November 10, 2011 (Peabody, Mass.) JEOL USA, a leading supplier of scientific instruments in the Americas, was honored by a visit from the Consul General of Japan in Boston, Mr. Takeshi Hikihara, on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. As a representative of the Foreign Ministry, Mr. Hikihara serves Japanese communities and businesses throughout New England. JEOL USA was incorporated in the U.S. in 1962 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JEOL, Ltd which is headquartered in Akishima, Japan. Mr. Hikihara toured the company’s U.S. corporate office in Peabody, Massachusetts accompanied by the Consul of Economic Affairs, Mr. Toshinaga Hirai. The special guests were shown the company’s award-winning Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with control features similar to the Apple iPad, the newest mass spectrometer, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) systems.
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