Sonardyne International Ltd. has been formally presented with the Queen鈥檚 Award for Enterprise by the Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, UK.
Dame Mary Fagan presented the award in the Innovation category for Sonardyne鈥檚 Sixth Generation (6G庐) product platform during a visit to the company鈥檚 head office and manufacturing facilities in Yateley, Hampshire.
As part of her visit, the Lord-Lieutenant was given a tour of Sonardyne鈥檚 campus, spread across three buildings on Blackbushe Business Park, including the company鈥檚 Engineering, Production and Machine Shop facilities.
Headquartered in the UK with regional offices in Aberdeen, Brazil, Houston, Plymouth and Singapore, Sonardyne is recognised as a pioneer in the design and manufacture of underwater acoustic positioning, inertial navigation, wireless communications and sonar imaging technology. Users for the company鈥檚 products are found in the offshore energy, ocean research and maritime security industries.
Launched in 2010, Sonardyne鈥檚 award winning 6G platform was judged by The Queen鈥檚 Award review panel to have addressed users鈥� needs for underwater technology that is low risk, versatile and easy to use. 6G products have made an impact on diverse subsea operations around the world and, in 2013/14, were exported to 55 different countries.
鈥淲e are honoured to welcome the Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, Dame Mary Fagan, to our Hampshire headquarters for the presentation of The Queen鈥檚 Award,鈥� said John Ramsden, Sonardyne鈥檚 Managing Director. 鈥淭his is the third occasion in 20 years she has visited us to present us with a Queen鈥檚 Award and we鈥檙e proud to show her how the company has progressed and grown from the small rented premises we occupied in 1994 to the prestigious multi-building manufacturing and production facility it is today.鈥�
The Queen鈥檚 Award is conferred by HM Queen Elizabeth II, on advice of the Prime Minister, and is the highest award a UK business can receive.
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