Edwards Wins Million Pounds Worth of Orders for Steel Degassing Equipment

CRAWLEY, England, September 29, 2010 - Edwards has won orders worth GBP1 million for its new generation steel
degassing equipment in India. The dry pumping technology is replacing
traditional steam ejector systems in vacuum degassing (VD) processes,
enabling users to produce higher quality products with significantly reduced
operating and energy costs.

Steel degassing modules will be installed at companies including Laxcon
Steel and Bhawani Steel to run the VD and vacuum oxygen decarburizing (VOD)
processes to produce degassed alloy steels and stainless steel used in
automotive, electrical and power industries.

Dry vacuum steel degassing units are a greener solution than traditional
energy-hungry multi-stage steam ejector systems backed with liquid ring
pumps. As a result, customers can improve their environmental impact and
carbon footprint through reducing CO2 emissions, water effluent and energy
use. The total cost of ownership is low, offering potential energy cost
savings of more than 90 per cent over steam ejectors.

The oil-free dry pumping system from Edwards consists of HV30000, HV8000
and IDX1300 pumps arranged in three stages, pre-mounted, piped and fully
wired on a two-part skid. Each skid is capable of vacuum degassing 23 tons of
steel and a number of skids can be mounted in parallel and integrated with
the steel degassing tank to suit the required ladle size.

"These orders follow the successful installation of a system at Shyam
Forging last year and highlight the growing demand for producing degassed
steel in a more cost effective and environmentally friendly way," says
Vikrant Sanglikar, Country Head - South Asia, Edwards. "Users can earn
valuable carbon credits by using this green dry vacuum technology while
producing higher quality steels and in larger quantities to better serve
their customers."

Customers are further supported by Edwards' technical experts at its
state of the art vacuum service centre in Pune, India.

For further information about Edwards products please visit
www.edwardsvacuum.com.

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About Edwards

Edwards is a leading global technology company supplying vacuum and
abatement equipment for the manufacture of semiconductors, flat panel
displays, LEDs and solar cells and is also a leader in vacuum technology for
industrial, scientific, process and R&D applications. The company employs
approximately 3,000 people worldwide and has its headquarters in Crawley, UK.
Edwards created the concept of the low-maintenance, cost-effective,
commercial oil-free 'dry' vacuum pump and offers a wide range of other
pumping technologies, and related products, supported by an international
sales and service organisation. For more information, please visit
www.edwardsvacuum.com.

Company Contact: Miles Firth, +44(0)1293-603451, miles.firth at edwardsvacuum.com; Agency Contact: Sarah Clarke, +44(0)207-787-1931, sarah.clarke at freshwater-uk.com