1971
Shimadzu launched a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GC-MS)
1972
Shimadzu launched a high-speed liquid chromatograph (LC)
1975
100th anniversary of Shimadzu’s founding Shimadzu Foundation Memorial Museum opened
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. (SSI) was established in the U.S.
1976
Hydraulic Equipment Department (now Fluidics Systems Division) was established
1977
Middle East Office was established in Cairo
1978
Shimadzu launched a medical X-ray CT scanner
1979
An analytical instrument service station was established in Beijing, followed by a Beijing Office the following year
Shimadzu Precision Instruments, Inc. (SPI) was established in the U.S.
1980
Latin America Office was established in Argentina
Shimadzu Science Foundation was established
The foundation was established to support and promote scientific and technological research and development, contribute to industrial development, and promote welfare in Japan. It supports outstanding research and development and recognizes distinguished achievement with the Shimadzu Prize.
Shimadzu launched Japan's first air-cooled turbomolecular pump (TMP)
Shimadzu developed a TMP to create vacuum states using aircraft turbine technology. Accelerators and nuclear fusion were the principal applications, but subsequently development progressed for electronic and semiconductor manufacturing and processing. Today Shimadzu TMPs also find use in environmental applications.
1981
Net sales and operating income reached ¥100 billion and ¥10 billion respectively
1988
Joint development of HEADTOME-IV took place
In PET scans, a radiotracer is injected into the patient to image and quantitatively assess biological activity and function. HEADTOME-IV was developed jointly with Akita Prefectural Cerebrovascular Research Center (now the Akita Prefectural Cardiovascular and Cerebrospinal Center) at a time when the principal PET application was brain function research.
1989
U.K. company Kratos Analytical Ltd. was acquired
Shimadzu (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd. (SAP) was established in Singapore
1991
Shimadzu Oceania Pty. Ltd. (SOP), responsible for the analytical business, was established in Australia.
(In 1996, with the establishment of SOPM, which is responsible for the medical business, SOP was renamed SOPS. In April 2025, SOPM and SOPS merged to SOP.)
1992
New Management Principle was formulated: “Realizing Our Wishes for the Well-being of Mankind and the Earth”
