Horiba

HORIBA, Ltd. is a Japanese manufacturer of advanced analytical and measurement instruments and systems, headquartered at 2 Miyanohigashi, Kisshoin, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan, and serving customers worldwide. It is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TYO: 6856).

The company traces its origins to October 17, 1945, when Masao Horiba—who studied nuclear physics at Kyoto (Imperial) University—established the Horiba Radio Laboratory in Kyoto. It was formally incorporated as HORIBA, Ltd. on January 26, 1953, having begun mass-production of pH meters in the early 1950s.

The HORIBA Group develops business across five core fields: Automotive measurement, Environment and process, Science, Medical, and Semiconductor. Its instruments and systems support applications ranging from automotive R&D, process and environmental monitoring, and in-vitro medical diagnostics to semiconductor manufacturing/metrology and scientific R&D and QC measurements. HORIBA is a global leader in several niches, holding roughly 80% of the world market for automobile exhaust gas measurement systems.

The company reported consolidated net sales of 317.3 billion yen for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, with a forecast of 340.0 billion yen for fiscal year 2025. It operates with global support across 29 countries and over 8,500 employees, led by Atsushi Horiba as Chairman & Group CEO. As a precision measurement and analytical instruments company spanning automotive, semiconductor, medical, and environmental fields, innovation in measurement and analysis technology is directly relevant to its business.