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Company Description in the ‘List of Winners’ preceeding the section, for checking: Serco International Fire Training Centre World-leading aviation fire training centre Company Description in the ‘List of Winners’ preceeding the section, for checking: SPTS Technologies Ltd Manufacturer of semiconductor wafer processing equipment used to make a range of microelectronic devices y scri ti i t ‘ ist f i Sygnature Discovery The UK’s largest independent provider of integrat d drug discovery research exp rtise
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Serco International Fire Training Centre
SPTS TECHNOLOGIES, an Orbotech company, is a leading supplier of wafer processing equipment used by the world’s leading semiconductor and micro- device industries, with focus on the Advanced Packaging, MEMS, RF and power management devices, and LED manufacturing. SPTS equipment is used by its customers for making micro- electromechanical systems (MEMS),
SERCO INTERNATIONAL FIRE TRAINING CENTRE (IFTC) in Teesside, a world-leading aviation re training centre, is delighted to have won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade.
Serco’s IFTC o ers life-saving training to 10,000 delegates from around the world each year, ranging from major customers such as NATO, the United Nations, France and Germany to smaller nations such as Romania and Tahiti. Rupert Soames, Serco Group Chief Executive, said: “This is a huge honour for Serco. We are immensely proud of the team at the IFTC and their achievements in training re ghters. The centre has superb training facilities and it enjoys an excellent reputation with its customers for its professionalism. This award also recognises the commitment and dedication of the team.” The IFTC’s success in exporting re training services also signi cantly boosts the economy of the North East. The centre not only employs 57 people, with a further 100 associate instructors, but it brings thousands of trainees to the region every year, boosting the local economy. SERCO INTERNATIONAL FIRE TRAINING CENTRE Serco International Fire TrainingCentre, TechnologyHouse, DurhamTees ValleyAirport, DarlingtonDL2 1NU Tel: +44 (0)1325 333 317 • www.iftcentre.com @iftcentre @iftcentre International Fire Training Centre NATO re ghters in action at Serco International Fire Training Centre.
The company employs around 300 people in Newport with another 200 employees in 11 overseas locations.
such as gyroscopes, accelerometers and microphones, semiconductors and other microelectronic devices. The semiconductor and MEMS devices produced using SPTS equipment are in every smartphone and many other things that touch and improve our lives every day, such as automobile safety systems (airbags), LED lighting, and power management chips in domestic appliances. Over 98% of the company’s revenue is generated through international trade, and in 2015 SPTS surpassed £1 billion in cumulative export sales from its manufacturing headquarters in Newport, Wales. The company employs around 300 people in Newport with another 200 employees in 11 overseas locations. SPTS TECHNOLOGIES LTD RinglandWay, Newport NP18 2TA • Tel: +44 (0)1633 414 000 • enquiries@spts.com www.spts.com @SPTS_Tech SPTS Technologies Ltd +SptsTechnologies
SYGNATURE DISCOVERY provides advanced scienti c research expertise into nding new and improved medicines to treat a range of debilitating and often fatal diseases. Sygnature has multiple drug discovery collaborations with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide and receiving a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, International Trade recognises the high level of demand there is globally for the company’s British based scienti c expertise. Sygnature has just moved into a brand new £30m research facility in Nottingham to facilitate its continued growth strategy. Since the company was founded in 2004 by CEO Dr Simon Hirst, Sygnature has expanded rapidly in terms of the breadth of research expertise it provides for clients and currently employs over 150 highly skilled laboratory-based, industry- experienced research scientists, all based in its Nottingham headquarters. The city has a long established and renowned reputation for drug discovery and interestingly, Sygnature occupies the same site where Boots scientists invented Ibuprofen. Sygnature Discovery’s research is early stage small molecule drug discovery and it often takes a further 10 years before a drug reaches patients Sygnature Discovery
in the form of a new medicine. The independently owned company provides advanced scienti c expertise in terms of identifying a molecule which selectively binds to a biological target in a diseased cell. This is a notoriously complex area of research and demands that innovative methods are applied to enhance project success. To date the company has identi ed nine potential medicines for clients which have progressed into human clinical trials and are on their way to improving the outcome for patients. This record of success demonstrates that our scientists are experts in their eld of
The company has moved into a new £30m research facility in Nottingham.
pharmaceutical research, with the ability to enhance the value of research projects. Sygnature is a trusted partner to progress medicines towards the clinic with the potential to improve treatments and the quality of life for thousands of patients. SYGNATURE DISCOVERY BioCity, Pennyfoot Street, NottinghamNG1 1GR Tel: +44 (0)115 941 5401 busdev@sygnaturediscovery.com www.sygnaturediscovery.com @SygnatureDiscov Sygnature Discovery
Sygnature employs more than 150 skilled laboratory-based, industry- experienced research scientists.
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