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11/02/10

New PDA-8000 Optical Emission Spectrometer Achieves High-Sensitivity Analysis and an Energy Savings of 40 %
- Supporting R&D and Quality Control in the Iron and Steel Manufacturing Sector -

Shimadzu Corporation introduces the PDA-8000, its most advanced optical emission spectrometer, which is capable of stable, high-sensitivity analysis of a variety of metal materials.

09/06/10

Release of Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatograph System that Realizes First-Ever Authentic GCxGC Analysis Using Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

- Achieves superior resolution by making the best use of ultra high-speed performance of GCMS-QP2010 Ultra -
Shimadzu Corporation is releasing a comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatograph (GCxGC) system that realizes first-ever authentic GCxGC analysis using a quadrupole mass spectrometer. This is accomplished by making use of the ultra high-speed performance with best-in-class scan speed of 20,000 u/sec offered by the GCMS-QP2010 Ultra.

08/31/10

Rapid Measurement of Glycan Structures using Trace-Level Samples
Accurate Glycan Analyzer Now on Sale

Application Anticipated to R&D of Antibody Drugs and Generic Biotech Drugs
Shimadzu Corporation has released an accurate glycan analyzer capable of quickly analyzing the structure of the biological molecule "glycan." Glycans play an important role in medical research for such applications as diagnosis of cancer and other diseases and development of antibody drugs. This analyzer can measure trace-level (one nanogram) glycan samples (nano means "one billionth") quickly and with high sensitivity.

06/08/10

New Medical Factory Completed!
Higher Quality Products! Higher Production Efficiency!

We, Shimadzu Corporation, are pleased to announce that new factory for medical systems has been finally completed in the premise of headquarters in Kyoto, Japan.