Horiba

Horiba, Ltd.

Type	Public KK
Traded as	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)
Products	Automotive emission measurement & test systems Environmental measuring instruments Scientific & medical analytical equipment Semiconductor-industry measuring equipment
Revenue	US$ 1.31 billion (FY 2013) (¥ 138.13 billion) (FY 2013)
Profit	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

Masao Horiba receiving the 2006 Pittcon Heritage Award

Atsushi Horiba with Mexa200 Analyzer

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. Chennai: Horiba Sutomative 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. SRH Systems 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

Head office of Horiba in Kyoto, Japan  The European headquarters and research center of Horiba in Paris-Saclay, France  Reagent plant in Montpellier, France  Horiba model MEXA-200 infrared CO analyzer  A Horiba engine test stand  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

1. "Company Outline". Horiba. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
2. "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
3. "Company Summary". Google Finance. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
4. Pernille Rudlin (April 25, 2011). "Horiba – one of corporate Japan’s quiet success stories". Rudlin Consulting. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
5. Ann M. Thayer (April 10, 2013). "Top Instrument Firms". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
6. Bartholomei Timotheos Crispinus (May 9, 2012). Horiba. Vertpress. ISBN 978-613-5-61821-1.
7. 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.
8. "Horiba Automotive Test Systems". ATZonline. October 27, 2005. Retrieved September 12, 2014.

External links

• Horiba, Ltd. website (English)
• Horiba Gaia report