HORIBA Jobin Yvon Incorporated, founded in 1819 and based in Edison, New Jersey, is a privately held company that manufactures analytical and spectroscopic hardware and software systems. The company provides clients with atomic spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy, microscopy, X-ray fluorescence, detector, environmental analysis, elemental analysis, ellipsometry, particle size characterization, materials and nano-material characterization, thin film processing, forensic light source, and other systems. The firm developed the first Raman microprobe in 1976. The company is known for its DuoScan (TM) and SWIFT (TM) confocal Raman imaging systems. The company also offers clients the LabRAM HR and LabRAM ARAMIS measurement and analysis systems. Approximately 5,000 HORIBA Jobin Yvon Raman spectrometers have been deployed worldwide. The firm also provides clients with the FluoroMax (R) compact spectrofluorometer, ACTIVA and ULTIMA inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectrometer, and SynerJY (R) and LabSpec spectroscopy software products. HORIBA Jobin Yvon maintains additional research facilities in France and Japan. It has offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia. The firm has acquired SPEX, Dilor, Sofie, Atago Bussan Company, Philips Ellipsometry, and IBH. HORIBA Jobin Yvon was founded by J.B. Soleil. The company has won recognition from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL).