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International Trade Winners 2008
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The Queen's Awards for Enterprise: International Trade 2008
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to confer Her Awards in 2008 upon the following business units in recognition of their outstanding achievements in International Trade:

Name Location Product or service
2 entertain Limited London W1 DVD/Video and music publishing
Advanced New Technologies Limited Hull Electronic systems for the super yacht industry
Alwayse Engineering Limited Birmingham,West Midlands Ball transfer units
Aquaspersions Limited Halifax, West Yorkshire Speciality chemical dispersion and emulsion products for the water based polymer industry
Audio Processing Technology Ltd Belfast, Northern Ireland Broadcast audio equipment
Authentix Limited York Brand protection and product authentication
BACTEC International Limited Rochester, Kent Explosive ordnance disposal & landmine clearance
J & A Beare Ltd London W1 Restorers of antique stringed musical instruments and bows
Belle Holding Limited t/a Belle Group Sheen, Buxton Light Construction Equipment
Benoy Limited Newark, Nottinghamshire Architecture, masterplanning, interior and graphic design
The British Showcase Group Ltd t/a Click Netherfield Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland Specialist museum display cases
CVI Technical Optics Limited Onchan, Isle of Man Laser optical components
Canyon Europe Ltd Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Trigger sprayers and pump dispensers
Cape PLC, International Division Uxbridge, Middlesex Thermal insulation and other industrial services
Centek Ltd Newton Abbot, Devon Casing centralisers and stop collars for the oil and gas industry
I & G Cohen Limited Salford, Manchester Second hand clothing, footwear and household textiles
Cummins Ltd, Darlington Engine Plant Darlington, County Durham Diesel engines and components
Delfield Precision Engineering Co. Ltd Ruislip, Middlesex Casings for radiation shielding
Downhole Products Plc Portlethen, Aberdeen, Scotland Oilwell products
DUCO Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Subsea umbilical systems
Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC London EC4 Financial and business publishing, conference organisers and electronic information and data provider
Europlus Direct Ltd Saltaire, West Yorkshire Information technology services
Evolution Securities China Limited London EC3 Investment banking and securities
Excelsior Technologies Flint, Wales Specialist food packaging
Fairline Boats Ltd Oundle, Northamptonshire Luxury powerboats
Fast React Systems Ltd Derby Software design and sales
Fintec Crushing & Screening Ltd Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Mobile crushing and screening equipment
Fort Vale Engineering Ltd Burnley, Lancashire Valves, manways and accessories for the transport and storage of bulk liquids, gases and powders
Fortress Interlocks Limited Wolverhampton, West Midlands Safety interlock systems
Garrad Hassan Group Limited Bristol Renewable energy consultancy
Gripple Ltd Sheffield, South Yorkshire Wire joining and tensioning devices for use in agricultural and construction industries
Group 4 Technology Ltd Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Access control and security products
Haztec International Limited Leeds, West Yorkshire Vehicle warning equipment for the emergency and municipal services
Humax Electronics Co. Ltd London TW8 Digital set top boxes and LCD televisions
Huthwaite International Rotherham, South Yorkshire Sales and management training consultancy
Hyder Consulting PLC London SW1 Advisory and design services in property and infrastructure
Independent Forgings & Alloys Ltd Sheffield, South Yorkshire Specialist open die forgings, rolled rings, precision forged bars in nickel alloys, titanium and steels
Inflight Peripherals Limited Newport, Isle of Wight Electronic equipment for inflight entertainment systems
The International Student Centre, Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College London W14 Vocational education, professional and post graduate training programmes
