About Andor Technology

Andor's mission statement

To become the global leader in pioneering & manufacturing high performance light measuring solutions.

Overview

As portrayed in our mission statement the principal business of Andor is the development and manufacture of high performance digital cameras. Further we look to share our expertise to develop the best solutions for your light measuring problems. Our products are distributed to a customer base encompassing both the scientific research & industrial communities.

Andor is headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland. We employ over 160 staff and distribute our products to customers in over 40 countries, either using its own worldwide sales force, or through a network of independent distributors.

The founders of Andor were working in the Physics department of Queen's University, Belfast, but found the cameras then available were inadequate for their demanding applications, so they developed their own. After using them in various imaging and spectroscopic applications they found they were being requested by researchers in other departments in Queen's and other universities. Andor was formed in 1989 to take advantage of these requirements.

The company has grown organically and is today the fastest growing company manufacturing high performance digital cameras. Along the way we have pioneered the development of high performance cameras, e.g.

a) Innovative Highlights

• 1st Non-controller based scientific camera - 1989
• 1st Permanent Vacuum Sealed Spectroscopy Camera - 1991
• 1st fully integrated ICCD (Intensified Charged Coupled Device) - 1994
• 1st EMCCD (Electron Multiplying Charged Coupled Device) - 2001

b) Andor Ethos

The growth and success of Andor has been driven by our simple ethos of maintaining the company focus on the following factors:

Customer Focus

Andor believes the heart of our business is our customers; our success comes from the success of our customers.We constantly monitor customer feedback to look how we can improve the products we make or the service we can offer.If you have any suggestions please contact us with your feedback.

Innovation

Andor is never satisfied with the status quo and to ensure we can continue to offer the best products and services Andor continually strives for innovation. We have a long history of bringing innovation to the high performance camera market.

Teamwork

Andor views the team as the stakeholders of Andor which encompasses our customers, our Staff, our distributors and our suppliers and we believe that through better Teamwork we divide our task and multiply our success.

c) Andor Facilities

The largest Andor facility is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland which is a new, purpose-built 50,000sq. ft premises.The premises include state of the art optical, electronic and mechanical workshops, a 3000sq. ft clean room, vacuum and electronic processing facilities.

Andor also maintains Sale and sales support facilities through out the world close to our customers.Please review to our website for your nearest Andor office.

Andor has operated a quality management system since 1998 which currently complies with the requirements of BS EN ISO9001:2000 and has other accreditations including Investors in People and ISO14001 environmental compliance.