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. 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).