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Tescan Group

Logo: tescan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Czech scientific-instrument manufacturer

Tescan (legally Tescan Group, a.s.) is a Czech manufacturer of electron microscopes and other analytical instruments with headquarters in Brno. Its products include scanning electron microscopes, focused-ion-beam scanning electron microscope systems, a scanning transmission electron microscope, X-ray micro-computed-tomography systems and laser-processing systems.2 It employed 898 people in 2026.1 It is part of Shimadzu Corp.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Nov 25, 2022Founded1
  • HeadquartersBrno1
  • Websitewww.tescan.com
  • Legal formakciová společnost1
  • LEI2549006ZT5DJIWP3J1903
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressNadrazni 344/23, 150 00 Prague, Czechia3
  • Registered withFederal Register, 177747133

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Tescan (legally Tescan Group, a.s.) is a Czech manufacturer of electron microscopes and other analytical instruments with headquarters in Brno. Its products include scanning electron microscopes, focused-ion-beam scanning electron microscope systems, a scanning transmission electron microscope, X-ray micro-computed-tomography systems and laser-processing systems.2

Corporate structure

Tescan Group is part of a group headed by Shimadzu Corp.. 4 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Shimadzu Corp. Nakagyō Ward
    • Tescan Group Prague, Czechia
      • Tescan France Subsidiary · France
    • Shimadzu (China) Subsidiary · Beijing, People's Republic of China
    • Shimadzu Foundation Memorial Museum Owned · Nakagyō Ward, Japan

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • scanning electron microscope
  • transmission electron microscope

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

  • Glass SecurityCo 100% since 2022

Subsidiaries

  • Tescan France

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20268981
  • 20237171

Timeline

  1. Jul 10, 2026Acquired Acquired by Shimadzu Corp.1
  2. Nov 25, 2022Founded Founded1

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