The Queen's Awards For Enterprise have been announced, and are dominated by electronics companies.
ARM, Cambridge Consultants, Thales and Oxford Instruments and Roke Manor all feature, some not for the first time, as well as less well known firms such as smart metering firm Sentec, Radio Designs, and OpTek Systems
Here is Electronics Weekly's edited lists for the Awards for Enterprise in the three classes of International Trade, Innovation, and Sustainable Development.
The Queen's Awards For Enterprise: International Trade 2011
Advanced Electronics, Northumberland
Electronic fire detection and life safety equipment
Atlantic Inertial Systems, Devon.
Inertial measurement products for precision control and ground proximity warnings software for military pilots
Blackstar Amplification, Northampton
Guitar amplifiers and pedals
Buhler Sortex, London
High speed optical sorters for cleaning post-harvest crops
Crystalox, Oxfordshire
Multi-crystalline silicon for the solar cell industry
Deep Sea Electronics, North Yorkshire
Electronic control solutions for standby power generators and engines
Delcam, Birmingham
CAD CAM software
DiGiCo, Surrey
Digital audio mixing consoles
Entek International, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Battery separators for lead acid car and truck starter batteries
Genuine Solutions, Surrey
Mobile phone accessories
Infrared Integrated Systems, Northamptonshire
Thermal detectors and systems for thermal imaging, people counting, queue management and security applications
The Magstim Company, Carmarthenshire
Neural stimulators and intra-operative nerve monitors
Malvern Instruments, Worcestershire
Scientific instrumentation for the measurement of physical and chemical properties of materials
Martin-Baker Aircraft, Middlesex
Military aircrew survival systems
Morgan Innovation and Technology, Hampshire
Medical and other electronic devices
OpTek Systems, Oxfordshire
Laser systems
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, Bristol
Capital equipment for the semi-conductor industry
Rofin Sinar UK, Yorkshire
Lasers and laser systems
Thales Missile Electronics, Hampshire
Safety and arming units and defence electronics
Thales Optronics, Glasgow
Day and night-vision equipment and systems
Toby Churchill, Cambridgeshire
Speech communication aids
ZED Tunnel Guidance, Surrey
Guidance systems for tunnelling machines
The Queen's Awards For Enterprise: Innovation 2011
AGD Systems, Gloucestershire
AGD94X series pedestrian nearside signals
ARM, Cambridge
Licensing of technology to partners globally for low energy chips for digital electronics
BBC Research & Development, London
The Piero sports graphics system - tool for sports analysis on TV using 3D graphics and real-time image processing
Brandon Medical Company, West Yorkshire
LED lighting with efficiency and near-perfect colour rendition
Cambridge Consultants, Cambridge
Prism 200 handheld through-wall radar for counter-terrorist applications
Datapath, Derby
Video graphics and capture technology for custom and professional applications
DuPont Teijin Films UK, Middlesbrough
Melinex polyester films for solar photovoltaic modules
EA Technology, Cheshire
UltraTEV products assessing the condition of high and medium voltage assets in power generation, transmission and distribution
Harvard Engineering, Wakefield
LeafNut central monitoring and wireless control system for street lighting
Peak NDT, Derby
Design, development and exploitation of the Micropulse 5 series of ultrasonic NDT controllers
Radio Design, West Yorkshire
Universal Combiner Unit allowing multiple cellular operator companies to share a common antenna system
Red Bee Media, London
The Piero sports graphics system - tool for sports analysis on TV using 3D graphics and real-time image processing
Renishaw, Gloucestershire
TRS2 broken tool detection system
Roke Manor Research, Hampshire
Resolve, a modular man-pack electronic warfare system for the exploitation and suppression of hostile communication equipment
Selex Galileo, Radar & Advanced Targeting, Edinburgh
Design and production of military lasers providing imaging, range finding and designation capabilities
Sentec, Cambridge
Sterling platform for smart water meters.
Smiths Detection, Hertfordshire
Design and manufacturer of lightweight chemical detector series
Soil Machine Dynamics, Tyne and Wear
Design and manufacture of work-class remotely operated vehicles
Solarcentury, London
C21e solar electric roof tiles and slates
Specialised Imaging, Hertfordshire
High speed imaging systems for research, industrial, military and scientific applications
Spectrum Brands (UK), Tyne and Wear
Mercury-free hearing aid battery and innovations to increase capacity, quality and production processes
Trident Sensors, Surrey
Design of the Polaris GPS tracker and data communications system
Zeeko, Leicestershire
Corrective polisher range with integrated metrology
The Queen's Awards For Enterprise: Sustainable Development 2011
ScottishPower Renewables, Glasgow
Sustainable development of Whitelee Windfarm for green energy
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