Rigaku Corporation

Company Description

Since its inception in 1951, Rigaku has been at the forefront of analytical and industrial instrumentation technology. Today, with hundreds of major innovations to their credit, the Rigaku Group of Companies are world leaders in the fields of protein and small molecule X-ray crystallography, general X-ray diffraction (XRD and PXRD), X-ray spectrometry (EDXRF and WDXRF), X-ray optics, semiconductor metrology, Raman spectroscopy, laser induced breakdown (LIBS) spectrometry, automation, computed tomography, nondestructive testing, and thermal analysis.

Chief Spectroscopic Techniques Supported

X-ray spectrometry

Laser induced breakdown (LIBS) spectrometry

Raman spectroscopy

Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)

Wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF)

Related: X-ray diffraction (XRD)

Related: X-ray reflectometry (XRR)

Markets Served

Cement, petroleum, mining, refining, pulp and paper, wood treating, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, forensics, homeland security, defense, aerospace, energy, metals and alloys, life sciences, polymers and plastics, inks and dyes, cosmetics, nanomaterials, photovoltaics, semiconductors, chemistry, geology and minerals, physics, teaching, and academy.

Major Products/Services

Miniflex600 - high-power benchtop X-ray diffractometer (XRD)

NANOHUNTER II benchtop TXRF spectrometer

Supermini200 - benchtop WDXRF spectrometer

SmartLab^(r) - Intelligent X-ray diffraction (XRD) system

Ultima IV - Multipurpose X-ray diffraction system

NEX CG - Cartesian geometry EDXRF spectrometer

NEX QC - low cost benchtop EDXRF elemental analyzer

NEX QC+ - benchtop EDXRF elemental analyzer

NEX OL - on-line process EDXRF analyzer

Nex QC Quant EZ - benchtop EDXRF with Windows^(r) software

NEX DE - Fast SDD EDXRF

NEX DE VS - Variable spot size EDXRF spectrometer

Supermini200 - benchtop WDXRF spectrometer

ZSX Primus - 4 kW sequential WDXRF spectrometer

ZSX Primus III+ - 3 kW tube-above sequential WDXRF

ZSX Primus IV - 4 kW tube-above sequential WDXRF

Simultix 14 - 3 kW (or optional 4 kW) simultaneous WDXRF spectrometer

AZX 400 - large sample sequential WDXRF spectrometer

Progeny - handheld Raman spectrometer

Katana(tm) - handheld laser induced breakdown (LIBS) spectrometer

Facility

Based in Tokyo, Japan, Rigaku is a global organization with offices, laboratories, and production facilities around the world. Major production facilities are located in Auburn Hills, Michigan; Austin, Texas; Boston, Massachusetts; Carlsbad, California; Osaka, Japan; Prague, Czech Republic; Tokyo, Japan; Wroclaw Poland ;Tucson, Arizona; The Woodlands, Texas; and Yamanashi, Japan.