Eurobath International Ltd t/a VADO

Cheddar Business ParkWedmore Road BS27 3EB

Eurobath International Ltd t/a VADO has been exporting products for over 20 years. Establishedin 1988, they design andmanufacture bathroom and plumbing fittings for supply to plumbing merchants and bathroom retailers as well as residential andhotel developments. Their products are soldin more than 50 countries around the world and new markets enteredin the last sixyearsforthiscontinuous achievement award winner include: Italy, Malawi, New Zealand, Turkey and Yemen. The company hasachieved an impressive growthin overseas earnings since 2005 of 277% increasing its exports sales as apercentage of turnover from 35% to 50% and more than doubling its workforce as aresult. The company’s commercial success is underpinned by closeworking partnerships with its customer base and avery strong reputation for customer servi***

Freeman Technology Limited

1 Miller Court Severn Drive

Freeman Technology Limited

manufacture and supply the FT4 Powder Rheometer, auniversal powder tester for measuring powder properties. It wins the Award for International Trade for the first time for its outstanding achievementin growing its export salesearnings. The company focuses on the niche area of powder rheometry. Through atechnology leading product, customer serviceand areputation as asector expert, Freeman has been able to establish agrowing export business for its product range. The result of this activity is reflectedin expansion of the company’s size, turnover, profit and overseas earnings. Overall, overseas earningsgrowth is 91% over the past three years.

Milspeed Limited

Willow Court

Industrial ParkBourton on the waterGL54 2HQ

Milspeed Limitedhas beenin operation since 1997 and supplies footwear components.in particular, Milspeed suppliesthermoplastic materials and reprocessed pellets to footwear manufacturers. It wins the Award for the first time for its continuousimprovementin export performance along with overall commercial growth. Over the six year period the company is able to showgrowthin workforce, turnover and profit with overall export growth measured at 114%. The percentage sales exported is alsogreater than 90%. This success is related to,in part, its overseas strategy that has taken the company into new markets, by example China and India, as the footwear production capacity has moved to these regions. It is also able to show adaptability of approach for each of the marketsin which it operates.

http://www.**do-uk.com

Managing Director: Mr James Williams

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Miles Pluckwell

Tel: 01934 745***

Email: miles.pluckwell**[ta]**-uk.com

http://www.**eemantech.co.uk

Managing Director: Mr Reginald Freeman

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Dr Trish Appleton

Tel: 01480 471***

Email: trish.appleton**[ta]**eronline.com

http://www.**lspeed.com

Director: Mr Ian Milhench

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Ian Milhench

Tel: 01451 820***

Email: ian.milhench**[ta]**peed.com

NanoSight Ltd

Unit 2c London Road Salisbury, Wiltshire

NanoSight Ltd

was establishedin 2004 and worksin the design, manufacture and sales of scientific instrumentation,in particular,laser based instrumentation for the characterisation of nano materials. It wins the Award for the first time for its continuousimprovementin overseas sales growth measuring some 2400% growth over six years and with the proportion of sales exportedas apercentage of turnover also increasing. This success is linked to aconstant effort by the company to further develop itstechnology and alsoin being active with and presenting to the research community.

Special Products Unit of Siemens Metals Technologies

Technology Centre9 Aviation Park West

Bournemouth International Airport

BH23 6EWthe Special Products Unit of Siemens Metals Technologies design and supply instrumentation and associated equipmentinto flat rolling mills, finishing lines and rod & bar mills worldwide. The measurement of flatness or profile is akey element fo rthe production of quality products within the steel and aluminium industry. The business was establishedin 2001 as Shape

Technology Ltdand is now apart of Siemens PLC Industry Sector, Metals Technologies. They win the Award for asecond time fo rtheir outstanding achievementin growing overseas earnings, showing good year on year growth with an overall growth of 73% since

2008 recorded. The Special Products Unit is able to show that the commercial success enjoyed is aresult of extending their exportactivities and also having supported this expansion with comprehensive support services.

