Oxford Diffraction – Oxford Diffraction is ranked number 44 in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table of Britain’s 100 fastest growing technology companies

20th November 2008

Relocation of Oxford Diffraction UK office allows customers access to the full range of Varian products

Oxford, UK - Oxford Diffraction, Now a part of Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI) are pleased to announce the opening of their brand new demonstration facility housed on the Varian, Yarnton site on the west of Oxford, UK.

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18th November 2008

Oxford Diffraction builds on User Community with launch of User Forum

Oxford Diffraction have designed a web based user forum to provide their global users with a resource for the exchange of ideas and tips relating to their X-ray diffraction systems, and to encourage scientific collaborations and crystallographic discussion.

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1st October 2008

Oxford Diffraction hold Europe Region Small Molecule User Meeting

To coincide with the opening of our new UK demonstration facilities and the recent launch of the SuperNova product, Oxford Diffraction will be hosting a Europe region user meeting during the 8th and 9th December.

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24th August 2008

New Dual Wavelength X-ray Diffractometer from Oxford Diffraction, now a part of Varian, Inc., Allows Increased Throughput for Challenging Single Crystal Analyses

Oxford, UK - Oxford Diffraction, Now a part of Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI) introduced its new dual wavelength X-ray diffractometer for the analysis of small molecules and proteins. The SuperNova is the first dual wavelength diffraction system to use entirely high intensity micro-source X-ray technology. It includes innovations in both X-ray technology and data analysis, enabling faster results even for the most challenging crystals.

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7th April 2008

Varian, Inc. Acquires Oxford Diffraction, Ltd.

Palo Alto, CA – Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI) announced today that it has acquired Oxford Diffraction, Ltd., a privately owned company based in Abingdon, U.K. Oxford Diffraction is a leader in x-ray crystallography, an analytical technique used by scientists in pharmaceutical research and other research laboratories to determine the structure of both small molecules and large molecules such as proteins.

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9th November 2007

Max Plank Institute celebrate opening of a state-of-the-art Protein Structural Biology Laboratory.

Today, the Structural Cell Biology Department at the Max Plank Institute in Martinsried (Germany) celebrated with 60 invited guests the opening of their newly equipped laboratory incorporating Oxford Diffraction's state-of-the-art instruments.

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23rd August 2007

Ultimate quality X-ray data from ATLAS – the fastest commercially available CCD detector

At the European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM 24) in Marrakech, Morocco, Oxford Diffraction launched the ATLAS CCD detector which provides ultimate X-ray data quality up to 3.5x faster than other CCDs.

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11 July 2007

'LIVE' PX SCANNER DEMO AT ACA BOOTH 203

Oxford Diffraction present a 'LIVE' Demo of the PX Scanner at the ACA 2007 meeting in Salt Lake City, UT.USA (21-26 July).

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30 March 2007

King’s College London to invest in state-of-the-art equipment for structural biology

The Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics at King’s College London have confirmed their investment in an Oxford Diffraction PX Scanner and an Xcalibur Nova system.

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18 April 2007

Condolences from Oxford Diffraction to all at Virginia Tech

The staff of Oxford Diffraction Blacksburg were deeply saddened by the tragedy that took place on Monday, April 16th 2007. On behalf of the whole Oxford Diffraction family we would like to offer our profound sympathies to all those touched by these events.

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25 September 2005

Oxford Diffraction is ranked number 44 in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table of Britain’s 100 fastest growing technology companies

Today ‘The Sunday Times’ (London) newspaper announced the 2005 Tech Track 100 awards, ranking the top 100 of the UK’s fastest growing technology companies. Oxford Diffraction is placed at number 44.

Started in March 2001, Oxford Diffraction has reported an average of 89% growth per annum over the period 2002 to 2004 considered in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table for 2005, and was profitable. This enabled the company to qualify at number 44 in the top 100. The league table is a compilation of the UK’s most successful and fastest growing technology companies. Oxford Diffraction designs, manufactures and sells analytical X-ray instrumentation which is used to give the three-dimensional structure of molecules for scientific research. Its instruments are used in a range of disciplines including chemistry, physics, materials science, as well as biology and dug design. With venture capital backing, Oxford Diffraction has benefited from the continued interest in genomics and proteomics. Its customers include university and industrial research institutions worldwide.

Dr Paul Loeffen, CEO of Oxford Diffraction said “This is a tremendous accolade and well-deserved by the whole team at Oxford Diffraction. This ranking shows everyone in the company that their hard work is recognised and has delivered really exceptional performance”.

The company is involved in a range of exciting product developments with which it plans to continue its rapid rate of growth.

This is the fourth year of ‘The Sunday Times Tech Track 100’, which ranks the UK’s fastest-growing unquoted technology companies by sales growth over the previous two years. Companies are selected using the London Stock Exchange's techMARK definition of a technology company with particular focus on the development of new technology.

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Leigh Rees
Oxford Diffraction Limited
68 Milton Park
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 4RX, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1235 443630
Fax:+44 (0)1235 443631