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East<br />
Innovation<br />
Contamac Ltd.<br />
Carlton House<br />
Saffron Walden<br />
Essex<br />
CB11 3AU<br />
Website: www.contamac.com<br />
Employees: 70<br />
Immediate Parent: N/A<br />
Managing Director: Mr Robert McGregor<br />
<strong>Press</strong> Contact: Philipp Polonyi<br />
Tel: +44(0)1799 514800<br />
Email: philipp@contamac.co.uk<br />
Contamac Ltd has received a Queen’s Award for Innovation for the development of materials for speciality silicone hydrogel contact lenses.<br />
The silicone-based materials are called Definitive and have been developed to allow silicone hydrogel contact lens manufacturing using lathe<br />
cutting techniques. Lathe cut contact lenses are used in the speciality contact lens industry and allow for lenses to be made to measure for<br />
complex corneal shapes. Standard silicone hydrogel materials are too expensive for lathe cutting and require surface treatment that is only<br />
economical at large volumes. Contamac Ltd has developed a breathable silicone hydrogel material that offers more oxygen permeability<br />
than traditional hydrogels. Definitive materials do not require coating and can be manufactured appropriately for the 25% of the contact<br />
lens wearing market that requires speciality lenses. The applicant started trading in 1991 and has previously won an Award for International<br />
Trade (2012).<br />
Darktrace Limited<br />
Broers Building<br />
21 JJ Thomson Avenue<br />
Cambridge<br />
Cambridgeshire<br />
CB3 0FA<br />
Website: www.darktrace.com<br />
Employees: 41<br />
Immediate Parent: N/A<br />
CEO: Ms Nicole Eagan<br />
<strong>Press</strong> Contact: Alice Goodman<br />
Tel: +44(0)7464 546831<br />
Email: alice.goodman@darktrace.com<br />
A Queen’s Award for Innovation is made to Darktrace Ltd for their cybersecurity product the Enterprise Immune System. Inspired by the<br />
human immune system the software learns risks and threats and adapts to deal with them. The machine learning and mathematics behind<br />
the product were developed by specialists from the University of Cambridge. The software works with an understanding of what constitutes<br />
normal and abnormal situations. Emerging behaviours that fall outside a normal pattern are identified and dealt with by the product,<br />
there is no need for prior knowledge of the threat’s existence. The company has established 20 offices around the globe and has secured<br />
deals with the world’s leading companies such as BT. Darktrace Ltd started trading in 2013 and is the first company in the world to offer<br />
such a solution.<br />
Epos Now<br />
Norwich Business Park<br />
3 Whiting Road<br />
Norwich<br />
Norfolk<br />
NR4 6DJ<br />
Website: www.eposnow.com<br />
Employees: 87<br />
Immediate Parent: N/A<br />
CEO: Mr Jacyn Heavens<br />
<strong>Press</strong> Contact: Isabelle Francis<br />
Tel: +44(0)7487 716927<br />
Email: Isabelle.francis@eposnow.com<br />
Epos Now receives a Queen’s Award for Innovation for their Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) software. Commonly, EPOS systems are very<br />
expensive and highly customised versions are affordable only by large enterprises. Many associated services such as Click & Collect and<br />
customer loyalty schemes have previously been out of reach to SMEs due to cost. Epos Now started trading in 2011. The innovation is<br />
an affordable and customisable cloud-based EPOS software and hardware solution which enables clients to monitor sales and business<br />
performance live and remotely. Epos Now is the first UK EPOS company to introduce an AppStore, which allows their customers to download<br />
apps developed by the in-house software team. The company also introduced an application program interface which allows customers to add<br />
any app they wish, by employing a developer to build their custom app.<br />
In strict confidence 21 April 2016<br />
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