The HORIBA Group, made up of 48 companies in 27 countries, is a leading company that provides analytical and measurement systems throughout the world. Our business is evolving in the markets of automotive testing, scientific instruments, process and environmental instruments, medical diagnostics and semiconductor instruments. We have displayed our strength in the global market, especially in the fields of automotive emissions and stack-gas measurement, air pollution, water pollution monitoring, quality control in various industries, and clinical diagnosis, achieving dramatic growth over the past few years. It is our continual source of joy and pride that our analytical and measurement business can contribute to global environmental conservation, safety and health, and moreover to improving energy problems. I believe that it is this pride which fuels our ability to provide competitive products. Possessing pride and a spirit of challenge in the work to which the most dynamic period of our lives is devoted, and tackling it with excitement, makes for a more satisfying life. We have incorporated the desire to spend our days with more Joy and Fun into our company precept, in the spirit that has been handed down since the company was founded. The source of our growth is that the approximately 7,000 HORIBARIANs around the globe (so named because we consider the employees of the HORIBA group as the same family) well understand the philosophy of the company’s “Omoshiro Okashiku” - Joy and Fun precept and put it into practice on a daily basis. We intend to continue contributing to society with pride and a spirit of challenge.

HORIBA has completed the construction of HORIBA BIWAKO E-HARBOR at its site in Shiga Prefecture, in the Kyoto-Shiga area where the HORIBA Group is headquartered. This is the largest development and production site on the west coast of Lake Biwa and the aim is to enhance HORIBA”s domestic production and development, along with its global competitiveness. HORIBA BIWAKO E-HARBOR has an area of approximately 27,500 square meters, and 10 floors of steel-frame structure above ground. The total investment, including the construction costs, was approximately 12 billion yen.

This video is the activities and experiments of the students and teachers does in the UCI Combustion Lab.