INNOVATION
QINOV8 UK Ltd
QINOV8 is considered a leading innovator within the water sector and is thrilled to have won the most prestigious Queen’s Award for Innovation 2022. Through its game changing innovations, QINOV8 is transforming how repairing leaks on potable water pipes are approached. The AQUAPEA®, a small pea-sized product made from specially formulated materials, has revolutionised the leakage industry in the UK and around the world. Founders and brothers Michael and Mark Quinn have recognised the improvements the water industry requires to reduce leakage, save water and help reduce CO2 emissions to zero. Along with business partner Paul Williams, the brothers have several innovations in the making that will continue to see QINOV8 grow in both size and reputation. Co-Founder Michael Quinn said: “It’s such an honour for QINOV8 to win the Queen’s Award for Innovation. Being recognised for our contribution to saving water and helping the environment is testament to the team’s hard work, passion and drive.” QINOV8 UK LTD Unit 6, Dabble Duck Industrial Estate, Shildon, Co Durham DL4 2RA Tel +44 (0)333 444 6500 • michael@qinov8.co.uk • www.qinov8.com
The AQUAPEA® is drawn to the flow of escaping water
Rockit
Staeger Clear Packaging Ltd
Rockit designs, manufactures and markets sleep aid devices for babies and toddlers. It launched its leading product, the game-changing Rockit portable baby rocker, in 2017, and has achieved exceptional success both in the UK and in international trade, with sales to over 40 countries. Rockit is a portable sleep
If you open a luxury easter egg, perfume box or food package, it is probably wrapped in Stäger Clear Packaging’s recycled plastic. For more than two decades, Ian Jamie, Stäger’s founder and Managing Director, has put sustainability at the core of his business, while pursuing what he describes as “incremental innovation”. ClearThe Oceans Pioneering the move to recycled PET with Marks & Spencer in 2006, transferring to using British recycled PET in 2014, and then inspired by David Attenborough’s Blue Planet, which showed the damage discarded plastic does to our oceans, he started to use recycled ocean plastic collected from
aid that can be attached to any pushchair, stroller or pram, gently rocking it so the baby falls back to sleep or remains sleeping, even when the stroller is no longer being pushed or manually rocked by a parent. This patent protected product was at the centre of its application for a Queen’s Award for
Rockit co-founders Dr Nick Webb and Matt Dyson
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Enterprise, but the company has a range of other innovative sleep aids. These include ‘Zed’, an astronaut shaped vibration sleep soother, which sends calming car-like vibrations through any mattress. Then there’s ‘Wooshh’ a miniature rechargeable sound machine that masks disruptive noises to aid infant sleep. Measuring just 6cm tall it can be taken anywhere.
ocean shores in developing countries. This is used to produce recycled plastic material, while creating a sustainable income to vulnerable communities. When Covid-19 hit, Stäger pivoted to helping the pandemic effort, making visors/masks out of ocean waste – even making one for The Queen. The company’s work to help make the world a better place continues. STAEGER CLEAR PACKAGING LTD Unit 1 Swallowgate Business Park, Coventry CV6 4BL Tel: +44 (0)7766 501209 • ian@staegerclear.co.uk • www.staegerclear.co.uk
ROCKIT (N2M LTD) 2 Farleigh Court, Old Weston Rd, Flax Bourton, Bristol BS48 1UR Tel: 01934 263950 • info@rockitrocker.com • www.rockitrocker.com @wearerockit Rockit (N2M Limited)
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