Magnex Scientific was a company involved in the design and build of superconducting magnet systems. In 2004 Magnex was bought by Varian, Inc. The Magnet Technology Centre is the new headquarters for magnet manufacturing for Varian, Inc. and is situated on the Oxford Industrial Park, north-west of the city of Oxford in England. The purpose built manufacturing plant was opened in 2000, and has since grown in size to. Part of this expansion is the new Varian European NMR demonstration facility, due for completion towards the end of 2005. The factory is able to manufacture Varian's full range of NMR and MRS magnet systems including the class leading ultra high field 9.4 T 900 mm and 7.0 T 900 mm horizontal bore MRI magnets as well as high resolution 800 MHz NMR magnet systems
Magnex history
Since 1982 Magnex has grown to become the WorldLeader in NMR Magnet Technology. Below is a brief description of the last 25 successful years
1982 Magnex Formed 1983 First Whole Body 0.5 tesla MRI Magnet System produced for Elscint Ltd. 1984 First Whole Body 2.0 tesla MRI/MRS Magnet System produced for Elscint Ltd. 1985 Magnex moves to Abingdon Business Park Magnex develops World's first 4.7 tesla 400 mm Horizontal Bore Magnet System for Bruker GmbH 1986 Magnex develops the first Super Wide-Bore 400 MHz High Resolution Magnet System 1987 Full range of Horizontal Bore Spectroscopy Magnet Systems developed 1988 Magnex develops the World's first compact 3.0 tesla 800 mm Shielded MRS Magnet System for Henry Ford Hospital Detroit 1989 Magnex Inc established Magnex develops 500 MHz High Resolution Magnet Systems 1990 Magnex develops 600 MHz High Resolution Magnet Systems 1991 Delivery and installation of Magnex's first 600 MHz 54 mm and 500 MHz 89 mm High Resolution Magnet Systems 1992 Delivery and installation of the World's first 550 MHz Wide-Bore High Resolution Magnet System Delivery of Magnex's first compact 1.5 tesla MRI Magnet System 1993 Magnex develops and install the World's first 9.4 tesla 310 mm Horizontal bore Spectroscopy Magnet System Delivery and installation of the World's first 7.0 tesla 400 mm Horizontal Bore Spectroscopy Magnet System Delivery of Magnex's first Compact Active Screen 0.5 tesla MRI Magnet System 1994 Delivery and installation of the first Magnex/JMT 750 MHz 54 mm Magnet System at an Academic Institute Delivery and installation by Magnex of the World's first Super-Wide Bore 500 MHz/125mm High Resolution Magnet System Installation of the World's first dedicated fMRI Magnet System at Pittsburgh with GE Medical Systems 1995 Completion of the World's first Actively Shielded High Resolution Magnet Systems Delivery of the World's first 750 MHz 62 mm Magnet System Delivery of the World's first compact Shielded FTMS Magnet System 1996 Delivery of the World's first Actively Shielded 600 MHz 52 mm Magnet System 1997 Delivery of the World's first 800 MHz 52 mm Magnet System operating at 4.2 K 1998 Delivery of the World's first ultra high field clinical research magnet. 1999 Delivery of the World's second ultra high field clinical research magnet. Delivery of Europe's highest field clinical research magnet. 2000 Delivery and installation of the world's first actively shielded 500 MHz 125 mm high resolution magnet system. Delivery of the World's first 500 MHz 40 cm Horizontal bore Magnet System. Sale of clinical business to GE Medical Systems. 2001 Relocated to The Magnet Technology Centre, Yarnton UK Demonstration of the World's first 7.0 tesla 600 mm Vertical Bore fMRI Magnet System 2002 Installation of the company's 500th NMR/MRI Magnet System. Completion of the World's first 12.0 tesla actively shielded FTMS Magnet System. 2003 Installation of World's first actively shielded 600 MHz 89 mm bore magnet system. Delivery of the world first 9.4 T 65 cm research magnet. 2004 Delivery and installation of the world's first 800 MHz 89 mm Magnet System. Varian, Inc. acquisition of Magnex Scientific. 2005 Delivery of Premium Shielded 500 MHz and 600 MHz magnets 2006 Introduction of 9.4/820 and 7T/680 actively shielded clinical MRI systems. European MR Application’s lab opened in B4 2007 Introduction of 16.4T/260 and 14.1/260 in-vivo MRS systems 2008 Introduction of PremiumCOMPACT 800MHz NMR magnet. Shipment and commissioning of World’s first 9.4 Tesla/900mm MRI magnet
