Queens Award for Innovation Winners

The Queen’s Awardsfor Enterprise2012 WINNERSName Location Product or ServiceA1 Pharmaceuticals PLC Rainham, Wholesaler of pharmaceuticals Essex and medical devices ACDC LED Ltd Nelson, LED & cold cathode Lancashire architectural lighting products The A P M Group Ltd High Wycombe Examinations and Buckinghamshire accreditation of training companies ATB Morley Ltd Leeds, High voltage flameproof West Yorkshire electric motors for underground coal mining applications Advanced Insulation Plc Gloucester Specialised phenolic fire protection and insulation materials Agento Limited t/a Revector Wokingham, Revector fraud detection Berkshire service provider for mobile network operators Allen & Heath Limited Penryn, Professional audio mixing Cornwall consoles Allied Filter Systems Ltd Irlam, Filter consumables, primarily Manchester filter bags and stainless steel filter housingsAlvan Blanch Development Company Ltd Malmesbury, Driers, cleaning and storage Wiltshire systems and milling and mixing systems for grains, waste materials and animal feedAmerichem Europe Limited Eccles, Colour and additive Manchester masterbatch for the thermoplastic processing industryAquapac International Limited London SE24 Waterproof cases, bags and pouches for outdoor activityArdent Ltd York Bespoke vehicle and mobile plant fire suppression systems Ashtree Glass Limited Bradford, Design and manufacture of West Yorkshire commercial vehicle rear view mirrors INTERNATIONAL TRADEHER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS BEEN GRACIOUSLY PLEASED TO CONFER HER AWARDS IN 2012 UPON THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS UNITS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE.Name Location Product or ServiceAudio Network Plc London EC1 Music for film & television Autologic Diagnostics Ltd Wheatley, Software-based automotive Oxford diagnostic tools Avon Metals Limited Gloucester Aluminium alloys, non ferrous scrap and specialty minor metals BMP Europe Ltd Altham, Engineered technical textiles Accrington, Lancashire and polyurethane elastomers Balmoral Comtec Ltd Loirston, Aberdeen, Technology-led buoyancy, Scotland insulation and elastomer products for the global subsea and deepwater oil and gas industryBarrie & Hibbert Limited Edinburgh, Simulation based risk Scotland management servicesBeardow & Adams (Adhesives) Limited Milton Keynes, Hot melt adhesives BuckinghamshireWilliam Beckett Plastics Limited Sheffield, Specialised plastic packaging South Yorkshire for the cutting tool industry Bestway Export London NW10 Food and drink productsa division of Bestway (Holdings) LtdBlueGnome Ltd Fulbourn, Microarray-based genetic tests, Cambridge software and related equipment BOFA International Ltd Poole, Industrial extraction and Dorset filtration equipment C.F. Booth Limited Rotherham, Metal recycling South Yorkshire Boxford Ltd Elland, West Yorkshire Educational manual and computer controlled machine tools Boxfresh International Ltd London N3 Branded clothing and footwear Bridge of Weir Leather Company Ltd Bridge of Weir, Upholstery leather for the Renfrewshire, Scotland automotive, aviation, marine and furniture industriesBrinker Technology Ltd Aberdeen, Well integrity services to Scotland detect and seal leaks in oil and gas wells INTERNATIONAL TRADEINTERNATIONAL TRADEName Location Product or Service Calibre UK Ltd Bradford, Electronic image processing West Yorkshire and display devicesCambridge Manufacturing Company Ltd Corby, Formula food products for weight Northamptonshire loss and maintenance programmes Campbell Lutyens Holdings Limited London W1 Private equity and infrastructure advisers Central Systems & Automation Ltd Enderby, Strategic warehouse and port Leicester management software systems M Chapman & Sons Textiles Ltd Todmorden, Corduroy, moleskin, velvet and t/a Brisbane Moss Lancashire cottonsChargePoint Technology Limited Liverpool, Powder containment valves used Merseyside in the pharmaceutical industry Cirrus Logistics Ltd Basingstoke, Provision of advanced Hampshire simulation and scheduling software in the maritime, logistics and oil sectorsThe Clinical Trial Company Ltd Knutsford, Contract research and clinical Cheshire trials servicesCoborn Engineering Company Limited Romford, CNC and semi automatic grinding Essex machines for super hard materialsColonial Gifts Limited Burnley, Flowers & gifts Lancashire Colortrac Limited St. Ives, Large format digital image Cambridgeshire scannersContamac Limited Saffron Walden, Contact and intra ocular lens Essex materials Creativity Software Ltd Kingston upon Thames, Mobile network Surrey telecommunications software Crusher Manganese Steels Limited Coalville, Engineered components used Leicestershire in crushing equipment for mining & quarrying industries Culpitt Limited Ashington, Edible and non edible cake Northumberland decorations Name Location Product or ServiceDCA Design International Ltd Warwick Product design consultancy in the medical & scientific, consumer, commercial & industrial and transport sectors Diamond Dispersions Ltd Sheffield Water based pigmented South Yorkshire dispersions & dispersed dyes for the inkjet ink market Domino Printing Sciences plc Cambridge Product coding and marking devices, printers, inks, consumables and spares Downhole Products Limited Portlethen, Design, manufacture and Aberdeen, Scotland service of oilfield equipment Dura Limited Brackley, Modular workshop furniture Northamptonshire systemsW Durston Ltd High Wycombe, Rolling mills for the jewellery trade Buckinghamshire Edinburgh Instruments Ltd Livingston, Spectrometers, gas & solid West Lothian, state lasers, infrared gas sensors Scotland and monitors, spectrofluorometers Electrocomponents plc Oxford High service distributor of electronics and maintenance productsElectronic Temperature Instruments Ltd Worthing, Manufacture, calibration, West Sussex servicing & repair of digital thermometers and other measurement devices Elekta Ltd Crawley, Solutions for radiotherapy West Sussex treatment of cancer Elitehill Trading Ltd t/a DUO Frome, Womens fitted fashion boots Somerset and shoesEnergy and Power Limited Baglan, Multi-discipline technical, Port Talbot, commercial and project Wales support engineering services to the energy, oil and gas industries Eurobath International Ltd t/a VADO Cheddar, Somerset Design and manufacture of bathroom and plumbing fittings INTERNATIONAL TRADEName Location Product or ServiceFiltration Control Limited Northampton Long life air filters for automotives Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited High Wycombe, Audio electronics, synthesisers, Buckinghamshire MIDI controllers and keyboards Freeman Technology Limited Tewkesbury, Universal powder tester FT4 Gloucestershire Powder Rheometer G3Baxi Partnership Limited Dorking, Engineering consultancy Surrey servicesGSPK Circuits Ltd Knaresborough, Printed circuit boards North YorkshireGaia Earth Sciences Limited Elgin, Moray, Quality assurance for wireline Scotland logging operations Giga Communications Ltd Tring, Fixed, portable and vehicle Hertfordshire mounted microwave and satellite terminals Douglas Gill International Ltd Long Eaton, Technical marine clothing NottinghamGlen Dimplex Home Appliances Ltd Prescot, Cooking appliances Merseyside Glencairn Crystal Studio Limited Glasgow, Design and manufacture of Scotland crystal and glassHackett Limited London SE1 Clothing and accessoriesJames H Heal & Company Limited Halifax, Textile testing instruments and West Yorkshire related accessories and consumablesHidden Technology Systems International Ltd Rayleigh, Secure GPS hardware and Essex software in the furtherance of disrupting terrorist and serious criminal activityHorizon Discovery Ltd Waterbeach, Custom genome editing, Cambridge X-MAN human isogenic disease models, molecular diagnostic reference standards, discovery services & IP assets Hyperion Insurance Group Limited London EC3 International insurance and reinsurance distributionICC Solutions Limited Warrington, Test tools for Chip & PIN Cheshire certifications with the payment associationsINTERNATIONAL TRADEName Location Product or ServiceImmunodiagnostic Systems Limited Bolden, Immunoassay kits employing Tyne and Wear antibodies in the creation of sensitive tests for the determination of biomarkersINCINER8 Limited Southport, Design and manufacturer of Merseyside general waste incinerators and associated energy recoverysystems Integrated Display Systems Ltd Wallsend, Clavis hand brake setting and Tyne & Wear belt tensioning equipment Isca UK Limited Newport, Caerphilly, Preservative systems used in Wales the cosmetics industry to control the biological profiles of productsItalian Beverage Company Borehamwood, Ancillary products for coffee Hertfordshire bars and shops & the food service sector JCB Backhoe Loader Business Unit Rocester, Backhoe loaders StaffordshireJD Hughes Group Plc Stockport, Safety and decontamination Cheshire equipmentJSR Genetics Limited Driffield, High health breeding stock & East Riding of Yorkshire semen and technical support services and training Jomati Consultants LLP London EC4 Strategic and management advice to the legal professionThomas Keating Ltd Billingshurst, Terahertz scientific instruments West SussexKing Cole Ltd Silsden, Keighley, Hand knitting yarns, knitting West Yorkshire patterns & ancillary products Kiveton Park Steel Limited Sheffield, Alloy and engineering steel bar South Yorkshire and wire LMK Thermosafe Ltd Haverhill, Industrial electrical heaters for Suffolk containers