Vi-Spring Limited

Ernesettle Lane

PL5 2TT

Vi-Spring Ltd.

establishedin 1901, pioneered the use of pocket springsin bed-making. Over ahundred years later, the company continues to produce its hand made, luxury bedsin Britain, which are then sold across the world. It wins the Award, for the firsttime, for its continuous improvementin overseas sales growth for the six year period, recording overall growth of 310 %, along withgrowthin turnover and profit. The percentage of sales exported has also increased. This success is seen to be,in part, linked to theexport sales strategy which focuses on maintaining and growing the high quality reputation of the company, along with extendingits supply lines. The company has recently opened marketsin 14 new countries.

CTO, Director and

Founder: Dr Bob Carr

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Dr Bob Carr

Tel: 01980 676***

Email: bob.carr**[ta]**sight.com

http://www.**dustry.siemens.com

Immediate Parent: Siemens Metals Technologies

Director of Special Products: Mr Malcolm Jenkins

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Andrea Meade

Tel: 01709 726***

Email: andrea.meade**[ta]**ens.com

http://www.**spring.co.uk

Immediate Parent: Flex Equipos De Descanso SA - Spain

Managing Director: Mr Michael Meehan

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Sally Bowles

Tel: 0207 801 ***

Email: huw**[ta]**cpr.com

SOUTH WEST INNOVATION

Adey Ltd t/a ADEY Professional Heating Solutions

Gloucester Road GL51 8NR

ADEY Ltd t/a ADEY Professional Heating Solutions wins an Innovation Award for developing the MagnaClean filter technology,which is amagnetic filtration system for protecting central heating systems. The filter captures iron oxide sludge, amajor cause of deteriorationin central heating systems, before it causes significant damage. It is designed to be installed easily into standardsystems, regardless of age. As aresult of the development, domestic and commercial boiler life-times are extended, by up to 50%,maintenance call-outs are reduced, by over 30%, and energy efficiency is improved; the latter leading to reduced fuel costs. Themarket-leading technology is driving business successin the company.

AmSafe Bridport Limitedthe Court, West StreetBridport

DT6 3QUan Innovation Award is made to AmSafe Bridport Limited

for desgning and developing ‘Tarian’, arevolutionary system to protect

armoured military vehicles against rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attacks. The technology has been developedin response to arequirement from the military for alightweight, higher performance and more robust alternative to traditional, heavy, metalbar armour RPG protection systems. The core element of the Tarian RPG defeat mechanism is an extremely strong textile netmanufactured from high-tenacity fibres. Tarian nets are attached to vehicles using innovative flexible mounts that enable the system to withstand harsh vehicle operating conditions without sustaining damage. Compared with traditional bar armour, Tarian providesimproved protection and, being significantly lighter, enables vehicles to operate more efficiently. Tarian has been deployed inAfghanistan for two years fitted to vehicles and supplied as QuickShield repair kits for damaged bar armour.

Wotton-Under-Edge

Renishaw plc wins an Innovation Award for its ultra-high accuracy analogue scanning probe system for usein automotive andpower train applications. The SP80 is aquill mounted passive scanning device for use on Co-ordinate Measuring Machines andsatisfies the demands for high accuracy form-measurement of parts with deep features. The passive scanning probe is designed to carry styli up to 800 mm long with amass of up to 500g with no counter balancing and no significant degradationin measuringperformance. Its isolated optical method of motion detection and digital scale and readhead technology produces transducer resolution of 20 nanometres. The dynamic response of the probe enables highly accurate scanning without sacrificing speed,thereby reducing production bottlenecks and improving process control. The SP80 is fully compatible with Renishaw’s Universal

CMM Controller (UCC) giving users the benefit of sophisticated in-built scanning cycles with simplified measuring routines.

http://www.**ey.co.uk

Marketing & Communications Director: Mr Haimish Mead

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Mr Haimish Mead

Tel: 01242 546***

Email: haimish.mead**[ta]**solutions.co.uk

http://www.**safe.com

Employees:***

Immediate Parent: AmSafe Global Holdings Inc - U.S.

