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Detectronic Ltd
Detectronic, a UK-based environmental technology company, has been honoured with the King’s Award for Innovation for its pioneering LIDoTT® Smart Solution – a modular monitoring system that is helping water companies across the UK and beyond to manage wastewater networks more sustainably and effectively. With over 30 years of experience in flow and level monitoring, Detectronic is dedicated to protecting one of our most vital natural resources: water. As climate change drives more frequent and intense rainfall, the need for smarter infrastructure to manage flooding and reduce pollution has never been more urgent. Detectronic’s solutions support water companies in making data-driven decisions that reduce environmental impact and improve network resilience. Entirely designed and manufactured in the UK, the LIDoTT® Smart Solution combines ultrasonic and radar sensors in a flexible, modular system that delivers accurate, real-time data from within the sewer network. This empowers operators to detect blockages early, predict overflow events, and optimise maintenance – all of which contribute to more sustainable water management. A key component of the system is the LIDoTT® Sensor M – the only Event Duration Monitor
(EDM) on the market to hold MCERTS accreditation. MCERTS is the Environment Agency’s Monitoring Certification Scheme, which ensures that environmental monitoring equipment meets rigorous standards for performance, reliability, and data integrity. This accreditation gives water companies confidence that the data they rely on to meet regulatory requirements is both accurate and trustworthy. The LIDoTT® Smart Solution is more than just a technological innovation – it’s a practical response to the challenges of urbanisation, ageing infrastructure, and climate
LIDoTT MCERTS EDM sensor
LIDoTT Smart Datalogger
change. By enabling smarter, more sustainable management of wastewater networks, Detectronic is helping to safeguard the environment for future generations. Receiving the King’s Award is a proud milestone for Detectronic and a reflection of its commitment to innovation, sustainability and UK manufacturing excellence.
DETECTRONIC LTD 16 Lindred Road, Lomeshaye Industrial Estate, Brierfield, Lancashire, BB9 5SR Tel: +44 (0)1282 449124 • sales@detectronic.org detectronic.org Detectronic Ltd
Flare Audio
UK technology company, Flare Audio, has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise, focusing on its unique breakthrough product, Calmer – a clever in-ear device that takes the edge off triggering sounds, helping wearers feel calmer and less stressed. Dedicated to designing and manufacturing innovative audio products, the multi-award- winning business has developed a number of technologies to help improve people’s experiences with sound. Flare’s Calmer reduces stress from annoying and uncomfortable noises without blocking sound, avoiding the isolation caused by earplugs. Calmer alters the ear’s internal geometry to soften high-frequency sounds, providing relief for everything from travel noise (including reducing the impact from sirens, tube screeching and tannoy announcements), busy places, eating sounds and family hecticness, to providing often life-changing benefits for those with sound sensitivities, including those associated with autism or ADHD. Its latest addition to the range, Calmer Performance, also helps to increase focus, reduce distractions and minimise stress; proving popular for busy office workers and commuters. Employing just 20 people, Flare was founded in 2007 by husband and wife team Davies and Naomi Roberts, and has gained support from big
Flare Audio’s co-founders Davies and Naomi Roberts
name artists and producers for its high-clarity earphone technology. The company’s success has seen it rack up over four million followers on social media, ship to 186 countries, and count names including broadcaster and music lover Stephen Fry, producer Tony Visconti, and BBC DJ Chris Hawkins as supporters of the brand. “I can’t express how humbled I am that one of my inventions has been recognised by the King,” says Flare’s Product Inventor and Co-Founder, Davies Roberts. “When Naomi and I founded Flare we had a clear mission to develop meaningful sound technologies. We started by redesigning loudspeakers and had no idea that our constant innovation and R&D would lead us to creating
Flare Audio’s tech includes distortion minimising, ultra-revealing earphones and the King’s Award-winning Calmer range
products that help calm our response to stressful noises. I am so honoured for Flare to receive this award. Being recognised for an invention that is making a difference in the world is what every inventor dreams of.” FLARE AUDIO Unit 11 Chartwell Business Centre, 42 Chartwell Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 8FB www.flareaudio.com
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