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Forge Europa has been presented with a Queen’s Award for Outstanding Innovation.
The Cumbria-based designer and manufacturer of LED products was established in 1993 by Peter Barton, pictured with his wife and fellow director Julie.
In 2004 the Barton's identified an opportunity in the emerging market of solid state lighting products.
"The Queens Award is a tremendous boost to our business and highlights the significant success we have achieved," said Barton.
The Queen’s Award for Outstanding Innovation recognised Forge Europa’s product development which included LED Dot Matrix Displays for passenger information boards and underwater LED lighting assemblies for boats.
“The exceptional growth of the company is based upon the success of our innovative custom LED displays, assemblies and lighting solutions and the strength of the business in offering excellent customer service. It is a wonderful endorsement for the whole team,” said Barton, who also won the International Director of the Year Award by the Institute of Directors last year.
“It would not have been possible to submit such an impressive entry for this award without the long term efforts and contribution to the business of our design team led by David Scott-Maxwell, which has brought a number of innovative products to the market, our sales team, led by Ian Dixon together with the support of our fantastic employees across all areas of the business,” said Barton.