Vice President, Defense: Mr Neal McKeever

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Neal McKeever

Tel: 01308 426***

Email: neal.mckeever**[ta]**fe.com

Employees: ***

Director & General Manager - CMM Products Division:Contactf or Press Enquiries: Chris Pockett

Tel: 01453 524***

Email: Chris.Pockett**[ta]**shaw.com

Simpleware Ltd.

afast growing high technology company basedin the South West, wins an Innovation Award for developingstate of the art tools that convert 3D image data into high-quality computer models used for engineering design and simulation.

Simpleware grew out of recognising the need for applying computer simulation techniques to complex structures and objects, suchas the human body, composite materials, and soil, for which no computer aided drawings (CAD) are available. Based on patentedalgorithms developed by Simpleware, aradical new approach to generating models is now possible and this has opened up imagebasedanalysis to avariety of industries and research areas. Over 90% of sales are export-based with acustomer base coming from awide range of blue chip companies, leading research institutes and universities world-wide. Through the innovation, thebusiness has been outstandingly successful.

TRL Technology Ltd

Unit 19, Miller Court

TRL Technology Ltd

wins an Innovation Award for developing an encryption device, called Mini-CATAPAN.® The device meets thedemand for protection of classified voice and data communication systems, prompted by government agency requirements fo rconnections between classified networks and public internet infrastructures. Previous hardware-based and rack-mounted products,deployed on fixed networks, became out-dated with the increasing use of mobile platforms. The new miniaturised product, which issoftware-based, is portable with high-speed functionality. It incorporates auser-friendly interface enabling easy re-programming to cater for arange of fixed and mobile applications and levels of security, up to top secret. The flexible software architecture enabledthe company to exploit international markets. This,in turn, prompted expansion of business, including new revenue streams fromconsultancy and training.

http://www.**mpleware.com

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Mrs Barbara Pintaske

Tel: 01392 428***

Email: info**[ta]**leware.com

http://www.**3Com.com/TRL

Employees:***

Immediate Parent: L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. - USA

Vice President, National Security: Mr Adrian Cunningham

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Fiona Eaton

Tel: 01684 852***

Email: fiona.eaton**[ta]**om.com

Mr. Chris Hunt

Retired Assistant Head Teacher and Director

Stressin Teaching Limited

Chris Hunt was Assistant Head Teacherin aBournemouth Secondary school from 2002 until his retirementin December2011. He was also the Co-ordinator of the Enterprise Learning Partnership (Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset) from September2009 to May 2011. Chris inspired aculture changein the schoolin which he worked, and its students have won major nationalawards for their enterprising skills and entrepreneurial spirit. He also supported other schools to provide an enterprise agendaand framework, including schools bidding to become Business and Enterprise specialist schools. Continuous professionalDevelopment has been delivered to colleagues locally and nationally to embed enterprisein whole-school activity for over nine

years. Chris’s range of activities and level of impact clearly demonstrate going the extra mile to champion enterprise educationthrough the Dorset area and nationally.

Mr. Stuart Langworthy Director of Business and Enterprise Specialism

Millbrook Academy Stuart Langworthy has been ateacher of Business Studies at Brockworth Enterprise School (now Millbrook Academy) for 30years and is now its Director of Business and Enterprise Specialism. Through this role Stuart has inspired many young people to develop and apply enterprise skills, with many having gone on to establish their own successful businesses. He was responsibleFor developing the whole school enterprise curriculum and ‘go for it’ culture, leading the drive to weave enterprise into every aspect of the curriculum contributing significantly to student engagement, application and eventual success. As aresult, theschool has achieved asteadily improving overall GCSE pass rate from 20% to over 80%.in addition, he regularly contributes to Regional and National Conferences and training sessions internationallyin Switzerland and Hong Kong for fellow professionalsacross the country.