in hazardous areasLangtec Limited Accrington, Insulating products in tubular Lancashire form Laser Quantum Ltd Heaton Mersey, DPSS lasers Stockport, CheshireINTERNATIONAL TRADEName Location Product or ServiceLaw Business Research Ltd London W11 Publishing books, websites and magazines about international corporate law Mackays Ltd Arbroath, Angus, Marmalades, preserves, Scotland relishes, sauces and sweets Marine Data Systems Ltd Newport, Marine navigation equipment Isle of Wight Medaxial Limited London SE1 Evidence-based arguments and materials to communicate the value of innovative healthcare technologiesMeech International Ltd Witney, Specialist high voltage Oxfordshire equipment for the control of static electricity & design and supply of contamination removal systemsMettler Toledo Safeline Ltd Salford, Quality control instruments Manchester used by food and pharmaceutical companies to detect and eliminate metallic contamination Millers Oils Ltd Brighouse, Lubricants and additives for the West Yorkshire automotive, commercial vehicle and industrial markets Milspeed Limited Bourton on the Water, Thermoplastic box toes, Gloucestershire counters, adhesive, non woven material & reprocessed pellets for the footwear marketMind Tools Ltd t/a MindTools.com Pulborough, Online training and career West Sussex development services The Moller Centre For Continuing Cambridge Management training & Education Limited conference centre and provider of executive education Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd Loughborough, Manufacture, sale, distribution Leicestershire and export of pharmaceutical and medical device productsMorson Projects Limited Salford, Engineering design consultancy ManchesterNanoSight Ltd Salisbury, Laser-based instrumentation Wiltshire for the multi-parameter characterisation of nanoparticles and nanoparticulate materials INTERNATIONAL TRADEName Location Product or ServiceNichols plc Newton-Le-Willows Branded soft drinks MerseysideNissan Motor Manufacturing UK Ltd Sunderland, Motorised passenger vehicles- Sunderland Plant Tyne and Wear Oerlikon Fibrevision Ltd Macclesfield, Quality monitoring equipment Cheshire for the textile industry Oliver Valvetek Limited Knutsford, Supplying sub-sea check, gate, Cheshire needle relief and ball valves to control the flow of oil and gas in upstream extraction applicationsOnelan Limited Henley on Thames, Multi-media players and IPTV Oxfordshire streaming products Orange Music Electronic Company Ltd Borehamwood, Musical instrument Hertfordshire amplification & computers Oxford Programs Ltd t/a Oxford Royale Academy Oxford Educational courses for overseas studentsP & B Metal Components Ltd Whitstable, Base and precious metal Kent components Pathway Intermediates Ltd Craven Arms, Chemicals for agriculture ShropshirePearson-Harper Ltd Billingham, Engineering information Durham management services and hosted solutions Peel Jones Copper Products Limited Saltburn by Sea, High conductivity copper Cleveland castings for steel producers Plant Parts Ltd Ipswich, Spare parts for heavy Suffolk construction machineryHenry Poole & Company (Savile Row) Ltd London W1 Tailored outwear and shirt making Powertraveller Ltd Alton, Portable chargers for electronic Hampshire devices Principle Healthcare International Ltd Skipton, Branded and private label North Yorkshire vitaminsPXtech Ltd Derby Development and provision of business intelligence and support systemsR D Trading Limited t/a RDC Braintree, Reused computers EssexINTERNATIONAL TRADEName Location Product or ServiceRacelogic Limited Buckingham GPS based electronics and software RAKON UK Limited Lincoln Ultra stable quartz crystal oscillators for the global telecommunications industry Ramsden International Grimsby, British food and groceries LincolnshireRayovac Micropower, a division Washington, Hearing aid batteriesof Spectrum Brands (UK) Ltd Tyne & WearRegatta Ltd Urmston, Outdoor clothing, footwear, Manchester accessories & snow clothing Ren Ltd t/a REN London NW1 Skincare productsJoseph Rhodes Limited Wakefield, Special purpose machinery for West Yorkshire advanced applications in metal forming, heavy ceramics and composites for the aerospace, environmental and deep-sea oil and gas sectors SMS Electronics Limited Beeston, Electronic manufacturing Nottingham services Scientifica Ltd Uckfield, High precision electrophysiology East Sussex micromanipulators, microscopes, data acquisition instruments, multi-channel electrode arrays,amplifiers and Olympus opticsSeaward Electronic Limited Peterlee, Medical electrical and (Rigel Medical Division) Durham functional test equipment Skyscanner Ltd Edinburgh, Online travel price comparison Scotland site servicesSmart Voucher Ltd t/a Ukash London SE1 White-label and Ukash-branded electronic