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International Trade Winners 2006
Innovation Winners 2006
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The Queen's Awards for Enterprise: International Trade 2006
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to confer Her Awards in 2006 upon the following business units in recognition of their outstanding achievements in International Trade:

Name Location Product or service
20 Essex Street London WC2 Legal services
Abbey Masterbatch Ltd Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester Masterbatch and pigment dispersions
Aerotron Limited Crawley, West Sussex Aircraft component parts and services
AIRCOM International Limited Redhill, Surrey Telecom software consultancy and training
Albourne Partners Limited London SW8 Advice to investors in hedge funds
Allam Marine Limited Hull Industrial and marine generators, controls and switchgear
aura Corporation UK Ltd Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire Market research services and channel marketing
Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited Edinburgh, Scotland Investment management
Capital Valves Ltd Wembley, Middlesex Valves and ancilliary equipment to the oil, petro-chemical and chemical industries
Ceramicoat Tunnel Linings and Coatings Ltd Taunton, Somerset Protective coating systems for tunnels
The Change Group International Plc London W1 Foreign currency services
Colchester Global Investors Limited London W1 Investment management
ColorMatrix Europe Ltd Knowsley, Merseyside Liquid colourants and additives for the plastics industry
Conseco International Ltd London W1 Multidisciplinary technical consultancy services for projects in infrastructure and the built environment
Corus Special Profiles Saltburn-by-the-Sea Special shaped steel profiles
Craig Group Limited Aberdeen, Scotland Global shipowners energy services, oilfield support vessels, procurement, catering, subsea survey and mooring equipment
John Crane UK Ltd., Turbomachinery Division Slough, Berkshire Gas lubricated mechanical seals and related products and services
DSG international plc Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire Electrical appliances
Dage Precision Industries Ltd Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Test and inspection systems
Data Connection Ltd Enfield, Middlesex Communications and telephony systems including protocol stacks, unified messaging, conferencing and VoIP Class 5 switch
Jeffrey Davies and Davies Limited Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent Pork, poultry, lamb and other meat products
Diagnostic Monitoring Systems Ltd Glasgow, Scotland UHF partial discharge monitoring systems
Diamond Consulting Services Ltd Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Patented software for vehicle detection and classification
Dorset Cereals Limited Dorchester, Dorset Breakfast cereals
Dyson James Ltd Malmesbury, Wiltshire Vacuum cleaners
The European Lawyer Limited London W1 Legal magazine and comparative business law text books
FT Technologies Ltd Teddington, Middlesex Wind and airflow sensors, featuring patented Acoustic Resonance technology
Falmouth Fishselling Company Limited (Falfish) Redruth, Cornwall Fresh and frozen fish and shellfish
Fastalloys Ltd Bradford, West Yorkshire Superalloy/stainless steel sheet and strip
FilmLight Ltd London W1 Digital film equipment for the motion picture industry
Fintec Crushing & Screening Ltd Ballygawley, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Mobile crushing and screening equipment plus mobile concrete block machines
Firmdale Hotels PLC London SW7 Hotel services
Forest Press Hydraulics Ltd Cinderford, Gloucestershire Concrete pressing machinery
John Foster of England Limited Bradford, West Yorkshire Worsted and natural fibre fabrics
Gooch & Housego PLC Ilminster, Somerset Acousto-optic devices and precision optics
Goodwin Steel Castings Ltd Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Machined and fabricated alloy and super alloy steel castings and assemblies
Graff Diamonds International Limited London W1 Diamond and gem set jewellery
Grafton Recruitment International Plc Belfast, Northern Ireland Recruitment agency
Grant Macdonald (Silversmiths) Limited London SE1 Ornamental gold and silverwork
Guidance Navigation Limited Leicester Navigation sensor systems for automatic vessel control
James Halstead plc Radcliffe, Manchester Commercial vinyl floor coverings
Peter Hambro Mining Plc London SW1 Gold mining and exploration
Hatsu Marine Limited London NW1 Container shipping services
