Medical Device Company Intelligence Reports provide a full review of the company's activities, from its origins to its latest corporate activity, including mergers and acquisitions, agreements, divestitures, major purchasing contracts and litigation. Sections are included on products, international activities and R&D, as well as a full, in-depth five year financial analysis. An introduction to each report and a full table of contents is provided for review. More than 60 Medical Device Company Intelligence Reports are currently available.

Content Outline:

OVERVIEW

CORPORATE HISTORY

FOUNDATION

RECENT CORPORATE NEWS

JOINT VENTURES

Shimadzu Vietnam Medical Hi-Tech

Beijing Shimadzu Medical Equipment Co. Ltd.

Toshbro Shimadzu Private TD

AGREEMENTS

Evolved Digital Systems

SourceOne Healthcare Technologies

Project BC

Canon

Sharp Corporation and Shindengen Electric Manufacturing

Civco Medical Instruments (Roper Industries)

SUPPLY AGREEMENTS

Department of Veteran Affairs

CORPORATE STRUCTURE

STRATEGIC FOCUS

New Medium-Term Management Plan Targets

Medical Systems & Equipment Business

PRODUCTS

FLAT PANEL DETECTOR SYSTEMS

RADSpeed Safire

HeartSpeed Safire

Digitex Safire with Direct-Conversion Flat-Panel Detector

RADIOGRAPHY

EZy-RAD MAX

RADSpeed

EZy RAD

Radiotex Series

ANGIOGRAPHY

AngioSpeed VF/VC Angiography System

AngioSpeed VB

AngioSpeed VH Dual Plane System

HeartSpeed 10F/10C

HeartSpeed HB

CvisionPLUS Multi-purpose System

RADIOGRAPHY AND FLUOROSCOPY (R&F) SYSTEMS

Sonialvision Fully-Digital Multi-Purpose R/F System

Local-controlled R&F Table Systems

YSF-300

YSF-120

Remote-controlled R&F Table Systems

RS-50A

Shimavision UX

Shimavision AX/EX Quatro

Digital Imaging Systems

Digitex PRO

IDR-700

MOBILE X-RAY SYSTEMS

MobileDaRt

MobileArt Plus

MobileArt Eco

Movile C-Arm Systems

Opescope Activo WHA-200

Opescope Pleno WHA-200

ULTRASOUND

SDU-1100

SDU-1200XPlus/SDU-2200XPlus Series

SDU-450XL Linear/Convex Type Ultrasound System

SDU-350XL

Ultrasound Probes

PET SYSTEMS

Eminence-B

PET/CT SYSTEMS

SET-3000 Series

CT SCANNING

SCT-7800T Series

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

Epios 5 and Epios 10

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

ASIA/PACIFIC

China

India

Vietnam

EUROPE

Germany

THE AMERICAS

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Molecular Imaging and Diagnostics

RESEARCH AGREEMENTS

Kyoto University, Omron and Kyocera

AnGes MG

FINANCIAL REVIEW

FINANCIAL INDICATORS*

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

COMMENTARY

Operating Divisions

Sales to External Customers by Business Segment, 2004-2005 (¥ million)*

Medical Systems & Equipment Business

Operating Results - Medical Systems & Equipment Unit, 2004-2005 (¥ million)*

Global Review

Sales to Customers by Geographic Region, 2004-2005 (¥ million)*

Sales by Location of Operating Segment, 2004-2005 (¥ million)*

Operating Income by Location of Operating Segment, 2004-2005 (¥ million)*

OUTLOOK

INDEX OF TABLES

New Medium-Term Management Plan Targets

FINANCIAL INDICATORS*

Sales to External Customers by Business Segment, 2004-2005 (¥ million)*

Operating Results - Medical Systems & Equipment Unit, 2004-2005 (¥ million)*

Sales to Customers by Geographic Region, 2004-2005 (¥ million)*

Sales by Location of Operating Segment, 2004-2005 (¥ million)*

Operating Income by Location of Operating Segment, 2004-2005 (¥ million)*

INDEX OF CHARTS

Fig.1: Percentage of Revenue by Business Unit, Y/E 31st March 2005*

Fig.2: Medical Systems & Equipment Revenue, 2000-2005 (¥ billion)*

Fig.3: Percentage of Revenue by Location of Customer, Y/E 31st March 2005*

Fig.4: Sales to Customers by Region, 2000-2005 (¥ billion)*

Fig.5: Medical Systems & Equipment Division - Sales by Region, Y/E 31st March 2005*

Fig.6: Percentage of Revenue by Location of Operating Segment, Y/E 31st March 2005*

Headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, Shimadzu Corporation develops, manufactures and markets instruments through three divisions: Aircraft Equipment & Industrial Machinery, Medical Systems & Equipment, and Scientific & Process Instruments.

The company’s Medical Systems & Equipment division, representing 19% of its parent company’s revenue, offers X-ray diagnostic systems, positron emission tomography (PET) systems, computed tomography (CT) scanners, combined PET/CT systems, ultrasound diagnostic instruments and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. Shimadzu is the only Japanese company to manufacture PET products. Its MRI scanners, CT systems and new combined CT/PET products are only available in Japan. In fiscal 2004, the Medical Systems & Equipment business generated a 6.8% increase in revenue, to ¥44.3 billion (US$413.9 million).

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Source: Espicom Business Intelligence