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Company Description in the ‘List of Winners’ preceeding the section, for checking: ICC Solutions Ltd Global experts in providing innovative test tools and associated services for efficient chip & PIN certifications with the payment brands
ICC Solutions Ltd
ICC SOLUTIONS LIMITED is a global leader in chip & PIN payment testing and certi cation technology. Our innovative test tools enable highly e cient chip & PIN certi cations with the global payment brands such as MasterCard and Visa, being used worldwide by the major banks, merchants and their technology providers. ICC Solutions is an independent company owned by the founding Directors, with our headquarters and centre of excellence based in Cheshire. In 2016, the company won its third Queen’s Award for Enterprise, in the International Trade category. On receiving the Award, Dave Maisey, CEO at ICC Solutions and co-founder, commented: “For 20 years, our company has embraced innovation combined with a clear vision,
commitment and expertise to deliver
powerful test tools for the global payments industry. Since 2012 when we won two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in the International Trade
The team has grown to just under 50 employees.
and Innovation categories, our export sales have
for export in young people, and inspire them with the con dence that they can embrace opportunities to do business within the global marketplace. These young people could be the international traders of tomorrow, ensuring Britain thrives as a powerful global trading nation. Both the pilot and the nal were a huge success and incredibly well received. At the conclusion of the nal, the DofE announced that exporting will now be o ered as an option on the Skills Section of the DofE Award. This means that each year 300,000 young people will be a orded the opportunity to receive education, training and mentoring on international trade. So what does the Queen’s Award mean for our business? It’s a signi cant recognition of the quality of our company which has instilled great con dence in our capability to serve the global marketplace and further motivated our team. Additionally, it has driven us to attempt to help further enhance British exporting. Our third Queen’s Award was the direct catalyst to partner with the DofE to launch Exporting Excellence, which could result in 100,000s of young people becoming involved in exporting. ICC SOLUTIONS LIMITED St James Business Centre,Warrington, Cheshire,WA46PS Tel: +44 (0) 1925 629001 • info@iccsolutions.com • www.iccsolutions.com n @ICCSolutionsLtd Z @iccsolutions F ICC Solutions Ltd
exponentially increased as we continue to take our innovative technology to a highly competitive sector and deliver signi cant market share. “This Award re ects that ICC Solutions remains fully committed to delivering excellence to our international clients. We have a rm objective to help enhance British exporting and we aim to inspire others to investigate growth opportunities o ered by international trade.” Wendy Maisey, Customer Relationship Director and co-founder added: “It’s a con rmation of our vision as Directors to be best in class at what we do, and also a great re ection on our team who work tirelessly to ensure we remain competitive, provide excellent customer service and are world class when it comes to innovation in our industry.” Our third Queen’s Award inspired and motivated us to achieve even greater corporate objectives, and to attempt to encourage other people to embrace the opportunities o ered by international trade. We felt con dent that our skills and experience could add value to others. In partnership with the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award team (DofE) in September 2016 we launched an initiative called Exporting Excellence. This is intended to ignite a passion
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ICC Solutions’ co-founders Wendy and Dave Maisey.
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