Oxford Instruments
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| Oxford Instruments plc | |
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| Type | Private limited company |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Headquarters | United Kingdon |
| Industry | Research, Education, Space, Energy, Defence and Healthcare |
| Products | NanoAnalysis, Industrial Analysis, X-ray Technology, Plasma Technology, NanoScience, Magnets for NMR Spectroscopy, Superconducting Technology, and Molecular Biotools |
| Employees | 1,300 |
| Website | www.oxinst.com |
Oxford Instruments plc is a United Kingdom manufacturing and research company specialising in the design, manufacture and support of high-technology tools and systems for industry, research, education, space, energy, defence and healthcare.
It currenltly employes 1,300[1] people worldwide and has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1983[2].
The company is headquartered in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, with multiple sites in the United Kingdom, United States, Europe, and Asia.
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[edit] History
The company was founded by Sir Martin Wood in 1959 with help from his wife Audrey, to manufacture large superconducting magnets for use in Magnetic Resonance Imaging machines, originally starting in his garden shed in Northmoor Road, Oxford, England. It was one of the first spin-out companies from the University of Oxford and still one of the most successful.
Martin Wood was knighted in 1986, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1987, and has received honorary degrees in eight British universities. [3]
[edit] Activities
Oxford Instruments focuses on the following technical areas:-
- NanoAnalysis - X-ray microanalysis systems for characterisation of materials and matter to the smallest scale.
- Industrial Analysis - elemental analysis using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) including coating thickness measurement, X-ray tube manufacture and Space Technology.
- X-ray Technology - design, manufacture and support of high quality, low power X-ray tubes and components.
- Plasma Technology - tools and leading-edge processes for the precise, controllable and repeatable engineering of micro- and nano-structures.
- NanoScience - creating sample environments for measurement at low temperature and high magnetic field, for physical science applications down to the atomic scale.
- Magnets for NMR Spectroscopy - high field NMR magnets for research and development.
- Superconducting Technology - market leader in the production of low temperature superconducting wires.
- Austin Scientific Instruments - for cryo compressors, consumables and refurbishment
- Molecular Biotools - benchtop NMR and DNP-NMR (Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation) for industrial and bioscience applications
- Proserve - dedicated service and support network, with offices and representatives world-wide. Includes a specialist MRI service division.
[edit] Further reading
- Audrey Wood — Magnetic Venture: The Story of Oxford Instruments (Oxford University Press, 2001). ISBN 0-19-924108-2.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Oxford Instruments plc
- Oxford Instruments EBSD (Electron Backscatter Diffraction) website
- Oxford Instruments X-ray Microanalysis website
- Sir Martin Wood and Oxford Instruments
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