Shimadzu's new analytical instrument development center in Shanghai

Shimadzu Corporation announced in January 2011 that it will set up an analytical instrument development center in Shanghai Shizu International Trading (Shanghai). It is intended to strengthen the marketing function of the Chinese market and accelerate the development of new products that meet local needs. It is said that in particular, it is necessary to develop mid-level instrument market products that are expected to expand in the future. The staff is about 30 people.

The company stated that the Chinese market has been providing foreign and other foreign manufacturers such as Japan with high-performance advanced and intermediate-level instruments, and that Chinese manufacturers are supplying low-level instruments and some intermediate-level instruments. However, with the expansion of the demand for analytical instruments, the demand for intermediate instruments with low prices and basic performance is strong, and the competition between foreign manufacturers and Chinese manufacturers is increasingly intensifying. To this end, the company decided to strengthen the development and production system for large-scale secondary instrument market to expand its business.

The development center will start with the development of the company's main products such as liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, and light analysis devices, and gradually increase the number of developments. In fiscal 2010, the company’s main product sales in China were estimated at US$140 million. The company increased the proportion of products developed by the China Development Center to 20% to meet local demand, and proposed to increase sales in FY2015. To more than 2 times 300 million U.S. dollars.