headquarters crawley england key people geert follens president number of employees circa 4 200 2014 parent atlas copco ab website www.edwardsvacuum.com 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 . 1 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 markets served 4 references 5 external links history edit edwards equipment and services business was founded by physicist f.d. edwards in 1919 in south london . 2 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 . 3 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 . 1 operations edit the company s key manufacturing sites are in cheonan korea lut n czech republic 4 yachiyo japan 5 eastbourne global electronics & software centre uk 6 and clevedon uk . 7 8 edwards global electronics & software centre coordinates 50 47 38.0 n 0 17 04.0 e 50.793889 n 0.284444 e 50.793889 ; 0.284444 coordinates 50 47 38.0 n 0 17 04.0 e 50.793889 n 0.284444 e 50.793889 ; 0.284444 address 15 marshall rd eastbourne bn22 9ba united kingdom address 276 0047 chiba ken yachiyo shi yoshihashi 1078 1 japan markets served edit the company provides equipment and services across numerous industries semiconductor manufactures vacuum and abatement equipment designed to provide clean conditions for semiconductor manufacturing processes . 9 general vacuum which includes research and development universities and major research institutes national laboratories and industrial r & d facilities scientific supply vacuum pumps and controllers to provide a clean vacuum environment for the production of analytical instruments process dry vacuum systems are used extensively in the chemical pharmaceutical and biofuel industries . industrial manufactures vacuum systems utilised across a broad spectrum of industrial applications ranging from steel degassing and metallurgy to coating and energy production plants . emerging technologies solar flat panel & led manufactures a range of pumps and abatement technology in the crystalline and thin film pv solar industries as well as for the production of flat panel screens and all forms of led lighting including display backlighting . 10 references edit a b atlas copco completes acquisition of edwards group press release . atlas copco . 9 january 2014 . edwards . today s stock market news and analysis from nasdaq.com . vit sek mgr . petr . lut n a m stn st t eb n ofici ln str nky obce . http www.edwardsvacuum.com contact asia pacific.aspx asian offices edwards ltd. eastbourne aerial view . google maps . retrieved 11 august 2016 . barns ground . google street view . retrieved 11 august 2016 . edwards reshapes ahead of flotation financial times 10 january 2010 the quiet tech giant that s found success for uk plc sunday 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