Ivory & Ledoux Limited London NW3 Raw materials, juice concentrate, pulps and purees
JCB Backhoe Loader Business Unit Rocester, Staffordshire Backhoe Loader Excavators
JCB Service Uttoxeter, Staffordshire Parts and accessories for earth moving machines
Keltie London EC4 Patent and trade mark attorneys
LC & M Ltd Lincoln Crankshafts for the oil and gas industry
Land Rover Holdings Gaydon, Warwickshire 4 x 4 Vehicles, parts, accessories and lifestyle products
Llanllyr Water Company Limited Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales Bottled spring water
Loch Duart Ltd Scourie, Sutherland, Scotland Fresh farmed Scottish salmon
MSI Recruitment Ltd London SE1 Recruitment agency
J. Marr (Seafoods) Ltd Hull Frozen pelagic fish
Motorola Point to Point Fixed Wireless Solutions Group Ashburton, Devon Broadband solutions bridging and extending high-speed voice and data networks, for secure and reliable connectivity
Owen Mumford Limited Woodstock, Oxfordshire Medical disposables
Oceanair Marine Limited Selsey, West Sussex Window coverings, hatch blinds and screens for boats, vehicles and homes
Online Electronics Limited Aberdeen, Scotland Pipeline pig monitoring equipment, and pipeline data communications systems
Pace Micro Technology plc Saltaire, West Yorkshire Digital TV technology developers
Pentland Group Plc London W1 Clothing and footwear
Pharmaterials Ltd Reading, Berkshire Pharmaceutical materials testing, polymorphism, salt selection, inhaled and solid oral dose formulation
Picsel Technologies Limited Glasgow, Scotland Mobile software development
PolicyPlus International plc Bath Traded endowment policies
Powerlase Limited Crawley, West Sussex Industrial lasers
Quest Personal Care Global Limited Manchester Disposable personal care products
RBS WorldPay London EC2 Multi currency card and payment processor
Rapiscan Systems Limited Redhill, Surrey Security x-ray and metal detection screening products
John Reid & Sons (Strucsteel) Ltd Christchurch, Dorset Steel framed buildings, bridges and other structures
Romo Ltd Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Furnishing and upholstery fabrics and wall coverings
STG Aerospace Ltd Swaffham, Norfolk Next generation emergency power systems, and photoluminescent emergency floorpath marking systems for aircraft
Sheffield Forgemasters International Limited Sheffield, South Yorkshire Large steel castings and forgings
Signet International Limited Colnbrook, Berkshire Freight forwarding services
Leonard Simmonds Associates Ltd t/a LSA Endowments Malvern, Worcestershire Traded endowment insurance policies
Spirit Yachts Ltd Ipswich, Suffolk Sailing yachts and power boats
The Sporting Exchange t/a Betfair London W6 Betting services and online gaming products
Superior Group Limited Wimborne, Dorset Precision rubber seals
Symbian Ltd London SE1 Mobile phone software development and licensing
TRL Technology Ltd Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Design, manufacture and integration of innovative defence solutions
TRP Sealing Systems Ltd Hereford Elastomeric gaskets
TRW Occupant Safety Systems - Peterlee Peterlee, County Durham Automotive occupant safety systems
TTP Group plc Melbourn, Hertfordshire Technology and product development
Thermserve Limited Telford, Shropshire Equipment for the aluminium industry
Traka plc Olney, Buckinghamshire Electronic automated key control systems
University of Glasgow Business School, MSc Management Unit Glasgow, Scotland Business education
Vascutek Limited Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, Scotland Vascular prostheses for human implant
Vitabiotics Ltd London NW2 Vitamin supplements and nutraceuticals
Vodec Industrial Communications Ltd Nottingham Public address and general alarm systems
Weir Minerals Europe Limited Todmorden, Lancashire Abrasion and corrosion resistant slurry equipment
Wirth Research Limited Whittlebury, Northamptonshire Automotive research and development
Xiros plc Leeds, West Yorkshire Innovative medical implants used in minimally-invasive and tissue-sparing surgical procedures

