About Rigaku
Since its inception in 1951, Rigaku has been at the forefront of analytical and industrial instrumentation technology. Today, with hundreds of major innovations to their credit, the Rigaku Group of Companies are world leaders in the fields of protein and small molecule X-ray crystallography, general X-ray diffraction, X-ray spectrometry, X-ray optics, semiconductor metrology, automation, computed tomography, nondestructive testing and thermal analysis.With Rigaku's vast understanding of X-ray and its complementary technologies as a foundation, our true strength is seen in an unparalleled willingness to collaborate with customers. By promoting partnerships, dialog, and innovation within the global scientific and industrial communities, Rigaku demonstrates a relentless commitment to providing our client markets with fully integrated solutions.
The company and its employees are dedicated to developing and supplying universities, industry, and government labs with the ultimate in customer-focused integrated solutions across a wide variety of disciplines, including structural proteomics, nanoengineering research, general purpose X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy, materials analysis and quality assurance.
Whether supplying the tools to create better semiconductor chips, enabling drug discovery, improving production line quality, or exploring the new frontier of nanotechnology, Rigaku products and services lead with innovation.
Rigaku employs over 1,100 people worldwide in operations based in Japan, the U.S., Europe and China. We value our people. Our value comes from them. Close collaboration between our users and employees sets the direction and focus of our work, allowing us to address customers' needs and stay close to the market place.
Always Look to the Customer
Humankind has always pursued longevity, good health and improved quality of life. All of us hope that the work we do today will make the world a better place for the generations to come. We at Rigaku endeavor to support these pursuits as a leading global scientific analytical instrumentation company specializing in X-ray analysis, thermal analysis and non-destructive testing.
At Rigaku, we are determined to present our customers with the tools they need to solve today's problems. Indeed, the hallmark of Rigaku management is to provide solutions to our users based on careful observation of their needs based on a deep understanding of their fields and industries. We devote ourselves to customer satisfaction at all times.
Our corporate mission is to contribute to the enhancement of humanity through scientific discovery and technological development. I view our customers as trusted partners in this goal, and we strive to work with them to realize mutual progress.
As we continue our work to provide the highest quality of instrumentation, application and service support, it is my sincere hope that you will rely on Rigaku to resolve your own challenges in the scientific and industrial world.
Hikaru P. Shimura
President & CEO
Rigaku Corporation
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