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A Complex Intercontinental Move and Assembly Project for Multiple Ion Implanters

At IES, we love a challenge. In fact, the more complex the project is, the better.

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The Subtle Art of Relocating Complex, One-of-a-Kind Equipment Across Borders

Few complex engineering projects compare to the challenge of relocating sensitive, high-technology equipment across borders.

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Building a Bespoke Crate for Bristol Zoo's Gorilla Troop Move

Building a Bespoke Crate for Bristol Zoo’s Gorilla Troop Move Designed and built a first-of-its-kind IATA-compliant crate allowing two gorillas — a mother and infant — to travel side by side, with a removable partition to separate them if needed....

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From Cleanroom to Crate: Preparing a Purion Ion Implanter for Transport

Fully deinstalled and packed an Axcelis Purion ion implanter from a live cleanroom in 5 days, for a client relationship dating back to 1997....

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Laser cutter move

Relocating 7 precision laser cutters for Wentworth Wooden Puzzles

Relocated 7 bespoke laser cutting systems (each ~2.5 x 2.5m, ~3 tonnes) from Wentworth Puzzles' Malmesbury dairy-farm site to a new facility in...

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Structural Machine Base Move-In

Designing and Installing our Largest-Ever Structural Machine Base

Designed and installed IES's largest-ever structural machine base — a two-tonne, powder-coated steel frame measuring 1,825 x 1,900 x 1,180 mm — for...

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Harvesting Semiconductor Parts

Harvesting Semiconductor Parts for Legacy Tools

Harvested parts from a secondhand Axcelis Optima implanter for a European client, completing full de-installation, transport, and stripping within an...

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Installing a 12m-Long Press Through a Third-Storey Window: A US First for HP

Achieved a US-first installation for HP, installing a 12m-long PageWide Web Press T250 HD through a third-storey window — the only viable access...

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The Subtle Art of Relocating Complex, One-of-a-Kind Equipment Across Borders

Relocated a one-of-a-kind PVD/RF sputtering tool 400 miles from Tours, France to the Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) in Luxembourg — a...

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Ion Implanter in a Fab

A Complex Intercontinental Move and Assembly Project for Multiple Ion Implanters

Deinstalled and relocated a 30-year-old ion implanter from a Portland, Oregon semiconductor fab to a client's new €100 million European R&D facility,...

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Installing HP’s New Inkjet Press for its European Premiere at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Installing HP’s New Inkjet Press for its European Premiere at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023

Assembled and commissioned HP's new PageWide Advantage 2200 press for its European premiere at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2023, completing the full...

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A Successful Cleanroom Expansion for Plessey

Delivered 500+ crates and installed 90 semiconductor tools (306+ tonnes, 1,958 m³ total volume) for Plessey's 200mm cleanroom expansion, sourcing...

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Enabling Growth of Next Generation Power Electronics Semiconductor Technology

Moved and UKCA/CE-certified the University of Bristol's Agnitron MOCVD reactor — the first of its kind in the UK, used to grow next-generation...

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Intricate Equipment Relocation for a Multimillion-Pound Facility

Relocated 200+ equipment assets (CNC machines, 5-axis robot milling centres, industrial 3D laser printers, microscopes, test equipment) for an...

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Catalent-pharmaceutical-manufacturer

18 Tons of Equipment Installed for Leading Pharma Manufacturer, Catalent

Catalent is a global leader in enabling pharmaceutical, biotechnology and consumer health partners to develop, launch and supply products for clients...

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HP T250 print press installation

Two World Firsts: Move and Installation for HP Print Press

HP is a global technology company that specialises in manufacturing personal systems, 3D printers and industrial digital presses for businesses...

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Relocating 20 Tonnes of Precision Equipment for AB Dynamics

Relocated 20 tonnes of precision equipment (15 critical items including CNC mills, a CNC Turning Centre, lathes, a CMM measuring system) for AB...

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PRM Waste Systems - Bio-Processor

Fast export packing helped meet sustainability demand

Export-packed PRM Waste Systems' first international order — a £20,000 P250 Bio-Processor — for shipment from Bristol to Slovakia, completing the...

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IES CE Marking Service

Fast-Tracking UKCA & CE Marking for VPS’s New ECO Tower

Achieved UKCA and CE marking for VPS's ECO Tower — a solar-powered, mobile CCTV structure — in just 3 days of on-site testing at VPS's Manchester...

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IES crate making service

Fast and Efficient Export Packing for Exciting New Industry

Built and delivered 133 bespoke ply-batten crates in just over 2 weeks for Pirate Studios, packing high-value music production and DJ equipment for...

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A Complex Machine Relocation for Battery Tech Innovators

Consolidated Ilika's R&D equipment from 3 sites to 2, including a multi-chamber vacuum system, disassembling and reassembling it electrically and...

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Royal Holloway Superfab

How We Made a Multi-Million Pound Move Look Easy

Installed research equipment for Royal Holloway's £8M SuperFab facility, part of a £2.7M EPSRC-funded nanofabrication and cleanroom project at Egham...

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IES export packing services

Safely Transporting Three, 14-Tonne Presses Across the Atlantic

Shipped three 14-tonne thermoforming presses across the Atlantic, from WestRock's Bristol site to SOLUT!'s Ohio facility, re-engineering the entire...

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CE Marking for JES, Italy

Streamlined CE Marking Gets JES’s Quick Die Changer Ready for Action

CE-marked JES's Quick Die Changer in 2 days — one day faster than usual — for a 30-metre rail-mounted die-changing system at an automotive brake...

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IES provided export packing services for Hayles and Howe

With Delicacy to Dubai: The Story of 650 Decorative Plaster Lengths

Packed and shipped 650 fragile, 3-metre decorative cornice plaster lengths (8-10 styles) for Hayles and Howe's Dubai "Polo Villa" project, across 21...

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Factory Move into New HQ for Vision Engineering

Relocated 45+ pieces of equipment for Vision Engineering's move into their new Freeman Building HQ, including two critical 27-tonne CNC machines (a...

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Construction Design Management (CDM) Capability at IES

Construction Design Management (CDM) Capability at IES

Acted as Principal Designer and Principal Contractor under CDM 2015 regulations for a University of Southampton equipment delivery to the B46...

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Complex Laser System Installation at Nottingham Trent

Complex Laser System Installation at Nottingham Trent

Installed a 4,500kg, 2m-tall laser system (footprint just 1m x 1.2m on a solid granite plinth) into Dr Demos Koutsogeorgis's laser processing lab at...

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A Complex International Factory Relocation

Recounting a Complex International Factory Relocation

Relocated 1,000 tonnes of manufacturing plant across 4 countries (UK, Denmark, Poland, Germany) for SPX APV in 3 months, covering 42,000 truck-miles...

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Cleanroom move at Bristol University

Relocated cleanroom tools for Bristol University's School of Physics — home to Nobel laureate research including the discovery of the π meson —...

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Structural Machine Base Installation

Building a Structural Machine Base for University of Southampton

Designed and installed an anti-vibration structural machine base for a deep ultraviolet (DUV) scanner at the University of Southampton's Silicon...

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Complex Laboratory Move for Pirbright Institute

Moved sensitive lab equipment and live viral disease samples for The Pirbright Institute — the first move of this scale in Europe — into the BBSRC...

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Print Press Relocation for CPI Books

Print Press Relocation for CPI Books

Dismantled and relocated two print presses (one operational, one fire-damaged) from CPI's closed Berkshire site to their Suffolk facility, completing...

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