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===Oxfordshire=== {{more citations needed|section|date=January 2017}} [[Oxford University Press]], [[Blackwell UK]], [[Electrocomponents]] and [[Amey plc]] are in [[Oxford]] as is the BMW plant that builds the Mini. BMW assemble the [[Mini (marque)|MINI]] at [[Cowley, Oxfordshire|Cowley]]; in the south of Oxford is [[Unipart]] and [[TI Automotive]] UK. South of Oxford in [[Littlemore]], off the A4074 at the [[Oxford Science Park]] is [[Nominet UK]] ([[.uk|UK domain names]]). [[SAE Institute]] has its world HQ on Littlemore Park off the A4074. [[Grafton Group|Grafton Merchanting GB]] ([[Buildbase]], and [[Hirebase]]) are on Oxford Business Park in Cowley, with Electrocomponents next to [[Publishing Technology plc|Publishing Technology]], [[Blackwell UK]] and Harley Davidson UK; to the south on the side of the B480 is [[Oxfam GB]] at [[Oxfam House]], [[BT iNet]], and [[TI Automotive]]; further north along the B480 at the B4495 junction is [[Macmillan Education]], a leading worldwide publisher of school textbooks, with [[Genzyme]] UK (owned since 2011 by Sanofi). [[Ascari Cars|Ascari]] are in Banbury. [[Kenco]] coffee is made at [[Kraft Foods Banbury]] owned by [[Mondelēz International]] (former Kraft before October 2010) with [[Café HAG]] and [[Carte Noir]] off A422/A423 roundabout opposite a Tesco; the site was built to make [[Bird's Custard]] in 1964, by [[General Foods]] who were bought by Kraft in 1990, and claims to be the biggest coffee-production site in Europe; Nestle make much of their coffee in [[South Derbyshire]]. On other side of A422 to Kraft is a manufacturing site of [[Dematic]] UK, with Terex MHPS (former [[Demag]] Cranes), and [[Kannegiesser]] UK (industrial clothes washers). On north-east side of Banbury is the large site of [[Norbar Torque]], who are a main international manufacturer of [[torque wrench]]s. Next door is a large factory of [[Barry Callebaut]] UK, a Swiss manufacturer of cocoa (for Nestle and Cadbury), on the Wildmere Road Ind Est, north of the A422 near the M40 junction 11. Prodrive are on the north of the estate, and [[iSOFT]] are on the east near the M40. Further north was a main site of Alcan Extrusions (former [[British Aluminium]], bought by Alcan in 1982), which closed in 2008. [[Yaskawa Electric Corporation|Yaskawa]] UK (Motoman [[Robot welding|robotic welding]] equipment) is on the Wildmere Ind Est, off the A422 near junction 11; [[Kärcher]] UK ([[pressure washer]]s) are nearby off the A423. [[Marussia F1]] are in the east of Banbury. [[Hook Norton Brewery]] is to the south-west. [[Travelodge UK]] is at the A418/B4445 roundabout in [[Thame]] next to [[CPM Group]] (the UK's largest [[field marketing]] company), with [[W. Lucy & Co.|Lucy Electric]] (switchgear) in the east of Thame off the B4012, with the UK site of [[Universal Media Corporation|UMC]] (branded televisions from Slovakia). [[Kubota Corporation|Kubota]] UK, the tractor manufacturer, on the B4445, is the UK market leader of ride-on (diesel) lawn mowers; Kidde Products UK (fire protection) is off the B4012. [[Renault F1]] is in [[Enstone]]; off B4030 at Enstone Airfield Complex, [[Airbus Helicopters|Airbus Helicopters UK]] (Eurocopter before 2014) is at [[London Oxford Airport]]. [[Agilent Technologies]] (former [[Magnex Scientific]]) make superconducting magnets for NMR applications on the A44 next to the railway at [[Yarnton]]. [[Solid State Logic]] ([[mixing console]]s) is at [[Begbroke]] on the A44, which has the [[Begbroke Science Park]]. The [[Joint European Torus]] is developing [[fusion power]] at [[Culham]] on a [[RNAS Culham (HMS Hornbill)|former airfield]]. Also on the [[Culham Centre for Fusion Energy|Culham Science Centre]] at [[Clifton Hampden]] is the [[United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority]], and the [[Reusable launch system|re-usable]] [[Skylon (spacecraft)|Skylon]] spacecraft is being developed by [[Reaction Engines Limited]]; [[ABSL Space Products]] Culham (owned by [[EnerSys]]) made batteries for [[Philae (spacecraft)|Philae]]. The [[Rutherford Appleton Laboratory]] and [[Diamond Light Source]] (built by the [[Wellcome Trust]]) are on the [[Harwell Science and Innovation Campus]] in [[Chilton, Oxfordshire|Chilton]] and [[East Hendred]]. Harwell has an office of [[Telespazio VEGA UK]] (satellites) and the