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The Queen's Awards for Enterprise: Innovation 2008

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to confer Her Awards in 2008 upon the following business units in recognition of their outstanding achievements in Innovation:

Name Location Product or service
4fx Healthcare Ltd Mansfield, Nottinghamshire Baby nose-clear infant nasal aspirator
Academy of Contemporary Music Ltd Guildford, Surrey Industry led music education
Activa Healthcare Ltd Needwood, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire Leg ulcer and chronic oedema management
Aqualisa Products Limited Westerham, Kent Digital showers using electronic control
Audio Network Plc Halstead, Essex Production music and sound effects library service
Bernhard and Company Ltd Rugby, Warwickshire The Express Dual and Anglemaster system for sharpening grass cutting blades
Callitech Limited t/a Moneypenny Wrexham, Wales Business telephone answering and outsourced reception services
Cattle Information Services Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire "Your Herd" - a web-based programme of dairy herd management tools
Checkmate UK Ltd Melksham, Wiltshire Pneumatic dunnage to restrain marine cargoes
Diamond Consulting Services Ltd Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire "Idris" vehicle detection products
DuPont Teijin Films UK Ltd Middlesbrough Melinex® polyester films
Eurobuns Ltd Kingston, Milton Keynes Manufacture and supply of frozen breads to the UK food service and retail food industry
Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire ReMote SL with AutoMap - hardware control of music-making software
Greenbank Terotech Ltd Swadlincote, Derbyshire Optimisation technology for large coal fired combustion plants
Healix Risk Rating Limited Hampton, Middlesex Medical risk assessment system
I'Anson Bros Ltd t/a British Horse Feeds Ripon, North Yorkshire Speedi-Beet® - a quick soaking sugar beet flake for horses and ponies
Image Processing Techniques Limited Basingstoke, Hampshire OmniTek XR purpose-built analyzer for digital cinema applications
KP Technology Ltd Wick, Caithness, Scotland The Kelvin Probe - vibrating capacitor device for work function and surface potential measurements
Keela International Ltd Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland System Dual Protection for extreme weather garments
Keepsake Card Craft (2004) Ltd Oldbury, West Midlands Embossing boards with patented channels
KeyMed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Ltd Southend-on-Sea, Essex i-SPEED high speed video camera
Land Rover Gaydon, Warwickshire Terrain Response - vehicle traction system
Leach Colour Ltd Huddersfield, West Yorkshire STIK - the magnetic graphic display system
liftshare.com Ltd Attleborough, Norfolk On-line journey matching system to facilitate car sharing
Metryx Ltd Nailsea, Bristol Mass metrology for semiconductor manufacturing processes
Owen Mumford Ltd Woodstock, Oxfordshire Unistik 3 safety lancets for blood sampling in hospitals and by patients at home
NMI Safety Systems Ltd London N17 "Magic Seats" wheelchair securement system
OneClick Technologies Ltd Annesley, Nottingham IntelliPlug, intelligent energy saving mains adaptor
Ovation Systems Ltd Thame, Oxfordshire AfterBurner - 24 hour time lapse hard disk DVD video recorder
Picsel Technologies Limited Glasgow, Scotland ePAGE: a graphics engine for mobile devices
Sohnar Limited London W6 Traffic - a software programme to manage all aspects of a business in the creative sector
speed-trap.com Limited t/a Speed-Trap Newbury, Berkshire Software that delivers complete on-line customer insight
SunGard Public Sector Limited Chippenham, Wiltshire SunGard DS2000 - radio & telecommunications solution to enable a rapid response by emergency service organisations
Super Rod Ltd Blaenavon, Pontypool, Wales Custom designed fibre-glass rods for installing electric cables
Syfer Technology Ltd Arminghall, Norwich, Norfolk Flexicap, a novel termination of multilayer capacitors to prevent failure modes in electronic circuits
Symbian Ltd London SE1 Symbian OS - advanced, open, standard operating system for data-enabled mobile phones
Thermoteknix Systems Ltd Waterbeach, Cambridge MIRICLE® range of high performance ultra miniature ruggedised thermal imaging cameras
Thomson Scientific Limited London EC1 THOMSON Pharma® - online information for drug development
Titan Steel Wheels Ltd Kidderminster, Worcestershire Three piece integrated flange wheel - IF series
Transmille Ltd Tonbridge, Kent Development of calibrator design and calibration systems
TrichoTech Limited Cardiff, Wales Analysis of biological samples for substance misuse
Trinity Integrated Systems Ltd Sale, Cheshire 100% migration of Legacy Safety PLC ladder logic to industry standard IEC-61131 function block code

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The Queen's Awards for Enterprise: Sustainable Development 2008
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to confer Her Awards in 2008 upon the following business units in recognition of their outstanding achievements in Sustainable Development:

Name Location Product or service
BT Group plc London EC1 Sustainability Entrepreneurship - changing mindsets from risk to opportunity
The Berkeley Group Holdings plc Cobham, Surrey Developer of residential-led mixed use sustainable developments on brownfield sites
Blue Skies Holdings Ltd Pitsford, Northamptonshire Preparation of cut fresh fruit at source for maximum freshness
Greenham Common Community Trust Ltd Newbury, Berkshire Sustainable approach to New Greenham Park
Green-Works Wembley, Middlesex Re-use, recycling and remanufacture of surplus office furniture
InterfaceFLOR Halifax, West Yorkshire 'MISSION ZERO' to eliminate any negative impact on the environment
Permanent Publications Petersfield, Hampshire Multimedia materials providing inspiring information to enable people to live more sustainable lifestyles
Pureprint Group Limited Uckfield, East Sussex 'Pureprint' environmental printing system
ScotAsh Limited Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland Development & production of sustainable construction materials from power station ash by-products
Shared Interest Society Ltd Newcastle upon Tyne Ethical financial services using members' investments to deliver a more just world
Utilicom Group Limited Crawley, West Sussex Generation and supply of sustainable energy over a localised distribution network
Wessex Water Services Limited Bath Approach to management of sustainability and stakeholder engagement

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