Gooch & Housego PLC Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation
April 22 2016 - 2:00AM
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Gooch & Housego PLC
22 April 2016
For immediate release 22 April 2016
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Gooch & Housego PLC
("G&H" or the "Company")
Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation
Gooch & Housego PLC (AIM: GHH), the specialist manufacturer
of optical components & systems, is delighted to confirm that
it has won a prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation
in recognition of the commercial success of its laser modulation
device, the Fiber-Q(TM).
Launched in 2009, Fiber-Q(TM) is a pioneering product that has
rapidly become one of G&H's flagship products, establishing
itself as a key component in fibre based laser systems in multiple
commercial applications.
The key innovation of Fiber-Q(TM) in the control and modulation
of laser beams is that it is a single fibre-coupled, compact,
relatively low cost and very flexible component. It has enabled
lasers to be used effectively in applications as diverse as oil and
gas pipeline security monitoring, printed circuit board
micro-drilling, laser surgery, medical diagnostics and
microscopy.
The Fiber-Q(TM) is less complex and more robust than alternative
products, and it can be easily incorporated into the architecture
of customers' fibre laser systems.
Mark Webster, Chief Executive Officer of Gooch & Housego,
commented:
"Gooch & Housego has a long history of innovation and we are
very honoured to receive this Queen's Award for Fiber-Q(TM). The
award recognises both the commercial success of the product and the
benefits that it's brought to the fiber optic marketplace."
For further information
contact:
Mark Webster / Andrew Gooch & Housego
Boteler PLC 01460 256440
Mark Court / Sophie 020 7466
Cowles / Catriona Flint Buchanan 5000
Patrick Robb / David Investec Bank 020 7597
Anderson plc 5970
Notes to editors
1. Gooch & Housego is a photonics technology business
headquartered in Ilminster, Somerset, UK with operations in the USA
and Europe. A world leader in its field, the company researches,
designs, engineers and manufactures advanced photonic systems,
components and instrumentation for applications in the Aerospace
& Defence, Industrial, Life Sciences and Scientific Research
sectors. World leading design, development and manufacturing
expertise is offered across a broad range of complementary
technologies.
2. All financial information included in this announcement is
sourced from unaudited management accounts and excludes any
specific items. This announcement contains certain forward-looking
statements that are based on management's current expectations or
beliefs as well as assumptions about future events. These are
subject to risk factors associated with, amongst other things, the
economic and business circumstances occurring from time to time in
the countries and sectors in which G&H operates. It is believed
that the expectations reflected in these statements are reasonable
but they may be affected by a wide range of variables which could
cause actual results, and G&H's plans and objectives, to differ
materially from those currently anticipated or implied in the
forward-looking statements. Investors should not place undue
reliance on any such statements. Nothing in this announcement
should be construed as a profit forecast.
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