Rigaku

Rigaku is a global manufacturer and distributor of scientific, analytical and industrial instrumentation built around X-ray technologies. Founded in 1951, the company has spent over seven decades developing instruments for materials analysis and measurement. It employs approximately 2,000 people worldwide and serves customers in more than 90 countries, with operations spanning Japan, the Americas, Europe and Asia.

The company's product portfolio covers X-ray diffraction systems and X-ray fluorescence spectrometers for materials and elemental analysis, crystallography equipment, semiconductor metrology tools for manufacturing measurement, thermal analysis instruments, handheld Raman spectrometers, and imaging and non-destructive testing solutions. Its technical work extends across crystallography, Raman spectroscopy, semiconductor metrology, thermal analysis, imaging and non-destructive testing, with measurement precision reaching the micrometer and nanometer scale.

Rigaku's instruments are used across scientific research, semiconductor manufacturing, materials science, and the analytical and industrial instrumentation sectors. The company states a mission of contributing to the enhancement of humanity through scientific and technological development, with a stated focus on building easy-to-use tools that help researchers and engineers analyse materials with precision.