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07/12/07

Shimadzu (Hong Kong) Ltd. and GL Sciences Inc. Form Joint Venture to Market Analytical Instrument Consumables and Pretreatment Equipment in China  [JAPAN]

Shimadzu (Hong Kong) Ltd., a wholly owned sales coordination subsidiary of Shimadzu Corporation (Kyoto, Japan) in China, and GL Sciences Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) have established Shimadzu – GL Sciences (Shanghai) Laboratory Supplies Co., Ltd. Based in Shanghai, this joint venture was developed to market and sell Shimadzu and GL Sciences parts and consumables for analytical instruments and supplies for pretreatment in China. Shimadzu – GL Sciences (Shanghai) Laboratory Supplies has received approval from the Shanghai city government to begin operations, which will commence October 1.

05/21/07

Shimadzu Corporation to Take Over Turbo-Molecular Pump Business of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.  [JAPAN]

Shimadzu Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo) have agreed in principle to Shimadzu taking over Mitsubishi’s turbo-molecular pump business. Starting now, the companies will begin negotiating details of the business transfer and plan to finalize the agreement by the end of this year.

04/04/07
02/01/07

Shimadzu and Waters Announce Intent to Collaborate in the Development of Data Processing Software  [USA]

Addressing Users’ Demands for Multi-Vendor Solutions. Press Release at Pittcon 2007, Feb. 26, 2007