Oxford Instruments plc is a United Kingdom manufacturing and research company that designs and manufactures tools and systems for industry, research, education, space, energy, defence and healthcare.
It employs 1,300 people worldwide and has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1983.
The company is headquartered in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, with sites in the United Kingdom, United States, Europe, and Asia.
The company was founded ...
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Oxford Instruments plc is a United Kingdom manufacturing and research company that designs and manufactures tools and systems for industry, research, education, space, energy, defence and healthcare.
It employs 1,300 people worldwide and has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1983.
The company is headquartered in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, with sites in the United Kingdom, United States, Europe, and Asia.
The company was founded by Sir Martin Wood in 1959 with help from his wife Audrey, to manufacture superconducting magnets for use in scientific research, 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.
It had a pioneering role in the development of magnetic research imaging, providing the first superconducting magnets for this application. Further innovations included the development of active shielding, whereby fringe fields hazardous to...
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