IMA EDWARDS has a
long and proud history of innovation and customer satisfaction.
We have been supplying pharmaceutical process equipment for
more than 50 years, but our history goes back even further.
Established close to a century ago under the name Edwards
Equipment and Services, the company originally focused solely
on importing vacuum equipment.
| 1919 |
F.D. Edwards establishes Edwards Equipment and Services in London, England. |
| 1939 |
F.D. Edwards begins manufacturing vacuum equipment. |
| 1955 |
The company acquires Alto Vuoto SpA, a freeze drying manufacturer in Italy. |
| 1968 |
The company is acquired by BOC, after staying in private hands through the post-war period and until the 1960s when it went public. |
| 1977 |
BOC Edwards acquire Kniese Apparatbau GmbH, a freeze drying manufacturer in Germany. |
| 1994 |
The company’s product portfolio is expanded with the acquisition of pharmaceutical filling systems from Calumatic in The Netherlands. |
| 1995 |
The company’s portfolio is further expanded with loading systems introduced from the Dongen manufacturing site in The Netherlands. |
| 2004 |
A joint venture is established with Tianli Cryogenic Company, a pharmaceutical freeze dryer manufacturer in Beijing, China. |
| 2006 |
The BOC Group is acquired by Linde AG and together form The Linde Group.
Linde sells the vacuum division of BOC Edwards. BOC Edwards Pharmaceutical Systems remains part of the Linde Group, as an independent division. |
| 2008 |
IMA, Italy acquires the BOC Edwards Pharmaceutical Systems
group, the world leader in freeze-drying machinery for
the pharmaceutical industry. |
