Shimadzu (株式会社島津製作所) is a company that manufactures analytical measuring instruments, medical imaging systems, vacuum industry machinery, hydraulic equipment, aircraft equipment, and optical devices. It offers gas chromatography, liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometry, precision universal testing machines, X-ray systems, turbomolecular and hydraulic gear pumps, flight control and landing gear systems, mobile C-arm and X-ray, precision refractometers, aspherical mirrors, diffraction gratings, etc. The company caters to ceramics, metals, mining, pharmaceuticals, environmental, food, beverages, automotive, life sciences, and other sectors.