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Shimadzu Corporation was established in 1875 in Kyoto, Japan, as one of the pioneers of scientific precision instruments.
Top-pan and torsion balance production started in 1918, and equal-beam analytical balances were introduced in the market in 1925. Ever since, continuous improvement of Shimadzu balances has contributed to the development of industry and research.

In early days, precision weighing was a time-consuming practice performed only by experienced operators. Placing the sample and small masses on pans hung from a beam and reading a scale with a moving indicator was arduous and fatiguing.
Shimadzu keeps removing such difficulties from weighing work. The introduction of direct reading analytical balance (Patented in Japan in 1948) signified a new era in weighing technology. In the Type L balance, the sensitive mass-loading work was replaced by convenient dial operations. Users saved two thirds of their weighing time, and never wanted to go back to conventional balances.
Shimadzu then added top-loading direct reading balance with RobervalZÍs mechanism in 1959. These instruments set the standards in laboratories of many clients until recent years.

Shimadzu continued to pioneer new technologies. As early as 1971, Shimadzu released its first electronic balance, Digibalance, which marked a major turnabout in precision weighing concepts. This was the very beginning of what is taken for granted today: weighing is simply plugging in the balance, placing sample, and reading the display. Six years later (1977), the application of microprocessors to electronic balances further enhanced weighing performance. The compact ED Series provided substantial improvement in sensitivity, resolution, and stability.

Shimadzu, with continuous focus towards customer satisfaction, keeps introducing user-friendly instruments and features into the market. The temperature-based full-automatic calibration in 1985, the first one-piece forcecell (OPF) in 1989, the high-sensitivity AEM-5200 Micro Balance in 1993, and the unique Windows™ Direct feature perfectly suited for computerized laboratory of the new century, are just part of Shimadzu's achievements.