photonics native name type public kk traded as tyo 6965 industry electronics founded september 29 1953 ; 63 years ago 1953 09 29 founder heihachiro horiuchi headquarters 325 6 sunayama cho naka ku hamamatsu city shizuoka 430 8587 japan key people teruo hiruma chairman of the board akira hiruma president and ceo products photomultiplier tubes imaging devices light sources opto semiconductors imaging and analyzing systems revenue jpy 120.6 billion fy 2014 us 1.01 billion fy 2014 net income jpy 16.5 billion fy 2014 us 138.3 million fy 2014 number of employees 4 420 consolidated as of december 19 2014 website official website footnotes references 1 hamamatsu photonics k.k. hamamatsu hotonikusu kabushiki gaisha is a japanese manufacturer of optical sensors including photomultiplier tubes electric light sources and other optical devices and their applied instruments for scientific technical and medical use . 2 the company was founded in 1953 by heihachiro horiuchi a former student of kenjiro takayanagi who is known as the father of japanese television . 3 hermann simon a leading german business author and thinker mentioned hamamatsu in his book titled hidden champions of the twenty first century the success strategies of unknown world market leaders as an example of a hidden champion . 2 hamamatsu ccd image sensors are used at the subaru telescope of the national astronomical observatory of japan . 4 hamamatsu photonics photomultiplier tubes pmts were designed specifically for the super kamiokande neutrino detector facility at the university of tokyo where 2015 nobel prize laureate takaaki kajita conducted his research . in using products contributed by hamamatsu photonics kajita was able to prove that neutrinos do in fact have mass a major shift in our fundamental understanding of how the universe works said tom baer chair of the photonics industry neuroscience group of the national photonics initiative . this win is a tremendous accomplishment for kajita and hamamatsu photonics . 5 the sensors made by the company also helped confirm the existence of the higgs boson the so called god particle in research that led to the 2013 nobel physics prize . 6 references edit corporate profile . hamamatsu photonics . retrieved february 16 2015 . a b simon hermann june 10 2009 . chapter 1 the mystique of the hidden champions . hidden champions of the twenty first century the success strategies of unknown world market leaders . london springer science business media . p. 4 . isbn 978 0 387 98147 5 . business club video hamamatsu . the daily telegraph . telegraph media group . retrieved february 16 2015 . hamamatsu ccd sensors in subaru telescope in hawaii . novus light technologies today . august 23 2013 . retrieved february 17 2015 . national photonics initiative congratulates industry partner hamamatsu on contributions to nobel prize winning research . spie . october 26 2015 . retrieved february 15 2016 . hasegawa toshiro december 9 2015 . nobel prizes unlocking 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