Rigaku Holdings Corporation
Akishima, Tokyo X-ray instrument maker founded 1951, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (268A) since 2024; sells robotic sample-changing crystallography gear.
Rigaku Holdings Corporation is the parent of the Rigaku Group, headquartered at 3-9-12 Matsubara-cho, Akishima, Tokyo, Japan. Rigaku was founded in 1951 by Yoshihiro Shimura as an X-ray instrument maker. Carlyle Group and chairman Hikaru Shimura took roughly 80 percent ownership in 2021, and Rigaku Holdings listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market in October 2024 under ticker 268A, raising about 112.3 billion yen in an IPO ranked Japan's second-largest that year. The group employed roughly 1,800 people as of 2022.
Rigaku manufactures X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, X-ray crystallography, thermal-analysis, and Raman instruments, plus semiconductor process-control tools and law-enforcement drug detectors. Its robotics-relevant line includes the XtaLAB Synergy Flow, a diffractometer built around unattended, robotic sample-changing for crystal mounting in protein and small-molecule crystallography, and the HTP Robotic Crystalmation System for high-throughput protein-crystallization screening. LabLinc Studio links instruments into autonomous lab workflows via the Rigaku Automation Interface, a Python layer returning measurement data for closed-loop experiment selection, covering the MiniFlex, SmartLab, and ZSX Primus lines plus optional sample-handling robots.
These instruments serve pharmaceutical drug-design work, semiconductor process control, and academic labs.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
XtaLAB Synergy Flow
X-ray diffractometer with integrated UR3 cobot for unattended crystal mounting and automated data acquisition in protein crystallography.
Rigaku Automation Interface (RAI)
Open Python orchestration interface connecting Rigaku analytical instruments into autonomous laboratory workflows.
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Contact Rigaku Holdings Corporation
WEBSITE
https://rigaku-holdings.comPHONE
+81 42-545-8111HEADQUARTERS
Japan
Company Facts
Founded
1951
Primary Role
Component Supplier
Company Size
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Primary Region
Asia-Pacific
Annual Sales
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Funding Stage
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Funding Total
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