Horiba Medical

HORIBA Medical
HORIBA Medical
Formerly called
 HORIBA ABX SAS
Fate Acquired by Horiba Group (in 1996)
Founded France (1983 (1983))
Products In vitro diagnostic instruments
Parent Horiba


HORIBA Medical, Segment of the HORIBA Group, is specialized as designer and manufacturer of medical instruments and reagents for in vitro diagnostics industry. The Segment, headquartered in Montpellier (France) is presents in over 110 countries and is recognized as a world leader on Hematology market. The 1,080 employees produce 7,500 instruments and 10,000 tons of reagents annually for public and private sectors. Acquired in 1996 by HORIBA Group ,the subsidiary was originally named ABX Company, founded in 1983. ABX Company was known for the launch of the smallest hematology analyzer of the world at this time, the Minos. Since joining the Japanese Group HORIBA, segment sales have continued to grow exponentially to reach 210 million of dollars (December 2014).

Masao Horiba Building – 10 july 2015


HORIBA Medical Products

The HORIBA Medical Segment designs, develops and distributes worldwide in vitro diagnostic systems mainly destined for biological analysis in a medical laboratory. These automated analyzers are designed for various users including patients, doctors, private laboratories, clinics and university hospitals.

Nowadays, the company has widened its range via two new sectors: clinical chemistry and point-of-care testing.

HORIBA Group

HORIBA Ldt. is a group involved in measurement technology for more than 50 years now. The HORIBA Group is diversified in 5 different sectors: automotive tests systems (36% activity), environmental (11%), medical (17%), semiconductor (19%) and scientific fields (17%). 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. Today, the group, chaired by Atsushi Horiba, gathers 5,965 employees worldwide and generated 1 294 million of dollars in 2014. The moto of HORIBA Ldt. is “Joy and Fun”.


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