Edinburgh Instruments Ltd.

Edinburgh Instruments Ltd

Since its establishment in 1971, Edinburgh Instruments Ltd has become recognised as a leading light in the photonics and electro-optics industries. It is now located in purpose built 12,800 sqft facilities just outside Edinburgh, where it employs 40 people. The company is involved in the development, manufacture and sale of a wide range of high technology products for the scientific research and industrial markets. Product ranges include lasers, analytical spectrometers and gas detection and monitoring products supplied by its Sensors Division. Of the current annual turnover of ca £3.4M (ca $5M) over 85% is exported world-wide.

Edinburgh Instruments Ltd. can be considered the blue print for on-campus industry in the UK. Formed in 1971 as a spin-off from Heriot-Watt University: it was the first private company on Britain's first "Research Park".

Following rapid expansion, by the 1980's, a full range of infra-red gas lasers, both sealed and flowing, cw and pulsed CO2, CO and FIR lasers were brought to the market.

In 1978 the company developed a Fluorescence Lifetime Spectrometer system based around the successful nanosecond flashlamp. This product range has culminated in the development of the latest computer controlled, combined Steady State and Fluorescence Lifetime Spectrometers hitting the market in the new millennium: the FLS920 is truly a world beating, state of the art fluorescence laboratory in a single instrument.

Product diversification continued with the development of CO, CO2 and CH4 gas sensors. Based on non-dispersive infra-red (NDIR) technology these devices are available as OEM or complete monitoring and detection packages, supplied through the Sensors Division of Edinburgh Instruments Ltd.

Over the years Edinburgh Instruments has continually sought to diversify and develop new and innovative products, winning many international design, technology and export achievement awards. Its products are used world-wide in industries as diverse as medical, bio-physical, plasma and semiconductor research, chemical analysis, forensic science, to cutting and marking in industrial applications. As well as offering precision products, our in-house staff are available to provide advice and consultation to comprehensively help meet the demands of the discerning user.