Andor Technology

Oxford Instruments Andor Ltd is a global developer and manufacturer of scientific cameras, microscopy systems and spectrographs for academic, government, and industrial applications.

Oxford Instruments Andor designs, manufactures, and sells scientific imaging equipment, including charge-coupled device (CCD), electron-multiplying CCD (EMCCD), scientific CMOS (sCMOS - an improved Active pixel sensor), and intensified charge-coupled device camera systems, spectroscopy instrumentation, laser-based and laser-free microscopy systems and software.

While studying at Queen's University Belfast, they "used their physics know-how to build a highly sensitive digital camera...as a tool for their laser research."

In December 2004, the company became a PLC when it was listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange and raised €6.5 mln euro.

[1] Andor Technology PLC was delisted from the AIM stock market following the purchase of all shares for £176 million by Oxford Instruments in December 2013.

[20] In autumn 2019, Andor announced the launch of the ultra-sensitive Balor, a very large area sCMOS camera for ground-based astronomy applications, with the help of which the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) on the Haleakala, Hawaii, has produced the highest resolution observations of the Sun's surface ever taken.

[26] In June 2021, the company held a virtual symposium on quantum technology, semiconductors, and power generation,[27] Andor also partnered with Akoya Biosciences to collaborate in Spatial Omics market.

[33] In April 2023, the company launched the ZL41 Wave sCMOS camera platform for physical sciences,[34] followed by MicroPoint 4 photo-stimulation device.