Since its inception in 1951, Rigaku has been at the forefront of analytical and industrial instrumentation technology. Today, with hundreds of major innovations to their credit, the Rigaku group of companies are world leaders in the fields of general X-ray diffraction, thin film analysis, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, small angle X-ray scattering, protein and small molecule X-ray crystallography, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray optics, semiconductor metrology, X-ray sources, computed tomography, non-destructive testing and thermal analysis.

Rigaku is based in Tokyo (Japan) with additional production and laboratory facilities in both Japan and the United States.

European facilities are located in United Kingdom, Germany, Czech Republic and Poland.

Rigaku products are worldwide well known for the top-level design, the high performance and the unequaled reliability.