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Hamamatsu Photonics along with 3 universities of Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, and the Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, signed the Photonics Declaration in Hamamatsu for establishing Hamamatsu as a preeminent photonics city.
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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.
Our history began in 1953 under the name of Hamamatsu TV Co., which manufactured phototubes that converted light into electrical signals. In 1983, we adopted the name Hamamatsu Photonics and broadened our aim to further develop opto-electronic technology.
The origins of Hamamatsu lie with Heihachiro Horiuchi, who had a dream of developing photoelectric devices. Horiuchi set up his business, Tokai Electronics Laboratory, in Hamamatsu City in 1948, and from there developed PV26 phototubes, which were used for automatic on/off switching of streetlights.
May 17, 2024 · Starting out as a small factory in Hamamatsu City, Japan, Hamamatsu Photonics now delivers detectors, sources, and imaging devices and systems, to scientists around the world. Michael Kehr, Leader of Camera Systems, provides insight into the company's 70-year journey, its latest scientific cameras, and future plans. Rebecca Pool.
Mar 24, 2020 · The city of Hamamatsu is home to several famous car manufacturers: Toyota Motors started there, and so did Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha. Today most of the manufacturing has moved out of town, and Hamamatsu Photonics is very engaged in establishing the area as the preeminent photonics city.
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