Since its foundation in Tokyo/Japan in 1951, Rigaku has been developing instruments with cutting-edge technologies for analytical and industrial applications. With its innovation-leading products and services, the Rigaku group of companies is now a world leader in general X-ray diffraction (XRD), thin-film analysis (XRF, XRD and XRR), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (TXRF, EDXRF and WDXRF), small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), protein crystallography and small molecule crystallography, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray optics, semiconductor metrology (TXRF, XRF, XRD and XRR), laboratory automation, X-ray sources, computed tomography, non-destructive materials testing and thermal analysis.