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Shimadzu Corporation's foundation memorial hall. It tells the corporate history of an analytical and measuring instrument maker that produced a Nobel Prize.
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Shimadzu Corporation (株式会社 島津製作所, Kabushiki-gaisha Shimadzu Seisakusho) is a Japanese public KK company, manufacturing precision instruments, measuring instruments and medical equipment, based in Kyoto, Japan. It was established in 1875. The American arm of the company, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, was founded in 1975.
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Field:Analytical instruments, company history
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