The Henley Management College Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire Management education
Hughes Safety Showers Ltd Bredbury, Stockport, Cheshire Emergency safety showers, eyebaths and decontamination showers
IDTechEx Ltd Stow-cum-Quy, Cambridge Consultancy services
Immunodiagnostic Systems Limited Boldon, Tyne and Wear Medical diagnostic test kits
IXEurope Plc London W14 Datacentre services
JCB Earthmovers Ltd Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Wheeled loading shovels and articulated dump trucks
JCB Heavy Products Ltd Uttoxeter, Staffordshire Tracked and wheeled excavators
Keymat Technology Ltd t/a STORM Interface West Drayton, Middlesex Robust data entry devices for installation on unattended public use terminals
KeyMed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Limited Southend-on-Sea, Essex Specialised medical and industrial equipment
Langtec Limited Accrington, Lancashire Insulating products in tubular form
Law Business Research Ltd London W11 Books, websites and magazines on international corporate law and legal services
John Lawrie (Aberdeen) Ltd Altens, Aberdeen, Scotland Metal recycling and trading in steel tubulars
London College of Accountancy London SE1 Professional accountancy, undergraduate and postgraduate accountancy, business and management education
Malvern Instruments Limited Malvern, Worcestershire Instruments for particle characterization and rheological testing
Melett Limited Dewsbury, West Yorkshire Turbocharger repair kits and parts for the turbo reconditioning industry
Meritmill Ltd Batley, West Yorkshire Fabric pattern books and shade cards
Micron Sprayers Limited Bromyard, Herefordshire Agricultural spraying equipment
Mondrian Investment Partners Limited London EC2 Investment management
Orange Music Electronic Company Limited Borehamwood, Hertfordshire Musical instrument amplifiers and speaker enclosures
Oxford Diffraction Ltd Abingdon, Oxfordshire X-ray diffraction equipment
Penta Consulting Limited Wallington, Surrey Information and communication technology recruitment solutions
Phosyn plc Pocklington, York Plant nutrient products
Photonic Products Limited Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire Laser diodes and opto-electronic sub-assemblies
Playtop Limited Newark, Nottinghamshire Playground safety surfaces
Polymeters Response International Ltd Winchester, Hampshire Smart electricity meters, payment solutions and energy management systems
RFI Global Services Limited Basingstoke, Hampshire Conformance testing and consultancy services to cellular, wireless, smartcard and electronics industries
RJH Trading Ltd London SW1 Nonferrous metals, scrap, minor metals, ferroalloys, plastics and paper trading
Radnor Hills Mineral Water Co. Ltd Knighton, Powys, Wales Mineral waters and soft drinks
John Reid & Sons (Strucsteel) Ltd Christchurch, Dorset Steel structures for industrial buildings, aircraft hangars, grandstands and multi-storey car parks etc
SRK Consulting (UK) Limited Cardiff, Wales Consulting services to the minerals industry
Sangenic International Limited Cramlington, Northumberland Nappy disposal system
Shape Technology Limited Christchurch, Dorset Shape and profile measurement equipment and associated products
Sondex plc Yateley, Hampshire Drilling and wireline logging equipment for oil and gas wells
Spectrum Technologies PLC Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales Laser wire marking systems
St Peter's Brewery Co Ltd Bungay, Suffolk Beers and ales
Star Syringe Ltd Uckfield, East Sussex Licensing the manufacture of the K1 auto-disable syringe
StatPro Group plc London SW19 Financial software and related services
TRB Limited St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales Automotive components
TRP Sealing Systems Ltd Hereford Elastomeric gaskets
Thermacore Europe Ltd Ashington, Northumberland Electronics cooling solutions for the telecom, military, medical, computer and industrial markets
The University of Nottingham Nottingham Higher educational and research services
Victrex Plc Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire High performance engineering thermoplastics
Wagtech International Ltd Thatcham, Berkshire Environmental testing equipment
Walker Filtration Ltd Washington, Tyne and Wear Compressed air and gas, vacuum and medical filtration equipment
William Data Systems Ltd East Grinstead, West Sussex Software products
F G Wilson (Engineering) Ltd Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Diesel and gas powered electricity generating sets
Wogen Titanium Ltd London SW1 Titanium sponge

