JASCO USA
JASCO is a spectroscopy and chromatography analytical instrument manufacturer founded in 1958 in Tokyo, Japan. It is a privately held company with distributors located worldwide. There are three primary global offices:
JASCO Incorporated: USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Prarguay, Peru, Uruguay
JASCO Europe: Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Spain, Scandinavia, Austria, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, U.A.E.
JASCO International: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand.
Products
Spectroscopy products include: Circular Dichroism (CD) spectrometers, Vibrational Circular Dichroism (VCD) spectrometers, FT-IR spectrometers, FT-IR microscopes, UV-Vis/NIR spectrophotometers, Raman and FT-Raman spectrometers, Fluorescence spectrometers, Polarimeters, Near Field spectrometers and Dissolution Testers.
Chromatography products include: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) systems and detectors, Supercritical Fluid Chromatography and Extraction (SFE/SFC) systems and Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC) systems – JASCO model X-LC®.
History
JASCO Corporation was founded in 1958 to provide the scientific community with optical spectroscopy products. In the mid-1950s a group of researchers in the Institute of Optics of what is now Tsukuba University needed an Infrared Spectrophotometer for their research. Since a commercially available instrument was not yet available at the time, they undertook the challenge to develop their own. The result was quite a success - a reliable instrument with excellent optical performance.
As a second result, other research groups asked them to replicate the instrument for use within their laboratories. With the increased demand for more instruments JASCO Corporation was founded in 1958 in order to provide the scientific community with optical spectroscopy products. Founding members included World famous physicist Yoshio Fujioka and Nobel Prize winner Shinichiro Tomonaga.
Over the last 50 years JASCO Corporation has continued to attain the highest standards in terms of optical performance, ease of use, and reliability. JASCO has grown to become a strong global company with sales and support worldwide. JASCO Incorporated was founded in Maryland in 1972 to handle operations throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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References
American Laboratory Magazine - (article written in Jan 2009 issue entitled “An Upgradeable FTIR Accessory for Microscopy and Imaging Applications")