Sysmex Corporation
| Sysmex logo | |
| Public KK | |
| Traded as | TYO: 6869 |
| Industry | Medical equipment and devices |
| Founded | (February 20, 1969) as TOA Medical Electronics |
| Headquarters | 1-5-1,Wakinohama-kaigandori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-0073, Japan |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Hisashi Ietsugu, (CEO and Chairman) |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  $ 1.79 billion (FY 2013) (Y 184.53 billion) (FY 2013) |
| $ 199.74 million (FY 2013) (Y 20.57 billion) (FY 2013) |
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Number of employees
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5,401 (as of March 31, 2014) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] |
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Sysmex Corporation (シスメックス株式会社 Shisumekkusu Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a Japanese company headquartered in Kobe that is engaged in the health care business. Originally called TOA Medical Electronics (a branch of the TOA Corporation), the Sysmex brand was established in 1978, and were mainly involved with haematology analysers. The company was renamed Sysmex Corporation in 1998 taking advantage of brand recognition of their machines.
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About the company
Along with its subsidiaries, Sysmex is involved in the development, manufacture and sale of laboratory testing reagents and laboratory equipment; the development and sale of computer systems for medical institutions, as well as the development and sale of software used for clinical examination information systems.
In addition, through its associated company, Sysmex is also engaged the sale of extracorporeal diagnostic agents, as well as the import and sale of medical devices. The company distributes its products in the domestic market and to the overseas markets including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, China and Singapore, among others. It has offices and factories throughout Asia, as well as branches in Europe, Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand. As of March 31, 2010, Sysmex had 43 subsidiaries and one associated company in total. On April 1, 2011, Katakura Industries Co., Ltd. sold its biological science research department to the company.
Global and regional headquarters
- Sysmex Corporation - Global - Kobe, Japan
- Sysmex America Inc - North & South America - Lincolnshire, Illinois
- Sysmex Europe GmbH - Europe - Norderstedt, Germany
- Sysmex Sysmex Shanghai Ltd. - China - Shanghai, China
- Sysmex Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. - Asia/Pacific - Tampines, Singapore
- Sysmex Korea Co.,Ltd - Seoul, Korea
Sysmex analysers
Haematology
XN Series
XT Series
XE Series
XS Series
K-Series
HST & Alpha
- Sysmex SP-1000i
- Sysmex XE-AlphaN
- Sysmex HST-N
Lavender Top Management
- Bio-Rad Variant II Turbo Link
- TS-Series and Return Line
Other
Coagulation analysers
- Sysmex CS-5100
- Sysmex CA-2000
- Sysmex CA-1000i
- Sysmex CA-500
- Sysmex CA-50
Life Science
Urine cell counters
Software Systems
- Sysmex WAM
