23rd Apr 2007 07:02
Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC23 April 2007 Ultra Electronics Holdings plc ("Ultra" or "the Group") ULTRA AWARDED QUEEN'S AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE: INNOVATION 2007 Ultra announces that it has been awarded a Queen's Award for Enterprise in theInnovation category. The award is for the Magicard Alto range of identity cardprinters designed and supplied by Ultra's Manufacturing & Card Systems businessin Weymouth. This prestigious award was approved by Her Majesty the Queen following arecommendation from the Prime Minister. The award is announced today on theoccasion of the Queen's birthday. The award will be formally conferred by agrant of appointment which will be presented to Ultra by the Lord Lieutenant ofDorset later in the year. Ultra was chosen to receive the award because of its innovation in developing afamily of low cost printers which enable the creation of full colour, plasticidentity cards or badges using a personal computer and without specialisttraining. Ultra's new family of printers uses innovative electronic and plasticstechnology to reduce the cost of printing and to bring the technology within thereach of schools, clubs and small businesses for the first time. Ultra sellsseveral thousand Magicard printers throughout the world each year and alsosupplies the colour film that allows the thermal printing process to producephotographic image quality. The printers utilise patented anti-counterfeiting technology includingcustomised watermarks printed across the face of the card to improve security.They can also be supplied with magnetic stripe and chip encoders to allow theon-card storage of digital information. These printers complement Ultra's Magicard Professional printer range which issold throughout the world for printing national ID Cards, drivers' licences andaccess control security badges. Douglas Caster, Chief Executive of Ultra Electronics, commented:"This Queen's Award recognises the innovative features of Ultra's latest rangeof identity card printers. They provide a very affordable way of proving aperson's identity with the ability to embed world-leading security features ineach card.The design and manufacture of security card printers is one of Ultra's manyspecialist market niches. This third Queen's Award for Magicard productsconfirms the creativity and international success of the team." - Ends -Enquiries: Ultra Electronics Holdings plc 020 8813 4321Douglas Caster, Chief Executive www.ultra-electronics.comAndy Hamment, Group Marketing Director [email protected] Weber Shandwick Financial 020 7067 0700Susan Ellis / Louise Robson Notes to editors:Ultra Electronics is a group of specialist businesses designing, manufacturingand supporting electronic and electromechanical systems, sub-systems andproducts for defence, security and aerospace applications worldwide. Ultra, which employs 3,000 people in the UK and North America, focuses on highintegrity sensing, control, communication and display systems with an emphasison integrated information technology solutions. The Group concentrates onobtaining a technological edge in niche markets, with many of its products andtechnologies being market leaders in their field. Ultra's products and services are used on aircraft, ships, submarines, armouredvehicles, surveillance systems, airports and transport systems around the world.Ultra also plays an important role in supporting prime contractors byundertaking specialist system and sub-system integration using the combinedexpertise of the Group businesses. Ultra is organised into three divisions as follows: Aircraft & Vehicle Systems including miniature airborne compressors; highintegrity software and systems; aircraft system electronics; aircraft cockpitindicators; aircraft noise and vibration control systems; airframe protectionsystems, armoured vehicle electronic information and control systems; human/computer interface equipment and shared working environment solutions. Information & Power Systems including command and control systems equipment;weapons interfacing electronics; radar tracking; electro optical tracking;surveillance systems; naval data processing and distribution; airport andairline information management systems; ID card systems; naval power conversion;signature management of naval vessels; transit system power conversion andcontrol. Tactical & Sonar Systems including secure tactical line-of-sight radio systems,multiplexers and switches; voice communication systems; tactical data links;cryptographic equipment; active, passive and multi-static sonobuoys; sonobuoyreceivers and processors; distributed surveillance sensor arrays; ship's sonarsystems; acoustic countermeasure systems and ship's torpedo defence systems. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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