As highlighted by the award, Sepura’s overseas revenues grew impressively by 40% to €97.3m from April 2012 to March 2014, and there are now over 1.4 million Sepura radios in use in over 100 countries as customers benefit from Sepura’s robust, reliable and secure digital communications. Significant new markets included Canada, with a contract to supply a TETRA network for Toronto Transit Commission, the third largest metropolitan transport network in the North American continent; Greece, where Sepura is building a new public safety network; and Luxembourg, where Sepura is delivering a TETRA infrastructure network for CREOS, the country’s main utility organisation.
Jonathan Hamill, Vice President of Government and Public Safety at Sepura said "Receiving the Queen’s Award is a great achievement that recognises the dedication and commitment of every single Sepura employee. We are delighted to share the news with our local and international networks, and thank them for their contribution to our collective success”.
Gordon Watling, CEO for Sepura commented: “Sepura has consistently delivered double-digit growth over the last three years by focussing on exciting high growth opportunities, product innovation and delivering quality and customer service. Winning the Queen’s Award validates our strategy and we look forward to continued success through providing our global customer base with solutions that address the operational challenges they face every day.”
Approximately 160 Queen’s Awards have been announced this year for outstanding business achievement in the fields of International Trade, Innovation and Sustainable Development. Winners of The Queen’s Awards can expect an invitation to attend a special reception at Buckingham Palace. They can also use the Queen’s Award Emblem in advertising, marketing and on packaging for a period of five years as a symbol of their quality and success. The awards are made annually by HM The Queen, and are only given for the highest levels of excellence demonstrated in each category.
About Sepura
Sepura is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of digital radio products, systems and applications developed specifically for business and mission critical communications.
Founded in the UK in 2002, Sepura has expanded rapidly across the world with a network of regional partners that sell and provide local support for its market-leading products, and has achieved the status of market leader in over 30 countries.
Sepura’s complete communications solutions enable public safety organisations and users in the transport, utilities, oil and gas, manufacturing and construction sectors to address the communications challenges they face every day.
Sepura offers one of the broadest ranges of TETRA and DMR products available, is regularly first to market with innovative products and features, and is a market leader in the supply of surveillance and other specialist TETRA radios and accessories.
In May 2014 Sepura acquired Fylde Micro Ltd, the UK-based radio trunking solutions company, its third strategic acquisition in the last two years. Sepura acquired 3T, the Austrian supplier of TETRA infrastructure in 2012, and Portalify, the Helsinki based applications developer, in July 2013.
In April 2015 Sepura received the Queen’s Award for International Trade, the most prestigious business accolade in the UK.
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