Horiba
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), and environmental, medical and scientific applications.
Company type | Public KK |
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Traded as | TYO: 6856 |
Industry | Electronics/measurement Instruments |
Founded | Kyoto, Japan |
Founder | Masao Horiba |
Headquarters | 2 Miyanohigashi, Kisshoin, Minami-ku Kyoto, 601-8510 Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Atsushi Horiba (Chairman & Group CEO) |
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Revenue | US$ 1,887 million (FY 2019) (¥ 200,241 million) (FY 2019) |
Net income | US$ 145 million (FY 2019) (¥ 15,481 million) (FY 2019) |
Number of employees | 8,288 (As of December 31, 2019) |
Website | Official website |
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Horiba is one of the top 25 analytical and life sciences instrumentation companies in the world.
The group has been involved in measurement technology for more than 50 years. It is diversified in 5 different sectors: automotive tests systems (36% activity), environmental (11%), medical (17%), semiconductor (19%) and scientific fields (17%). Today, the group, chaired by Atsushi Horiba, gathers 5,965 employees worldwide and generated 1 294 million of dollars in 2014.
The motto of HORIBA Ltd. is "Joy and Fun".