The awards are made each year by The Queen, on the advice of the Prime Minister, who is assisted by an independent Advisory Committee that includes representatives of Government, industry and commerce, and the trade unions. The award will be officially presented by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County, The Queen's local representative.
Vero Software has been rewarded for its continuous achievement in international trade over the last six years. The award has been granted in recognition of Vero growing export earnings by 65% to over £12 million during that period with over 91% of its sales to markets in Europe, North America and the Far East.
The company creates, owns and distributes software for aiding the design and manufacturing process of plastic injection moulds, sheetmetal stamping dies, progressive dies and shoe moulds. These widespread product types are in turn to be found in a multitude of manufacturing industry sectors such as automotive, electronic, medical, white goods and aerospace.
"We are extremely proud and honoured to have won this award which is full recognition of the valuable work of our staff and extensive reseller network,” announced chief executive, Don Babbs. “We invest heavily in original research to develop highly productive software that is already well appreciated by our customers and this further acknowledgement is an added bonus for our efforts."
He continued: "Our success owes a great deal to the dedication of our overseas operations. Each competence centre is fully trained with our product suite and has ‘real life' industrial knowledge which is vitally important when trying to promote new technologies into a well established CAD/CAM market.
“The company firmly believes that step gains in productivity can be made by building as much knowledge of specific design and machining processes within its software as possible. This philosophy of productivity through specialisation has led to new applications in the design of mould tools for plastic injection and progressive dies."
Vero UK
www.vero-software.com
