Inca Digital founder Bill Baxter (left) and CEO John Mills.
Pureprint Group and Inca Digital have both announced success in this year’s Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.
Sussex-based Pureprint received the award forSustainable Development,in recognition of its sustainable practices within and beyond the printing industry. It is the third time the company has won this award, following success in 2003 and 2008.
Included in the citation were the following words: ‘Since winning an Award in 2008, the company has continually improved internal environmental management, extended its approach to responsible supply chain management and, through continued service development, encouraged and advised customers on reducing carbon footprints.’
Richard Owers, marketing director at Pureprint, said the firm hoped others would be encouraged by its success. ‘Since our first Queen’s Award in 2003 we have increased our turnover by nearly 400% and now employ over 200 staff. The Queen’s Award has been an inspiration to us for 15 years and has shown us that in the best businesses long term development is based on all the aspects of sustainable best practice.’
Large format inkjet printer manufacturer Inca Digital has been given a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade, in recognition of its substantial success in overseas earnings and performance in international trading.
Inca manufactures the Inca Onset series of UV flatbed inkjet printers which are used worldwide to produce wide format display graphics. Founded in 2000, the Cambridge company’s largest overseas market has consistently been the USA, but over the last five years, several new and important overseas markets have been established. Brazil, Germany and Canada have seen significant growth (150% in Brazil since 2007) and the company has also had success in Eastern Europe, particularly in Poland and the Czech Republic. Other new overseas markets include South Africa, Dubai, Morocco, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Belgium and Korea. Fujifilm is its main distribution partner, and today, Inca printers are installed in 34 countries.
Global Inkjet Systems, which develops software drivers and electronics for industrial inkjet printheads, such as those made by Fujifilm Dimatix, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Ricoh, Toshiba Tec and Xaar, has also received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2013 in the International Trade category. Almost 90% of the company’s total sales in 2012 were in international markets – an increase from 47% in 2010. Overseas sales growth was 132% in 2012.
