Two companies based in Aylesbury Vale are among this year’s winners of the coveted
‘Queen’s Awards for Enterprise’, the UK’s leading accolade for business success.
The enterprising local businesses who both won in the ‘Queen’s Award for International Trade’ category are:
Diamond Consulting Services Ltd (DCS), based at Dinton, Buckinghamshire.The company is probably best known for the Idris® Technology - advanced algorithms and specialist sensors used for traffic detection in a variety of safety and data collection applications.
For more information on DCS’s Queens Award, please refer to:
http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/contractors/detection/diamond/
For further information on DCS, please refer to: www.idris-technology.com
Dage Precision Instruments Ltd, based at the Aylesbury Industrial Centre, Dage are involved in the research, development and manufacture of advanced x-ray inspection and bond testing equipment. This is the second time that Dage have won a Queen’s Award.
For more information on Dage and their latest award, please refer to: www.dage-group.com
Dage Precision Industries Ltd, Rabans Lane, AYLESBURY, Buckinghamshire HP19 8RG Employees: 100 Managing Director: Mr P Walter Ultimate Parent: Dage Holdings Limited Contact for press enquiries: Miss Elaine Yeomans, PR and Marketing Officer Tel: 01296 317 829 Dage Precision Industries Ltd is a researcher, developer and manufacturer of advanced x-ray and bond testing equipment and started trading in 1962. It is winning the Award for the first time for increasing its overseas sales to nearly £16 million per annum, and selling virtually all its production overseas. This innovative company's success is based on two series of instruments that it has developed, an x-ray inspection system which won The Queen's Award for Innovation last year, and advanced bond testing systems. These have been vigorously marketed to a widespread and increasing number of countries, through overseas offices, agents and distributors, frequent visits to targeted customers, attendance at exhibitions and presenting technical papers at specialist seminars.
Diamond Consulting Services Ltd Chestnut Farm, Dinton, AYLESBURY, Buckinghamshire HP17 8UG Employees: 5 Director: Mrs F R Lees Ultimate Parent: Not applicable Contact for press enquiries: Mrs Jo Bate, Public Relations Manager Tel: 01296 747 667 Diamond Consulting Services Ltd provides software for the road traffic technology industry used with "in-ground" sensors for accurate detection of vehicles. Applications include data collection, classification, tolls, road traffic control and safety. The company commenced trading in 1991 and wins the Award for the first time for doubling its exports over three years to £828k. The company's marketing strategy is focused mainly on USA, where most of its exports go. It sells under its "Idris" brand name and claims its product to be one of the world's most accurate vehicle detection systems.
‘Queens Awards’ – for additional information please refer to: www.queensawards.org.uk
This year there were 145 awards overall, the highest total in 11 years.
