WEST MIDLANDS QUEEN’S AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE 2022
INNOVATION
➤ i2r Packaging Solutions, Telford i2r Packaging Solutions manufactures a comprehensive range of aluminium foil wrinklewall and smoothwall containers used throughout the food industry.
➤ Biocomposites, Keele Biocomposites manufactures specialist medical products for use in hip and knee replacements which aim to reduce infection rates.
➤ KPM Marine, Birmingham
KPM Marine specialises in designing and manufacturing safety critical products for the marine and automotive industries such as affordable, shock-mitigating seating to protect mariners from spinal and brain injuries while improving passenger comfort.
Little Soap Company, Broadway, Worcestershire
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Little Soap Company has identified a gap in the market for job-specific soaps to replace the generic soaps currently available and has developed a range of bars that are entirely plastic free, ocean friendly and biodegradable.
Proteus Instruments, Stoke Prior, Worcestershire
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Proteus Instruments was set up in 2018 after developing, in conjunction with the University of Birmingham, a measuring device that detects harmful bacterial coliforms and biochemical oxygen demand, among a range of other contaminants, in real time.
➤ Staeger Clear Packaging, Coventry
Staeger Clear Packaging manufactures food-grade packaging for the retail industry, working with UK extruders of recycled PET to change their product to meet the standards required instead of using PVC.
➤ Stallion AI Services, Whitchurch Stallion AI Services has developed an endangered animal regenerative cryopreservation conservation tool to help prevent extinction, called Nature’s SAFE.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
➤ Armac Martin, Birmingham Armac Martin is a fourth-generation family business dating back to the 1920s which designs and manufactures brass fixtures and fittings for high-end interiors.
Biocomposites, Keele
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Biocomposites manufactures specialist medical products for use in hip and knee replacements which aim to reduce infection rates.
Boxraw, Coventry
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Boxraw produces sportswear and equipment for boxing and has developed the world’s most comprehensive machine learning model for boxing training, based on the largest data set of boxers ever captured.
Coventry University
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Coventry University is part of a dynamic and forward-thinking global education group which delivered undergraduate and postgraduate education to more than 38,000 students in 2019/2020, making it the fourth largest HE provider overall in the UK and the second largest provider of undergraduate education.
Excool, Stoke Prior, Worcestershire
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Excool supplies cooling equipment to the emerging and rapidly growing data centre market which uses up to 50 per cent less energy and 65 per cent less water than comparable technologies.
Instarmac, Tamworth
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Instarmac is a specialist, fast-growing manufacturer of cement and bitumenbased products for use in highway maintenance, urban regeneration, tilling, commercial flooring and internal finishing sectors.
➤ Jesmonite, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire
Jesmonite develops and manufactures a versatile range of water-based composite materials ideally suited to the creation of moulded glass reinforced laminates and decorative mouldings.
➤ Longvale, Burton-upon-Trent Longvale manufactures hazardous and harsh area sensors which can be found in infrastructure projects and maintenance replacement within sectors such as energy, hydrogen, automotive, chemical, pharmaceutical and mining.
MNB Precision, Coventry
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MNB Precision is a third-generation, family-owned business providing high-quality precision engineering products to customers in the oil and gas sectors and also working in a range of other sectors operating in safetycritical environments such as rail, power generation and defence.
Momentum-Pharma, Hereford
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Momentum-Pharma provides outsourcing services to the clinical trial industry, with clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device sectors, focussing on oncology and rare, genetic diseases for adults and children.
Pharma Packaging Systems, Pershore, Worcestershire
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Pharma Packaging Systems specialises in the custom design and manufacture of standalone or integrated turnkey pharmaceutical tablet counting machinery and provides high-tech, reliable packaging products.
➤ Premier Health Products, Coventry
Premier Health Products manufactures and exports food supplements alongside order fulfilment and customer services for more than 70,000 e-commerce consignments worldwide annually.
TopCashback, Stafford
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TopCashback operates cashback reward websites in the UK and internationally with registered users making purchases from a particular brand for which they can then receive cash back.
Whitefurze, Coventry
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Whitefurze supplies high-quality injection moulded plastic consumer goods for storage, housewares, food storage and garden products and has established product ranges with large enterprises that have European and global offices so each range has potential to reach multiple countries.
PROMOTING OPPORTUNITY ➤ Clean Sheet, Coventry
Clean Sheet provides employment support to broaden job opportunities for people with convictions across the UK by putting members in touch with a list of employers prepared to open up their vacancies to people with convictions.
➤ Derwen College and Derwen College Charity, Oswestry, Shropshire
Derwen College provides education and vocational training for young people aged 16 to 25 with special educational needs and disabilities and operates several businesses at its on-site ‘marketplace’ where students learn skills in a garden centre, café, restaurant, print shop, charity shop and a small hotel developed in conjunction with Premier Inn.
➤ DRP, Hartlebury, Worcestershire DRPG is an integrated communication and production firm, creating internal, external and experiential communications products and services and running award-winning campaigns.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
➤ Woolcool, Stone, Staffordshire Woolcool is an award-winning, design-led, manufacturing business based around the creation of a groundbreaking and innovative insulated packaging, using 100 per cent sheep’s wool.