On January 2023, 1, Shimadzu Corporation, a major analytical equipment manufacturer, signed a research base location agreement with Nagasaki Prefecture and Nagasaki City.The purpose is to strengthen research and development in the fields of infectious disease control, marine business, and information security.As part of this agreement, a comprehensive partnership agreement was concluded with Nagasaki University on the same day.
Based on the agreement, Shimadzu Corporation will open a research and development base "Shimadzu Nagasaki Collaboration Lab" in Nagasaki City.At the base, we will first promote joint research by utilizing the technological capabilities of Nagasaki Prefecture in the three fields of "infectious disease control", "marine business", and "information/security", aiming to create products and services that will lead to the resolution of social issues.
In addition, Nagasaki University, with which we have concluded a comprehensive collaboration agreement, has more than 150 infectious disease specialists, and together with Nagasaki University, Shimadzu Corporation is engaged in the research and development of testing devices and test reagents that contribute to "infectious disease control." work on.
In the offshore business, we are working on automating inspections of aquaculture facilities and offshore facilities using Shimadzu's underwater optical wireless communication equipment (our proprietary modem that realizes high-speed data communication underwater by transmitting and receiving laser light), and are conducting demonstration experiments. in the waters near Nagasaki City.
In the information/security field, we will collaborate with Nagasaki Prefectural University, which established the first information security department in Japan.Shimadzu Corporation has already dispatched one employee to Nagasaki Prefectural University, and will conduct joint research on "automatic collection of vulnerability information" in the future, which will lead to the development of specialized human resources.
