Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, Lady Elizabeth Gass visited North Somerset-based company Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology this week to present its Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
The company, which manufactures capital equipment for the global semiconductor market, more than doubled overseas earnings over six years of sustained growth, and exporting over 90% of production.
It was particularly successful in developing new markets, primarily in Asia.
"This award for International Trade recognises the hard work and commitment of the entire team at Oxford Instruments, and I was delighted to receive it on their behalf," said Andy Matthews, Managing Director of Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology.
"It was an honour to welcome the Lord Lieutenant and other dignitaries to our facility and we were able to demonstrate our technology, and show the extensive improvements and growth in both facilities and workforce that have taken place recently," said Matthews.
Oxford Instruments was the first technology business to be spun out from Oxford University over fifty years ago and is now a global company with over 1,300 staff worldwide.
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology develops configurable process tools and processes for the precise, controllable and repeatable engineering of micro- and nano-structures.
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