The company, which is based in High Wycombe, came firstin the ‘Thames Valley Export Award’ category, which is spon-sored by UK Trade & Investment Team South East – a government organisation that helps businesses to trade overseas.
Hansford Sensors received the award at a gala evening forTVBMA 2010 that took place at the Royal Berkshire Con-ference Centre, Madejski Stadium in Reading, during No-vember 2010. More than 300 people packed the centre tohear guest speaker Lord Paddy Ashdown and the results ofthe awards (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Chris Hansford, Managing Director, Hansford Sensors Ltd,receives the ‘Thames Valley Export Award’ at a gala evening thattook place in Reading, UK. Also pictured are guest speaker at theevent Lord Paddy Ashdown (left) and Angus Murray, InternationalTrade Adviser, Team Manager, UK Trade & Investment Team SouthEast (right).
The company has grown consistently since its was formedin 2006 by its managing director Chris Hansford, and ex-ports over 80% of its turnover.
Hansford commented: “With the downturn in the economyin the UK, we set our sights on overseas markets and nowsell our vibration sensors into over 40 countries. Asia has been particularly fruitful, with an incredible risein products sold into the Australian marketplace, thanks to the hard work of our distribu-tor in New South Wales.”
“We are now working at attacking other export areas andwe have recently visited Mexico and the USA, discussinghow our products can be applied in the maintenance man-agement of industrial plant and machinery.”
Hansford also praised the team back at the firm’s newpremises on the Sands Industrial Estate. He said: “Theirenthusiasm, efforts and dedication have all contributed tothe growth and success of the company.”
Awards chairman David Murray said: “I cannot remembersuch an outstanding group of finalists as we have gatheredthis year. The shortlisted companies demonstrate that de-spite a very tough year for the economy there are successstories that transcend the downturn, which shine a lightwhen it might look gloomy.”
For further information, contact:Hansford Sensors Ltd, Artisan, Hillbottom Road, Sands IndustrialEstate, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP12 4HJ, UK. Tel: +44-845-680-1957, Fax: +44-845-680-1958, Email:sales@hansfordsensors.com, Web: http://www.hansfordsensors.com/
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