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News Release from: Edwards | Subject: IPX vacuum pump
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 01 August 2002

Queen's award for pump

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BOC Edwards has been awarded a Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for its IPX vacuum pump.

BOC Edwards has been awarded a Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for its IPX vacuum pump The award was presented by the Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex, Hugh Wyatt, at a special ceremony at the company's high speed machines facility in Burgess Hill, West Sussex

BOC Edwards designs and manufactures vacuum pumps used in industrial and scientific applications ranging from metal melting furnaces to mass spectrometers.

Major markets include the USA, Asia and Japan.

Accepting the award David Wong, Managing Director of BOC Edwards Vacuum Equipment Division said, "This is BOC Edwards' sixth Queen's Award and recognises the technical ability and hard work of all the engineers who were involved in researching, designing and making the IPX pump".

The robust vacuum pumping capabilities of the IPX series make it suitable for a wide range of research and fabrication laboratory applications, including high-energy physics, clean room systems, microscopy and laser cavities.

IPX pumps can also be used as a replacement for conventional fore-vacuum and turbomolecular pump combinations.

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