money services Soil Machine Dynamics Limited Wallsend, Design and manufacture of Tyne and Wear subsea equipment Special Products Unit of Siemens Christchurch, Shape and profile measurement Metals Technologies Dorset equipment for the steel & aluminium industry and coolant filtration equipmentINTERNATIONAL TRADEName Location Product or ServiceSpiral Software Limited Cambridge Software and consultancy for the oil industryStanhope-seta Limited Chertsey, Testing equipment for the Surrey hydrocarbon and renewable energy sectors Strategic Procurement (UK) Ltd Aberdeen, Downhole open hole flywheels Scotland used in formation evaluation technologies and compact valve actuators for well barrier controlSun Mark Ltd Greenford, Fast moving consumer goods MiddlesexSuper Rod Ltd Blaenavon, Gwent, Range of hand tools for the Wales installation of cables TTS Group Ltd Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Origination and supply of Nottingham educational resourcesTecna Display Ltd London N18 Advanced modular display systems TRANSEC (UK) Ltd Dorking, Molecular sieve on-line oil Surrey drying equipment for high voltage power transformers Tristar Cars Ltd t/a Tristar Worldwide West Drayton, Chauffeur drive servicesChauffeur Services Middlesex Ubisense Group PLC Chesterton, Precise real-time location Cambridge tracking systems and Geographical Information SystemsUnion Electric Steel UK Gateshead, Cast rolls for the ferrous and Tyne and Wear non ferrous metal forming industriesVeritek Global Ltd Eastbourne, Technical services for complex East Sussex electro-mechanical and IT equipment Vi-Spring Limited Plymouth, Luxury handmade beds DevonWalker Filtration Ltd Washington, Compressed air and vacuum Tyne and Wear pump filtration and drying equipment W K Webster & Co Ltd Sidcup, Services to marine and transit Kent insurance and trading companies in the settlement of insurance claims INTERNATIONAL TRADEName Location Product or ServiceWhite House Products Ltd Inverclyde, Oil hydraulic pumps Scotland Whizz Education Limited London W2 Online educational services J & D Wilkie Ltd Kirriemuir, Technical textiles and protective Angus, Scotland clothing Winsted Limited Droitwich, Specialist control room Worcestershire furniture design, manufacture, assembly and installationINTERNATIONAL TRADEName Location Product or ServiceAbriox Limited Newport, MERLIN remote cathodic Wales protection monitoring system to protect buried underground metal pipelines against corrosionActuris Limited London EC1 Centrally hosted computer system to support the distribution, administration, underwriting and servicing of commercial insurance ADEY Ltd t/a ADEY Professional Cheltenham, MagnaClean magnetic filtration Heating Solutions Gloucestershire system for domestic and commercial central heating systems Agento Limited t/a Revector Wokingham, Revector fraud detection Berkshire service provider for mobile network operators Alba Ultrasound Limited Glasgow, High quality ultrasonic array Scotland transducers AmSafe Bridport Limited Bridport, Tarian - protection for armoured Dorset military vehicles against rocket propelled grenade attack Ancon Ltd t/a Ancon Building Products Sheffield, Lockable dowel for use at South Yorkshire temporary movement joints Aurox Limited Abingdon, SD62 Spinning Disk Confocal Oxfordshire Microscopy System based on structured illumination and aperture correlationB&W Group Limited Worthing, A skirted diamond dome West Sussex diaphragm for loudspeakers BPR Medical Ltd Mansfield, FireSafe thermal fuse for Nottinghamshire oxygen delivery hosesBaxi Heating UK Ltd Warwick Baxi Ecogen micro-CHP appliance Control & Display Systems Ltd t/a CDSRail Fareham, The CDSRail ‘MiniLogger’ range Hampshire of data loggers Edwards Group plc Crawley, nEXT turbomolecular vacuum West Sussex pump used to create vacuum for laboratory applicationsINNOVATIONHER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS BEEN GRACIOUSLY PLEASED TO CONFER HER AWARDS IN 2012 UPON THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS UNITS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN INNOVATION:Name Location Product or ServiceElement Six Limited Ascot, Development of a synthesis Berkshire process for a synthetic diamond tweeter dome used in high frequency sound reproductionFianium Limited Southampton, Supercontinuum fibre lasers HampshireFilmLight Limited London W1 Northlight, Baselight, Truelight - digital technology for post production of film and television Grainger and Worrall Limited Bridgnorth, Aluminium and iron castings Shropshire technology Gripple Limited Sheffield, Industrial wire suspensions South YorkshireHurst Green Plastics Ltd Clitheroe, TwinBin, FlagBin, FlagBin Live, Lancashire TripFlag and Kitbox, a range of inventory control systemsICC Solutions