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Companies scoop top UK business awards (Materials and Equipment)

Two British companies, Thermo VG Semicon and Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, have been awarded "The Queen s Award for Enterprise". The awards are given on the basis of performance in the categories of international trade, innovation and sustainable development, and represent the highest recognition a UK company can receive for business achievement. MBE system wins for innovation Thermo VG Semicon, a business unit of Thermo Electron (Waltham, MA), received the award in the innovation category for its V100 production MBE reactor. The award recognizes "outstanding and continuous innovation" resulting in a substantial improvement in business performance and commercial success. According to the company, the V100 is the most widely used MBE system worldwide for the production of GaAs-based electronic devices. "Until Thermo VG Semicon introduced the V100 in 1991, MBE was a research-oriented technique capable of manufacturing device wafers in relatively limited quantities," said Richard Syron, chairman and CEO of Thermo Electron. "As a result of the V100, major suppliers in the wireless sector are able to manufacture tens of thousands of device wafers per year." Oxford awarded for overseas trade Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) won in the international trade category, which recognizes achievement in overseas earnings by business units in the UK. OIPT, based in Yatton near Bristol, supplies plasma and ion-beam processing equipment. The company s overseas revenue, including sales to 22 countries in Europe, Asia and the US, now accounts for 85% of its turnover. In total, OIPT s sales reached $50.4 million last year.
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