Praise for Oxford Instruments’ technology is not exactly rare. As the group celebrates the 50th year since it was spun out of Oxford University, it can look back on a host of enviable achievements, including the world’s first MRI instruments, the world’s first superconducting magnet and creating the first detector to see boron using an electron microscope.
Its current success is the result of a renewed focus by management on commercialising its discoveries, particularly in the fields of environmental legislation and nanotechnology investment across a range of markets.
