HORIBA

HORIBA, Ltd. is a Japanese maker of analytical, measurement and control instruments headquartered in Kyoto. The company began as HORIBA RADIO LABORATORY in October 1945 and was incorporated in January 1953. An infra-red gas monitor followed in 1957 and the first automotive emission analyzer, MEXA-1, was completed in 1964.

The group works in three business fields, Energy & Environment, Bio & Healthcare and Materials & Semiconductor, covering development, manufacturing, sales and service. It reports 9,101 consolidated employees and consolidated net sales of 333,081 million yen for the year ended 31 December 2025, and is listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (code 6856).

Besides its locations in Japan, HORIBA has operations in about 20 other countries across Asia, Europe and the Americas. Atsushi Horiba is Chairman and Group CEO and Masayuki Adachi is President.