PACS Categories: 

• (Open) Software,
• Hardware and
• Systems including
• Cardiology,
• Chiropractic,
• Dental,
• Family Practice,
• Mammography,
• Oncology,
• Ophthalmology,
• Orthopedics,
• Podiatry,
• Urgent Care 
• Veterinary

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PACS Market Size in Japan

The worldwide PACS market generated approximately US$2.8 billion in revenues in 2008, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9% to 2015. Companies in the US control approximately 50% of the total PACS market, while Europe holds an estimated 20%, and Japan approximately 10% of the worldwide market. Canadian firms hold an estimated 3.5%.

GE Healthcare, Philips Healthcare, FujiFilm and Agfa were the leading companies in the global PACS market in 2009. GE Healthcare was the market leader with a 15% market share, followed by Philips Healthcare (14%). GE Healthcare markets the Centricity brand of enterprise PACS products. The company also recently launched Centricity PACS-IW, a solution customized for small scale installations such as small hospitals and physicians’ practices. FujiFilm, Agfa, McKesson, Siemens, Carestream and Fujitsu are the other leading companies with 12%, 11%, 8%, 8%, 5% and 4% market shares, respectively. FujiFilm and Fujitsu are most active in Japan, while Agfa and Siemens have market leadership in Europe. Carestream and McKesson have strong presence in the US PACS market according to GlobalData report in July 2010.

Some of the Japanese and foreign PACS players operating in Japan are listed below:

.decimal, Inc.     KGT Inc.
3Z Co., Ltd.     KISSEI COMTEC CO., LTD.
Accuray Japan K.K.     KOBE Medical Industry Development Project
Accuthera., Inc.     KOBE BIOMEDIX CO., LTD.
AcroBio Corporation     Konica Minolta Healthcare Co., Ltd.
ACUBE Inc. / AMD Japan, Ltd.     Kowa Company, Ltd.
Advanced Media, Inc.     KURARAY TRADING CO., LTD.
AJS Inc.     KYOTO KAGAKU CO., LTD.
Allied Telesis K.K.     LAP GmbH Laser Applikationen
ALOKA CO., LTD.     MAEDA＆Co., LTD.
ANZAI MEDICAL CO., LTD.     Medasys Japan K.K.
APEX Medical, Inc.     Medical Expert Inc.
Array Corporation     Medicsight K.K.
ASAHI ROENTGEN IND. CO., LTD.     Mediotech Co., Ltd.
ASTRODESIGN, INC.     Mihama Medical, Inc.
ASTRO STAGE INC.     MITAYA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
ARGO Corporation     MiTmedico Co., Ltd.
AUTO SYSTEM CO., LTD. Medical Division     MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
AZE, Ltd.     MORIYAMA X-RAY EQUIPMENTS CO., LTD.
BIOVISIQ JAPAN, Inc.     NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
Blue.Bell Soft Consultant Corporation     Nemoto Kyorindo Co., Ltd.
BrainLAB K.K.     NIHON BINARY CO., LTD.
Canon Marketing Japan Inc.     NIHON DENSHI OHYO CO., LTD.
Carestream Health Japan Co., Ltd.     NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
CARS 2010     Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd.
CATHEX CO., LTD.     Nihon Medrad K.K.
Chiyoda Technol Corporation     Nihon Poladigital K.K.
Chronos Medical Device, Inc./
IVY BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.     NIKKO FINES INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
Climb Medical Systems Inc.     Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
CMI, Inc.     Nishinihon Medical Confidence Co., Ltd.
CODONICS LIMITED K.K.     OBAYASHI MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Covidien Japan Inc.     ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
CROSS TECH. CORP.     P.S.P Corporation
DAIICHI SANKYO CO., LTD.     Panasonic Medical Solutions Co., Ltd.
Doctor-NET Inc.     Philips Electronics Japan, Ltd.
EIZO NANAO CORPORATION     Photron Medical Imaging Inc.
Elekta K.K. / CMS Japan K.K.     Qualita corp.
e-Medical System Co., Ltd.     RealVision Inc.
EPSON SALES JAPAN CORPORATION     Reed ISG Japan K.K.
EURO MEDITECH CO., LTD.     Rimage Japan Co., Ltd.
EverX JAPAN     R-TECH. INC.
Fuji Pharma Co., Ltd.     Sangyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.
FUJIFILM Medical Co., Ltd. /
FUJIFILM Corporation/     SHEEN MAN CO., LTD.
FUJIFILM RI Pharma Co., Ltd.     SHIMADZU CORPORATION /
SHIMADZU MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
FUJITSU LIMITED     Siemens-Asahi Medical Technologies Ltd.
FUYO CORPORATION     Star Product Ltd.
GE Healthcare Japan Corporation     SYNNEX K.K.
General Healthcare Inc.     TAKENAKA OPTONIC CO., LTD.
Goodman Healthcare IT Solutions, Inc.     TechMatrix Corporation
Hitachi Computer Peripherals Co., Ltd.     TeraRecon, Inc. / ELK CORPORATION
HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION     TERUMO CORPORATION
Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)     TOKYO KEIKI AVIATION INC. / Otoichi Corporation
HOSHINA CO., LTD.     TORECK CO., LTD.
IBD Co., Ltd.     TOSHIBA MEDICAL SUPPLY CO., LTD.
Iken Engineering Co., Ltd.     TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
ImageONE Co., Ltd.     TOTOKU ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Imation Corporation Japan     TOYO Corporation
iMax Medical Systems inc.     TOYO MEDIC Co., Ltd.
INFINITT JAPAN CO., Ltd.     UNIVERSAL GIKEN CO., LTD.
INFOCOM CORPORATION     U's TEC System Development Co., Ltd.
INTRASENSE/DIGISENS     Varian Medical Systems K.K.
J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation     ViewSend Co., Ltd.
J-MAC SYSTEM, INC.     Vigoment Software Corporation
Johnson & Johnson K.K.     Yokogawa Electric Corporation
K.K. Lamtec     YUFU ITONAGA CO., LTD.
Kenko Co., Ltd.     ZioSoft, Inc.