Ace Aquatec scoops second Queen’s Award
DUNDEE based Ace Aquatec has won a prestigious Queen’s Award for the second year in a row after its electronic stunner was recognised for animal welfare innovation.
The Award for Enterprise Innovation marks the success of the company’s in-water Humane Stunner Universal in rendering fish unconscious before being processed.
The honour is the highest UK award for British businesses. Ace Aquatec is one of 201 winners across the UK this year. Last year, the firm’s Queen’s Award victory was based on the contribution its acoustic predator deterrents made to the Scottish economy, reducing seal attacks at fish farms.
Next for the Ace Aquatec team is another visit to Buckingham Palace for the awards ceremony, hosted by Prince Charles.
And with the company preparing for the international launch later this year of its newest innovation – the world’s first underwater 3D biomass camera – it might be targeting a third win in 2020.
Managing director Nathan Pyne-Carter said: ‘Being recognised last year for the positive difference our predator deterrents are having on the Scottish economy was amazing, and to be acknowledged again this year for the wider global impact our electric stunning technology has on animal welfare is a huge honour.
‘International growth over the last couple of years has felt like a bit of a whirlwind but it’s the result of years of experimentation, refinement and a firm belief it’s possible to improve fish welfare without sacrificing on quality or efficiency.’