UK's base of the [[European Space Agency]] (ESA), with the [[European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications]] and the UK's [[Satellite Applications Catapult]]; Rutherford Appleton also has the [[Central Laser Facility]], the UK's site of research into [[inertial confinement fusion]] power from the [[HiPER]] project. The science cluster is known as Science Vale UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sciencevale.com |title=Science Vale UK - A global hot spot for enterprise and innovation |website=www.sciencevale.com |access-date=26 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406141333/http://sciencevale.com/ |archive-date=6 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In [[Rotherfield Peppard]], near [[Sonning Common]], is the [[Johnson Matthey Technology Centre]], which research [[fuel cell]]s (with platinum supplied by [[Anglo American Platinum]], the world's largest producer). [[Stuart Turner (engineer)|Stuart Turner]] (pumps) is at [[Henley-on-Thames]], with [[Ella's Kitchen]]. [[Countax]] UK, off the [[A329 road|A329]] at [[Great Haseley]] (nearer to [[Great Milton]]), manufactures Britain's best-selling [[garden tractor]]s, and distributes [[ECHO (company)|ECHO]] (Japanese) power tools; to the south off the B480, Martin-Baker test ejector seats at Martin Baker Aerospace Chalgrove. [[Castrol Technology Centre]] is towards the Thames. South of [[RAF Benson]] off the A4074 at [[Howbery Park]], [[Crowmarsh]] is HR Wallingford (former [[Hydraulics Research Station]]) and further south along the Thames is [[CAB International]] (agricultural research). [[File:Williams F1 at Grove.jpg|thumb|left|Williams F1 at Grove, next to the Great Western Main Line and A338, north of Wantage.]] [[RM Education]], [[Kaspersky Lab|Kaspersky Lab UK]], [[Achilles (company)|Achilles]] ([[supply chain risk management]], international HQ), [[Routledge]] (publisher), [[Chroma Therapeutics]], and [[Smeg (appliances)|Smeg UK]] are at [[Milton Park]]. The former [[Esso Research Centre]] at Milton Hill is now the headquarters of [[Infineum]], a division of Esso and Shell which researches [[oil additive]]s. [[Rowse Honey]] is in [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]]. All parachute training for the RAF and Army takes place at [[RAF Brize Norton]]; the RAF 's refuelling force ([[No. 10 Squadron RAF|10 Sqn]] and [[No. 101 Squadron RAF|101 Sqn]]) operate the [[Airbus A330 MRTT|Voyager]], the RAF's largest aircraft, a converted [[Airbus A330]] which carries 111 tonnes of fuel; they also operate the twice-weekly air-bridge to [[RAF Mount Pleasant]]; Brize Norton has 24 [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130 Hercules]], 8 [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III|C-17 Globemaster]]s ([[No. 99 Squadron RAF|99 Sqn]]), 8 Voyagers (the replacement for the [[Vickers VC10|VC-10]]), and one [[Airbus A400M Atlas|A400M]] Atlas (the future replacement for the Hercules). The [[Blue Cross (animal charity)|Blue Cross]] animal charity are further north on the B4020. [[Siemens Magnet Technology]] (former Oxford Magnet Technology), the main provider of [[superconducting magnet|superconducting]] [[History of electromagnetism|magnets]] (30% of the world's market) for [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] scanners, is in [[Eynsham]]; in Witney is [[Wychwood Brewery]] (owned by Marstons) which makes Hobgoblin, and brews [[Brakspear Brewery]] (formerly of Henley until 2002). [[Oxford Products]], off the B4047 west of Witney, make cycle and motorcycle safety products, with [[Abbott Laboratories|Abbott Diabetes Care]] and Corndell Furniture at [[River Windrush|Windrush]] Park. JSP are market leaders in industrial head protection, based next to the [[River Windrush]] at [[Worsham, Oxfordshire|Worsham]] in [[Asthall]] west of Witney. [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering]] is based at [[Grove, Oxfordshire|Grove]] on the A338 north of Wantage. Towards Wiltshire, the [[Defence Academy of the United Kingdom]] is in [[Shrivenham]], with the [[Defence Academy of the United Kingdom|Defence School of Languages]] (previously at [[Wilton Park Estate|Wilton Park]] north of the M40 Beaconsfield Interchange), and the [[Joint Services Command and Staff College]] is in [[Watchfield]].
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