2020 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise

Author: EIS Release Date: May 6, 2020


This is a list of the 2020 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise winners in and related to the electronics industry.

They appear in two categories:
Innovation
Assessed for: invention, design or production of goods; performance of services; marketing and distribution; or, after-sale support of goods or services, that have realised outstanding commercial success over two years or continuous commercial success over five years.
International Trade
Winners have demonstrated that their business has achieved substantial growth in overseas earning and in commercial success (for their business size and sector) through either outstanding achievement over three years or continuous achievement over six years.

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Queen’s Awards for Enterprise: Innovation

Optical Metrology Services
Essex
Innovation is a pipe inspection technology and service – a combination of 3D laser scanning and high definition camera imaging.

Embroidery Design Solutions
Nottingham
Developed software and hardware for embroidery industry.

Essential Equipment Consortium
Leicestershire
Motorsport refuelling equipment

Codex Digital
London
Cameras for RAW format uncompressed video recording in film, commercials and TV.

Eskan Electronics
Middlesex
Develop, engineer and manufacture covert surveillance and electronic counter measures equipment in our purpose built UK premises, for law enforcement, intelligence services and military

Q-Bot
London
Develop and commercialise a robotic device that could insulate suspended timber floors.

Switchee
London
Develop and market GSM-connected smart thermostat for residential landlords.

Atmos International
Manchester
Leak and theft detection for long-distance pipelines combining sensing and remote communication with data processing algorithms.

Quarch Technology
Highlands
Designer and manufacturer of test equipment for data storage manufacturers.

Corvia trading as Ticketer
Berkshire
Design and development of electronic ticket machines for busses which work with a cloud-based back-office.

Ice Oxford trading as Iceoxford or ICE
Oxfordshire
Design and manufacture ultra-low temperature equipment for the cryogenic research community including those developing quantum photonic computers.

Overview
Surrey
Development and supply of direct-drive servo-motors. Collaborating with Newcastle University supported by Innovate UK.

Rentokil Initial
Surrey
Research and development of insect light trap to use LEDs rather than fluorescent tubes.

Solid State Logic
Oxfordshire
Invention, design and manufacture of hardware and software for professional audio broadcast.

Synchro Arts
Surrey
Developer of audio processing technologies – pitch, time and other audio manipulation for film and TV.
Also won Queen’s International Trade Award this year.

Vision Engineering
Surrey
Develops and manufacturers vision equipment for the assembly of electronics

CameraForensics
Bristol
Big data image analytics for crime prevention and detection.

Email Hippo
Cornwall
Email validation software service for reduction in online fraud.

Netcraft
Somerset
Provides of countermeasures against many forms of cybercrime.
This company also won a Queen’s Award for International Trade this year.

SPTS Technologies
Gwent
Development of a method of dicing silicon wafers using plasma cutting.

3P innovation
Warwickshire
Developing machinery and processes for precision handling of pharmaceutical powders.

Aeristech
Warwickshire
Develop and commercialise novel variable speed electric motor for compressing air including in vehicle superchargers.

CarnaudMetalbox Engineering
West Yorkshire
Development of servo-motor-based coating spraying equipment.

Edward Pryor & Son trading as Pryor Marking Technology
South Yorkshire
Development of robotic laser system for improved Vehicle Identification Number marking of vehicles during manufacture.

Teledyne Defence & Space
West Yorkshire
Development of channeliser and frequency converter for small, low weight and power, telecommunications satellites in low earth orbit.

Queen’s Awards for Enterprise: International Trade

Adder Technology
Cambridgshire
Design, manufacture and market KVMs for controlling multiple computers with a single shared keyboard, monitor and mouse.

Ant Group
Bury St Edmunds
Supplier of electrostatic discharge and cleanroom consumables to the electronics, pharma, biotech, defence and automotive sectors. Also service, supply chain management and procurement outsourcing to manufacturing companies.

Buddi
Hertforshire
Products and services for remote health and location electronic monitoring offerings for criminal justice and healthcare customers and Governments.

Peerless-AV
Watford
Manufacturer and distributor of professional audiovisual products; primarily flat panel display mounts


Silent Sentinel
Hertfordshire
Designs, builds, and manufactures imaging systems for the defence and homeland security

Brompton Technology
London
Develop, manufacture and sell video processing products for large LED displays

Midstream Lighting
London
Design, develop and manufacture high-power LED floodlighting systems for transportation hubs, sports fields and greenhouses.

Vision RT
London
Invented ‘surface guided radiation therapy’ and develops solutions using computer vision and AI to deliver radiotherapy accurately.

Warmup
London
Designer and manufacturer of electric and water underfloor heating systems and smart control thermostats.

Kromek Group
County Durham
Produces and markets cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) related technology developed by Durham University, and other radiation detection technologies.

Chelsom
Lancashire
Design and manufacture lighting products for the global hospitality and marine market.

Phoenix Cellular
Cheshire
Wholesaler of used mobile phones and wearable devices, buying used devices in bulk, before testing, wiping and grading each one for distribution in the UK and Europe.

Exterity
Fife
Designs and manufactures internet protocol video equipment and associated software

Synchro Arts
Surrey
Developer of audio processing technologies – pitch, time and other audio manipulation for film and TV.
This company also won Queen’s Innovation Award this year.

Dage Precision Industries
Buckinghamshire/Essex
Manufacturer of test and inspection equipment for PCBs and semiconductors.

DD-Scientific
Hampshire
Design and manufacture of electrochemical gas sensors

InSync Technology
Hampshire
Designs, develops and produces hardware and software standards (video frame rate and format) converters for international TV distribution.

Netcraft
Somerset
Provides of countermeasures against many forms of cybercrime.
This company also won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise this year.

CPR Global Tech
West Glamorgan
Produces security, telecare and telehealth products for use with people who have special needs, suffer domestic abuse, are older, are more vulnerable or suffering from dementia.

Wales Interactive
Bridgend
Video game and interactive movie developer and publisher.

Auto Electrical Supplies (AES)
West Yorkshire
Distributor and exporter of products that protect electrical and electronic wiring cabling assemblies in the automotive industry.

Techbuyer
North Yorkshire
Buys new and redundant IT equipment, restores it to factory specifications, securely erases data, ships to new customers.