1953; 70 years ago (1953-09-29)) |
Founder | Heihachiro Horiuchi |
Headquarters | 325-6, Sunayama-cho, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, 430-8587, Japan |
Key people | Teruo Hiruma (Chairman of the board) Akira Hiruma (President and CEO) |
Products | |
Revenue | JPY 120.6 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 1.01 billion) (FY 2014) |
JPY 16.5 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 138.3 million) (FY 2014) | |
Number of employees | 4,420 (consolidated, as of December 19, 2014) |
Website | Official website |
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The company was founded in 1953 by Heihachiro Horiuchi, a former student of Kenjiro Takayanagi, who is known as "the father of Japanese television".[4]