Limited Warrington, Test tools for highly efficient Cheshire Chip & PIN certifications with the payment associations InferMed Ltd London WC1 Arezzo® clinical decision support for creation and execution of clinical guidelinesInfrared Integrated Systems Ltd Northampton Predictive Queue Management System Intetech Ltd Chester Intetech Well Integrity Toolkit (IWIT) - web-based software for interfacing capabilities to third party databasesLinn Products Limited Glasgow, DS Players to access stored Scotland digital music for streaming over a standard home network Metricell Limited Horsham, LIVETIME - a web based West Sussex solution for delivering improved efficiency, revenues and commercial advantage to network operators Milmega Limited Ryde, Innovation in the design and Isle of Wight production of solid state, modular, high power amplifiers using gallium nitride INNOVATIONINNOVATIONName Location Product or ServiceNiche Products Ltd Leigh, Pelagic - subsea hydraulic Lancashire fluids Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis High Wycombe, XMax Large Area EDS Detector Buckinghamshire for measurement and analysis Pearson Engineering Limited Newcastle upon Tyne Innovation in the field of counter- landmine and counter-IED roller systems Peratech Limited Richmond, Quantum Tunnelling Composite North Yorkshire - a new material to transition from an electric insulator to a conductorPrimal Pictures Ltd London W1 3D anatomy & physiology for healthcare education RFD Beaufort Limited t/a Survitec Group Belfast, RFD MarinArk Marine Northern Ireland Evacuation System RFEL Ltd Newport, Design and commercialisation Isle of Wight of advanced digital signal processing techniques for electronic systems and productsRacal Acoustics Limited Harrow, ‘Raptor’ - lightweight military Middlesex communications headset Racelogic Limited Buckingham LabSat - an innovative genre of GPS testing solutions Rapiscan Systems Ltd Stoke on Trent Eagle detector system for analysis of radiation in transported cargo Renishaw plc Wotton under Edge, Ultra high accuracy scanning Gloucestershire for inspection of automotive components Russell IPM Ltd Deeside, Management system for Flintshire, Wales tomato pest Tuta absoluta Sentec Ltd Cambridge Mobius grid and metering technology Shazam Entertainment Ltd London W6 Encore Apps for accessing music Siemens plc MR Magnet Technology Witney, 3.0 tesla Superconducting MRI Oxfordshire magnetName Location Product or ServiceSimpleware Limited Exeter, Software for converting 3D Devon scan data into computer models used for engineering simulationsSquare Box Systems Ltd Leamington Spa, CatDV - Media asset management Warwickshire and video logging softwareTRL Technology Ltd Tewkesbury, Mini-CATAPAN® - high grade IP Gloucestershire network encryption device to protect classified informationTangle Teezer Limited London SW2 Detangling hairbrush Tenmat Limited Manchester FIREFLY passive fire protection products for prevention of fire through building cavities TRAKA PLC Olney, Intelligent lockers to allow the Buckinghamshire automatic issue, return and usage audit of high value portable devices Transdek UK Limited Doncaster Innovation in the production and installation of modular hydraulic lifts to service double deck trailersTurbosound Ltd Partridge Green, Dendritic waveguide design West Sussex platform allowing uniform distribution of live sound in concertsUbisense Group PLC Chesterton, Precise real-time location Cambridge tracking systems and Geographical Information Systems INNOVATIONSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTHER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS BEEN GRACIOUSLY PLEASED TO CONFER HER AWARDS IN 2012 UPON THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS UNITS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:Name Location Product or ServiceAdnams plc Southwold, Brewer’s values-based Suffolk approach to management B&Q PLC Eastleigh, One Planet Home programme Hampshire Big Yellow Group PLC Bagshot, CSR management system across Surrey the whole business process Bryson Charitable Group Belfast, Social enterprise tackling major Northern Ireland social and economic challenges City Building Glasgow, Creation of training and Scotland employment opportunities for a diverse range of peopleCo-operative Group Limited Manchester Continuing improvement of sustainability performance Greenham Common Community Trust Ltd Newbury, The Innovation Centre - Berkshire commercial development capable of producing a secure, sustainable income stream that supports the local voluntary sector, charitable, educational and environmental projects Marks and Spencer Group plc London W2 ‘Plan A’ programme, to embed the sustainable management of relationships and resources across business operations