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Zoe Hiljemark

Tel: 01202 777***

Email: zoe**[ta]**eting-matters.co.uk

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Stuart Langworthy / Paul Elliott

Tel: 07779 895***

Tel: 00334 7066 ***

Email: stuartlangworthy**[ta]**ail.com / pauldebjoe**[ta]**com

WALES INTERNATIONAL TradeEnergy and Power Limited

Uni***

Baglan Bay Innovation CentreCentral Avenue,Baglan Energy ParkBaglan, Port Talbot

SA12 7AX

Energy and Power Limited

is an independent professional engineering consultancyin the oil, gas and power sectors, and afirsttime winner of aQueen’s Award for its outstanding achievement over the last three years. Establishedin 2000, the company workswith awide spectrum of clients ranging from blue-chip global businesses to banks and smaller independent entities, deliveringan integrated service for project evaluation and management, due diligence, engineering, technical development, and final

commissioning. Sales have risen with exports accounting for 59% of the total and representing overseas earnings growth of 168%.based on project and business experience gainedin all sectors and around the globe, the company has its own fully-accreditedmanagement systems which they make available to clients either within an engineering project team or as an independent businesscounsel service.

Isca UK Limited

Nine Mile Point Industrial Estate Ynysddu

Newport, Caerphilly NP11 7HZa manufacturer of chemicals, Isca UK Limited

is being awarded for its exports of Iscaguard Preservatives for Personal Care-a range of preservative systems that are usedin the cosmetics industry to control the biological profiles of products. Isca UK Limited

entered this marketin 2006 and has placed emphasis on newly developed technologies that can compete against oldertype productsin the market place to develop its overseas activity. These next generation more environmentally products haveyielded overseas growth earnings of 210% over the last three years. This understanding of the use of R&D and technologicaladvancement is key to market expansion, combined with alocal market approach to the development of each market has led to considerable commercial success with export sales now accounting for 90% of turnover.

Super Rod Ltd

Unit 12, Gilchrist Thomas Industrial Estate Blaenavon

NP4 9RL

Establishedin 2001 Super Rod Ltd

designs, develops, manufactures and distributes arange of hand tools to assist with theinstallation of cables. Having investedin developing their international market against the backdrop of adeclining domesticmarket, they achieved overseas earnings growth of 165% over the last three years resultingin exports now representing 43% of turnover. Their commercial success as aresult of overseas sales has enabled asignificant investmentin anew UK design andmanufacturing facility which gives them five times more capacity. The company has demonstrated awell thought through andconsidered strategy for international expansion beginning with product innovation.

http://www.**ergyandpower.co.uk

Immediate Parent: E & P Global Limited

Managing Director: Mr David Ryan

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Rhys James

Tel: 01639 816***

Email: rhys.james**[ta]**gyandpower.co.uk

http://www.**cauk.com

Commercial Director: Mr Henry Haeffner

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Chris Haeffner

Tel: 01495 200***

Email: chris.haeffner**[ta]**uk.com

http://www.**per-rod.co.uk

Managing Director: Mr Malcolm Duncan

Contactf or Press Enquiries: Gina Dunn

Tel: 07967 734***

Email: gina**[ta]**r-rod.co.uk

WALES INNOVATION

Abriox Limited

Imperial House

Imperial ParkNP10 8UHan Innovation Award is made to the small company Abriox Limited

for developing aremote monitoring system, which assures theintegrity of gas and fuel pipelines and helps extend asset lifetimes. The new system continuously measures and analyses data onmetal corrosionin buried metal pipes and fuel storage tanks. It transmits information wirelessly from remote locations and triggersalarms when problems are identified. As aconsequence of the innovation, monitoring staff safety and efficiency have improvedsignificantly and their carbon footprints have been reduced. With over six thousand monitors installed across five continents, thenew product is aleading system of its type and has led commercial success for the company.

Russell IPM Ltd

Uni***

Third Avenue

Deeside Industrial Park East

Flintshire

CH5 2LA