Shimadzu Scientific Instruments

Company Description

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) is the North American subsidiary of Shimadzu Corp., headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. SSI was established in 1975 to provide analytical solutions to a wide range of laboratories in the Americas. With a vast installed base and preferred vendor status at many institutions, SSI's instruments are used by top researchers across the globe, customers who can count on the stability, experience, and support only Shimadzu offers.

Chief Chromatographic Techniques Supported

• Ultra high-pressure LC

• Ultra-fast LC

• Analytical/prep HPLC

• Nano LC

• 2D LC

• High temperature LC

• LC–MS-MS

• GC

• GC–MS-MS

Markets Served

Shimadzu's product line flexibility enables chromatographers in any environment to select the instrument best suited to their application. Shimadzu instruments are found in a wide range of labs, including academic research, pharmaceutical, forensic, food and beverages, biofuels, life sciences, and environmental. Shimadzu provides free technical support for the life of the instruments and encourages customer alliances to further product development.

Major Products/Services

Shimadzu offers a wide range of advanced UHPLC/HPLC, GC, and mass spectrometry systems and components. Key systems include:

• Nexera UHPLC — At 19,000 psi, the modular Nexera achieves world-leading sensitivity and superior separation across the entire HPLC/UHPLC range.

• Prominence UFLC/HPLC — Raises total system productivity to new levels by generating high-quality, reproducible data without sacrificing performance, reliability, or ruggedness.

• Integrated HPLC — Demonstrates near-zero carryover and exceptional injector reproducibility.

• LCMS-2020/8030/8040 — User-friendly single-quad and triple quad LC–MS-MS systems deliver unprecedented speed, outstanding sensitivity, and high reliability.

• LCMS-IT-TOF — The most powerful tool available for component identification and characterization studies.

• GC-2010 Plus — Delivers precision, high-speed trace level analysis.

• Comprehensive GC — Provides separations of complex mixtures not possible with conventional GC.

• GCMS-QP2010 Ultra — Single-quad GC–MS features best-in-class speed and excellent sensitivity for the ultimate in GC–MS performance.

• GCMS-TQ8030 — Triple quad GC–MS-MS provides speed, sensitivity, and selectivity beyond comparison.

Facilities

Shimadzu's US headquarters includes customer service and technical support, as well as a customer training and education center and an application laboratory. Ten regional facilities, strategically located around the US, provide customers with local sales, service, and technical support.

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments

7102 Riverwood Drive

Columbia, MD 21046

TELEPHONE

(800) 477-1227

(410) 381-1227

FAX

(410) 381-1222

E-MAIL

webmaster@shimadzu.com

WEB SITE

www.ssi.shimadzu.com

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

US: 350

Worldwide: 10,100

YEAR FOUNDED

Shimadzu Scientific

Instruments: 1975

Shimadzu Corporation: 1875