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MILESTONES FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY &
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY (GC & GCMS)

Shimadzu Corporation focus on analytical and measuring instruments, medical systems, aircraft
equipment and industrial machinery. Together with our global partners, we diligently strive to
be a company that meets the challenges faced by society and develop products which contribute
to the growth of industries and the enrichment of peoples’ lives.

Genzo Shimadzu Sr.
1875 founds Shimadzu Corporation

GC-1A
Shimadzu’s 1956
1st GC system
GCMS-9000
1970 Shimadzu collaborated with LKB,
st
Sweden to produce the world's 1
magnetic sector GCMS.
GC-8A
Simple, Reliable and 1981 GCMS-QP1000
Compact GC
Quadrupole MS
1982 GCMS-
QP5000
Bench-top GCMS
1993
GC-2014
Excellent performance and
expandability to support 2001
all analysis
2004 GCMS-QP2010 Series
GC-2010 Plus GCMS-QP2010
The new Advanced
Flow Technology 2009 GCMS-QP2010 S
enables high GCMS-QP2010 Plus
separation capability ®
and fast analysis GCMS-QP2010 Ultra
GCMS-QP2010 SE

GC-2025 2010
®
Low environmental impact GCMS TQ Series
with high performance capabilities GCMS-TQ8030
for capillary analysis 2012 Shimadzu’s 1st GC-MS/MS
Triple Quadrupole System
GCMS-TQ8040
Smart Productivity,
GC-2010 Plus Tracera Smart Operation and
The inclusion of a highly sensitive 2013 Smart Performance
BID detector for ultra-trace analysis GCMS-TQ8050
Enhanced SensitivityLeads to
New GC-MS/MS Possibilities

2015
GCMS-QP2020
2016 Delivering Smart Solutions
2016

Nexis GC-2030
The Next 2017
Industry Standard
NX model for
GCMS-QP2020,
2018 GCMS-TQ8040
& GCMS-TQ8050
Nexis being the front-end GC