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The Queen's Awards for Enterprise: Innovation 2006

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to confer Her Awards in 2006 upon the following business units in recognition of their outstanding achievement in Innovation:

Name Location Product or service
ACO Technologies plc Shefford, Bedfordshire ACO Qmax® system for surface water management
AD Holdings plc Warrington, Cheshire Mobile CCTV system - TransVu
AESSEAL plc Rotherham, South Yorkshire MagTecta dual face magnetic bearing isolator
Angel Technology Ltd Farnham, Surrey miniCol - a healthy cheese alternative proven to reduce cholesterol
Ardmel Automation Ltd Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland Thread-free ultrasonic construction project for the garment industry
Atlas Copco Construction & Mining Ltd Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire Cobra two stroke, hand held vibration reduced jack hammers
Balcan Engineering Limited Horncastle, Lincolnshire Waste lamp recycling plant
Bells of Lazonby Limited Penrith, Cumbria Production of quality gluten-, wheat- and dairy-free products
Berghaus Limited Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Design and marketing of outdoor clothing,'rucsacs' and footwear
Biocolor Ltd Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Rapid, easy-to-use, collagen assay
Bradley Doublelock Ltd Bingley, West Yorkshire Auto-reverse hydraulic disc brake system
Citation plc Knutsford, Cheshire Management systems to enable SMEs to comply with Health and Safety and/or Employment Law
Contact Lens Precision Laboratories Limited t/a UltraVision CLPL Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire SAM and UltraWave technology
Doyle & Tratt Products Ltd Horsham, West Sussex Energy saving and pollution reducing fluorescent lamps, dimmer switches and other decorative electrical accessories
ELG Haniel Metals Ltd Sheffield, South Yorkshire Densified stainless steel scrap
e2v technologies Imaging Sensors Group Chelmsford, Essex Sensors which enable enhanced imaging across all light levels and spectrum
EnviroSystems (UK) Ltd Barton, Preston, Lancashire Envirobed - livestock bedding developed using short fibres from recycled newsprint
Exasoft Plc Coventry, Warwickshire Mortgage fundamentals® - the recalculation/construction of mortgage accounts
FT Technologies Ltd Teddington, Middlesex Wind and airflow sensors, featuring patented Acoustic Resonance technology
Fox Brothers & Co Ltd Wellington, Somerset Laser scanning of textiles and marketing the archive concept over an e-commerce system to create an in-house design studio
Glencairn Crystal Studio Limited East Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland The Glencairn Whisky Glass
Greenvale AP Ltd Chatteris, Cambridgeshire 'Restrain System' for the production and maintenance of a stable atmosphere
Hadley Industries plc Smethwick, West Midlands UltraSTEEL - a unique method of improving the performance of roll formed metal sections
Haldane (UK) Limited Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland Specialist timber machining
Halyard (M & I) Limited Whaddon, Salisbury, Wiltshire Marine exhaust silencers
Hambleside Danelaw Limited Waterlooville, Hampshire Insulator translucent polyester (GRP) rooflight
Kensington Mortgages London W2 Specialist mortgage lender to those who have difficulty obtaining loans from main providers
Lifelines Ltd Stockbridge, Hampshire Trackit Ambulatory EEG Recorder
MCL Software Ltd Southport, Merseyside Advanced fraud prevention solutions (HUNTER) for the financial services, insurance, telecommunications and public sector
mmic eod limited Waterlooville, Hampshire Specialist bespoke engineering for the defence and emergency services market
MSA Engineering Systems Limited Thurmaston, Leicester CNC wirelaying systems for the manufacture of electrofusion fittings
Multimedia Mapping Ltd t/a Multimap.com London EC1 Global online mapping and location-based services
Precision Polymer Engineering Limited Blackburn, Lancashire Perlast® G67P Perfluoroelastomer - a high performance nano-filled elastomer material
Reid Lifting Limited Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales PORTA-GANTRY lightweight portable gantry system
Renishaw plc Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire NC1 and NC4 non-contact tool setting systems
James Robinson Ltd Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Photochromic molecules for ophthalmic lenses and novel applications
Safe and Sound Lighting Limited Alvechurch, Birmingham SNAPLITE - recessed downlighter with inbuilt fire and acoustic protection with low air leakage
Siemens Communications Milton Keynes HiPath personal communications portal
Smiths Aerospace - Electronic Systems, Cheltenham Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Remote Interface Unit (RIU) product family - functionally flexible, low-cost 'building blocks' for vehicle system architectures
Spinnaker International Ltd Saltash, Cornwall iBox cash in transit protection system
Tilsatec, a Division of Sirdar Spinning Ltd Wakefield, West Yorkshire Steel reinforced textile materials
Timsons Limited Kettering, Northamptonshire ZMR book press for printing books
Ulster Carpet Mills (Holdings) Limited Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland Manufacturing technique for woven carpet
Velux Company Ltd Glenrothes East, Fife, Scotland Velux design services
Waterside Manufacturing Limited t/a Englands Birmingham Safety jackets and vests
Whitbybird Ltd London W1 Multi-disciplinary engineering skills and solutions
Wolfson Microelectronics plc Edinburgh, Scotland WM9713L - highly integrated audio semiconductor device for advanced multimedia mobile phones
E. Wood Limited Northallerton, North Yorkshire Copon Hycote 169HB - rapid setting polymeric lining for rehabilitation of drinking water pipelines

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The Queen's Awards for Enterprise: Sustainable Development 2006
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to confer Her Awards in 2006 upon the following business units in recognition of their outstanding achievement in Sustainable Development:

Name Location Product or service
Eco Arc: Ecological Architecture Practice York Design of low energy, sustainable buildings relying on renewable energy
North of England Zoological Society (Chester Zoo) Chester Contributions to conservation, education and sustainability
Alastair Sawday Publishing Co. Ltd Long Ashton, Bristol Reduction of carbon emissions
ScottishPower Renewables Glasgow, Scotland Sustainable best practice in windfarm development
Shepherd Neame Limited Faversham, Kent Management of a brewery and public houses in Kent and South East England
Traidcraft plc Gateshead, Tyne and Wear Promotion of fair trade, ethical business practices, social accounting and stakeholder engagement
Yeo Valley Farms (Production) Ltd Blagdon, Bristol Approach to management with continuing support for sustainable UK organic farming thereby minimising environmental impact

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