Celebrating 50 Years of MS Innovation
- Celebrating 50 Years of MS Innovation
- Looking back on 50 years
- User interviews
- The future of MS: Technical discussions
- MS Quiz
- New MS products
- Memorable MS Moments (NEW)
- MS Technology Roadmap (NEW)
What's New
- 2020.12.23
MS Technology Roadmap is now available. - 2020.12.07
Top 5 stories from "Memorable MS Moments" campaign have been announced. - 2020.12.07
User interview has been updated. - 2020.09.03
MS technical discussion (global edition) has been updated. - 2020.08.28
MS quiz has been updated. - 2020.08.25
"Memorable MS Moments" campaign has started. - 2020.06.01
New MS products introduction corner is now available. - 2020.01.07
The MS 50th anniversary website is now open
The year 2020 marks 50 years since the release of Shimadzu's first mass spectrometry device, the LKB-9000. Over the past half century, our passion for innovation has led to multiple ground-breaking developments in MS technology.
With our considerable experience in the field, we take this opportunity to reflect on the past and look towards the future of MS. Through this we reaffirm our commitment as a company: to provide revolutionary products and services that contribute to society through technology, sustaining the health of the planet and of humankind.
MS 50th Anniversary Logo

We have created the 50th anniversary logo to embody two ideas at the core of Shimadzu's MS business.
Looking to the future
The ion traversing the past 50 years and accelerating towards the future symbolises our passion for forward-looking innovation.
High reliability
The depiction of an MS spectrum represents the high reliability Shimadzu strives to provide in our products and solutions.