- CEO
- Tadashi Maruno
- Full Time Employees
- 6,395
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Hardware, Equipment & Parts
- Address
- 325-6, Sunayama-cho Hamamatsu Japan 430-8587
- IPO Date
- Aug 15, 2012
- Business
- Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. manufactures and sells photonic products including photomultiplier tubes, imaging devices, light sources, opto-semiconductors, imaging and analyzing systems, laser equipment and components; operates through Electron Tube, Opto-Semiconductor, and Imaging and Measurement Instruments segments; serves scientific research, medical diagnostics, industrial automation, telecommunications, space exploration and semiconductor markets globally across Japan, North America, Europe, Asia and other regions. Founded in 1953 and headquartered in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, the company provides optical sensors such as photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes, photo ICs, MPPCs/SPADs, phototubes, infrared detectors, spectrometers, image sensors, X-ray detectors, radiation detectors and position sensors; optical components including optical blocks, fiber optic plates, FAC lenses, capillary plates, flow cells, MEMS mirrors, SERS substrates and terahertz wave plates; cameras, board-level cameras, X-ray cameras and imaging software; light and radiation sources such as LEDs, lamps, UV-LEDs, excimer lamps, microfocus X-ray sources, laser-driven tunable light sources; semiconductor lasers, solid-state lasers and related products. In June 2024, Hamamatsu Photonics completed the acquisition of NKT Photonics A/S for approximately 42.1 billion yen, integrating its supercontinuum lasers, fiber lasers and ultrafast systems as a subsidiary under Photonics Management Europe to enhance offerings in quantum computing, semiconductor metrology and hyperspectral imaging; reported consolidated net sales of 203,961 million yen for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024.