Bringing cryogenic cooling and vacuum technologies together in one integrated portfolio for customers worldwide.
Edwards, a leading provider of vacuum solutions, has launched a complete cryogenic product range, now available globally. The portfolio brings together cryogenic compressors, cold heads, vacuum pumps, cryo panel solutions and integrated cryogenic systems, providing customers with a single source for cryogenic cooling and vacuum technologies.
Designed for applications that require stable, low temperatures and controlled environments, the new range supports scientific research, space exploration and industrial coating. Typical applications include particle accelerators, superconducting magnets, low-temperature physics research, satellite testing, space simulation chambers, and thin-film coating processes used in optics and other advanced manufacturing technologies.
The portfolio enables customers to source individual cryogenic components or configures complete systems tailored to their specific requirements.
“Cryogenic applications demand precision, reliability and the ability to integrate multiple technologies seamlessly,” says Bernhard Fischer, Product Manager Cryogenic Technologies at Edwards. “With our new cryogenic portfolio now available globally, we can support customers at every stage of their journey, whether they need a standalone component or a fully integrated cryogenic solution.”
Edwards Vacuum Cryogenic Portfolio
The global product range includes:
ECP Cryogenic Pump
E1CH Cold Head
The modular approach allows customers to deploy individual products independently or combine them into coordinated systems that deliver both cooling and vacuum performance.
Cryogenic technology plays an important role in applications where temperature stability and vacuum control are essential. Edwards' cryogenic solutions support customers working across scientific research, aerospace testing, and advanced manufacturing.
In research environments, the cryogenic systems are used in particle accelerators, superconducting magnets and low-temperature physics experiments, where precise temperature control and stable operating conditions are fundamental to achieving reliable results.
Cryogenic pumps and systems also support space exploration, aerospace testing, and ion thruster testing. They are used in satellite qualification programmes and space simulation chambers, helping to recreate the extreme vacuum and temperature conditions found in space.
Across advanced manufacturing, our vacuum and cryogenic technologies enable thin-film coating processes used in optics, where controlled environments are essential to product quality and process consistency.
“Researchers and engineers continue to push the boundaries of science and technology,” adds Fischer. “Our role is to provide the cryogenic cooling and vacuum environments that help make that work possible. By making our new cryogenic portfolio available globally, we can support customers with the expertise, flexibility and integration they need throughout the lifecycle of their systems.”
This expanded global range strengthens Edwards' ability to support customers throughout the lifecycle of their cryogenic systems, from initial design and configuration through to installation, service and ongoing optimisation.
About Edwards
Edwards is the leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, exhaust management systems and related value-added services. These are integral to manufacturing processes for semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells; are used within an increasingly diverse range of industrial processes including power, glass and other coating applications, steel and other metallurgy, pharmaceutical and chemical; and for both scientific instruments and a wide range of R&D applications.
Edwards has around 8000 employees worldwide engaged in the design, manufacture and support of high technology vacuum and exhaust management equipment and has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Europe, Asia and North America
Edwards is part of the Atlas Copco Group. In 2025, the Group had revenues of BSEK 168, and at year end about 56 000 employees.
