Oxford Instruments

United Kingdom manufacturing and research company
Organization public_limited_company Q7115375
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Oxford Instruments

Summary

Oxford Instruments is a public limited company[1]. It draws 339 Wikipedia views per month (public_limited_company category, ranking #13 of 42).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oxford Instruments is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Oxford Instruments's instance of is recorded as public limited company[4].
  • Oxford Instruments's founder is recorded as Martin Wood[5].
  • Oxford Instruments's headquarters location is recorded as Abingdon-on-Thames[6].
  • Oxford Instruments's headquarters location is recorded as Oxfordshire[7].
  • Oxford Instruments's child organization or unit is recorded as Oxford Instruments (Canada)[8].
  • Oxford Instruments's child organization or unit is recorded as Oxford Instruments (United States)[9].
  • Oxford Instruments's Commons category is recorded as Oxford Instruments[10].
  • Oxford Instruments's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[11].
  • 1959 marks the founding of Oxford Instruments[12].
  • Oxford Instruments's official website is recorded as https://www.oxinst.com/[13].
  • Oxford Instruments's legal form is recorded as public limited company[14].
  • Oxford Instruments's number of viewers/listeners is recorded as {'amount': '+553420'}[15].

Body

Founding

Oxford Instruments's founder is recorded as Martin Wood[5]. 1959 marks the founding of it[12].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Abingdon-on-Thames[6], a market town[16], in United Kingdom[17] and Oxfordshire[7], a ceremonial county of England[18], in United Kingdom[19]. Subsidiaries include Oxford Instruments (Canada)[8] and it (United States)[9].

Ownership

Oxford Instruments's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[11].

Why It Matters

Oxford Instruments draws 339 Wikipedia views per month (public_limited_company category, ranking #13 of 42).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Research resource identifier SCR_017366
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9712]]: SCR_017366, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/262947909|Oxford Instruments (#262947909)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7511|RRIDs - in"
  2. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit Oxford Instruments (Canada), Oxford Instruments (United States)
    Companies house company id 00775598
    Headquarters location Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
    Instance of public limited company
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30163|batch #30163]]: OpenCorporates company ID to Companies House company ID"
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