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Edwards (formerly BOC Edwards) is a vacuum engineering company headquartered in Crawley, in West Sussex in the United Kingdom. The company manufactures and supplies vacuum and abatement equipment used in advanced manufacturing processes. As of January 2014, Edwards is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Copco Group.〔 〕 ==History== Edwards equipment and services business was founded by physicist, F.D. Edwards in 1919 in south London.〔(Edwards: Timeline )〕 Initially the business imported vacuum equipment before commencing independent manufacturing in 1939. In 1953 the company relocated its factory and headquarters to Crawley and was later acquired by The BOC Group in 1968. This move prompted international expansion for the business, particularly across Asia. In 1997 BOC Edwards was formed with the integration of Edwards vacuum business with BOC electronic gases unit before the BOC Group was itself acquired by Linde AG in 2006. Edwards subsequently became independent when it was acquired by CCMP Capital & Unitas Capital in 2007. On 14 May 2012, Edwards became listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange as a publicly traded company. In late February 2013 it was announced that Matthew Taylor would be standing down as CEO and was being replaced by independent Board of Directors member Jim Gentilcore effective 1 March 2013.〔(Edwards: Edwards Group Names Jim Gentilcore Chief Executive Officer )〕 On 19 August 2013 it was announced that Edwards had been wholly acquired by Atlas Copco Compressors, becoming the Vacuum Solutions division of Atlas Copco. and Geert Follens was appointed Divisional president. The acquisition was completed in January 2014.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edwards (vacuum)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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