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Innovation
Lintbells Ltd
West Barn
Fairclough Hall Farm
Halls Green
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
SG4 7DP
Website: www.lintbells.com
Employees: 31
Immediate Parent: N/A
Founder: Mr John Davies
Press Contact: John Howie
Tel: +44(0)1462 790886
Email: john.howie@lintbells.com
Lintbells Ltd wins a Queen’s Award for Innovation for developing a nutritional supplement that addresses joint pain in dogs, YUMOVE.
YUMOVE was designed to address the joint cycle needs of aging, sport and working dogs. Previous joint support product contained only
glucosamine, Lintbells Ltd adapted the supplement to contain Omega 3 fatty acids and hyaluronic acid. The market that the company
identified was a mid-price point but with a higher specification than the veterinary products on the market. The efficacy of the product is
supported by clinical studies conducted in collaboration with the Royal Veterinary College. The company started trading in 2006 and with
the launch of YUMOVE it has grown from five to 38 staff. This is its first Queen’s Award.
Photocentric Ltd
Cambridge House
Oxney Road
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE1 5YW
Website: www.photocentricgroup.com
Employees: 45
Immediate Parent: N/A
Managing Director: Mr Paul Holt
Press Contact: Sally Tipping
Tel: +44(0)1733 349937 ext.1002
Email: sally.tipping@photocentric.co.uk
Photocentric Ltd receives an Innovation Award for the development of Imagepac, a patented liquid photopolymer in a pouch that makes printingplate
making faster and easier. Flexography is one of the major forms of industrial printing and is based on the use of stamps made by exposing
an image, over a light-reactive gel, to UV light which then solidifies. The traditional process required the manufacturer to create a well in which
the resin was poured and the image laid above. The pouring of the resin was inaccurate meaning that problems could occur during pouring.
Photocentric Ltd (established in 2002) developed the Imagepac, a bag containing exactly the right amount of resin which was sealed and would
remain so until the resin had photoreacted with the negative image. This innovation meant that the process became less messy, costs were
reduced and the stamp clarity improved.
Plasticell Limited
Stevenage BioScience Catalyst
Gunnels Wood Road
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG1 2FX
Website: www.plasticell.co.uk
Employees: 14
Immediate Parent: N/A
CEO: Mr Dennis Saw
Press Contact: Tristan Jervis
Tel: +44(0)20 3735 8166
Email: t.jervis@defacto.com
Plasticell Limited wins a Queen’s Award for Innovation for developing a system, Combicult, that is able to test and select the best methods of
differentiating stem cells in record time. Stem cells are valuable tools in the next generation of therapeutic approaches but discovering efficient
ways (called “protocols”) to turn stem cells into target cell types (e.g. heart cells, nerve cells) is extremely difficult, time consuming and resource
intensive. The applicant’s innovation enables the simultaneous testing of up to 100,000 different protocols. To achieve this stem cells are grown on
micrometre-scale beads, that can be subjected to different growing conditions. The beads themselves are tracked so that the researcher knows
exactly what conditions the cells have been through. This innovation allows researchers to test a large number of new protocols in parallel and
discover the most efficient way of differentiating the cells for their needs. Plasticell Limited has been in operation since 2002 and the success of
Combicult means that the company has enjoyed rapid growth.
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