Edwards Vacuum

Edwards Ltd
IndustryEngineering[1]
Founded1919[2]
FounderFrederick David (F E) Edwards[2][3]
Headquarters
Burgess Hill
,
England[1]
Products
ParentAtlas Copco AB[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

Edwards Ltd is a British multinational vacuum pump and exhaust gas management systems manufacturer. Its headquarters are in Burgess Hill, UK, and has been part of the Atlas Copco Group since 2014.[12][13][1] Edwards holds 1,700 patents, including for dry (oil-free) vacuum pumps, and produces equipment used for manufacturing semiconductors, scientific research, freeze drying and other industries. Its pumps remove contaminants at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.[14][15][1][16] Manufacturing is predominantly handled by subsidiary businesses in the Czech Republic, South Korea, USA and China. Edwards' global research and development facilities remain in the UK.[4]

Major customers in 2012 included Samsung, Hynix, Agilent and LG.[4]

Edwards two stage rotary vane vacuum pump
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