Private company
Hamamatsu Photonics
Logo: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Japanese optical device manufacturer
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (浜松ホトニクス株式会社, Hamamatsu Hotonikusu Kabushiki-Kaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of optical sensors (including photomultiplier tubes), electric light sources, and other optical devices and their applied instruments for scientific, technical and medical use. The company was founded in 1953 by Heihachiro Horiuchi, a former student of Kenjiro Takayanagi, who is known as "the father of Japanese television".2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryelectronics1
- HeadquartersHamamatsu1
- Websitewww.hamamatsu.com
- Legal formkabushiki gaisha1
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Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (浜松ホトニクス株式会社, Hamamatsu Hotonikusu Kabushiki-Kaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of optical sensors (including photomultiplier tubes), electric light sources, and other optical devices and their applied instruments for scientific, technical and medical use.2
Timeline
- Sep 29, 1953Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.hamamatsu.com1
- WikipediaHamamatsu Photonics
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ5644023
Sources
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- 1WikidataHamamatsu Photonics on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaHamamatsu Photonics on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsHamamatsu Photonics logo by Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsHamamatsu Photonics photo by Lombroso, Public domain