Recipients

• Analytical Instruments Ltd of Cambridge for explosives detecting doorway (ENTRY-SCAN).
• Cape Boards and Panels, Ltd of Uxbridge, Middlesex for asbestos-free, fire resistant boards.
• DJB Engineering Ltd of Peterlee, Co. Durham for articulated dump trucks.
• Ferranti Electronics Ltd
  Ferranti
  Ferranti or Ferranti International plc was a UK electrical engineering and equipment firm that operated for over a century from 1885 until it went bankrupt in 1993. Known primarily for defence electronics, the Company was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but ceased trading in 1993.The...
  
   of Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester for uncommitted logic arrays
  Gate array
  A gate array or uncommitted logic array is an approach to the design and manufacture of application-specific integrated circuits...
  
   for microelectronics applications.
• Matthew Hall Engineering Ltd of London, W1 for design of production facilities for Claymore " A" Platform.
• The Semiconductors Division of ITT Industries Ltd of Foots-Cray, Sidcup, Kent for random access memories.
• Linotype-Paul Ltd
  Linotype
  The Mergenthaler Linotype Company is a corporation founded in the United States in 1886 to market the linecaster invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler...
  
   of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for their digital phototypesetter.
• Lion Laboratories Ltd of Cardiff, South Glamorgan for analytical instruments using fuel cell sensors.
• Micro Consultants Ltd of Caterham, Surrey for electronic video image processing systems (INTELLECT).
• Monotype International Ltd
  Monotype Corporation
  Monotype Imaging Holdings is a Delaware corporation based in Woburn, Massachusetts and specializing in typesetting and typeface design as well as text and imaging solutions for use with consumer electronics devices. Monotype Imaging Holdings is the owner of Monotype Imaging Inc., Linotype,...
  
   of Salfords, Redhill, Surrey for laser-driven optical system for phototypesetting.
• Morgan Refractories Ltd of Neston, South Wirral, Cheshire for refractory protection (INSULOQ).
• National Semiconductor (UK) Ltd
  National Semiconductor
  National Semiconductor was an American semiconductor manufacturer, that specialized in analog devices and subsystems,formerly headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. The products of National Semiconductor included power management circuits, display drivers, audio and operational amplifiers,...
  
   of Greenock, Renfrewshire for integrated circuit for Dolby " B " type noise reduction.
• Oxford Instruments Ltd
  Oxford Instruments
  Oxford Instruments plc is a United Kingdom manufacturing and research company that designs and manufactures tools and systems for industry and research. The company is headquartered in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, with sites in the United Kingdom, United States, Europe, and Asia...
  
   of Osney Mead, Oxford for superconducting magnet
  Superconducting magnet
  A superconducting magnet is an electromagnet made from coils of superconducting wire. They must be cooled to cryogenic temperatures during operation. In its superconducting state the wire can conduct much larger electric currents than ordinary wire, creating intense magnetic fields...
  
   systems for nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
• Racal Safety Ltd
  Racal
  Racal Electronics plc was once the third-largest British electronics firm. Listed on the London Stock Exchange and once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, Racal was a diversified company, offering products including: as voice and data recorders; point of sale terminals; laboratory instruments;...
  
   of Wembley, Middlesex for ventilated helmet giving protection against nuisance dusts, combined with head and eye/face protection.
• Renishaw Electrical Ltd of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire for probes for use in measuring equipment and machine tools.
• Rothamsted Experimental Station
  Rothamsted Experimental Station
  The Rothamsted Experimental Station, one of the oldest agricultural research institutions in the world, is located at Harpenden in Hertfordshire, England. It is now known as Rothamsted Research...
  
   of Harpenden, Hertfordshire for photostable synthetic pyrethroid
  Pyrethroid
  A pyrethroid is an organic compound similar to the natural pyrethrins produced by the flowers of pyrethrums . Pyrethroids now constitute a major commercial household insecticides...
  
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• The Howson-Algraphy Group of Vickers Ltd
  Vickers
  Vickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 1999.-Early history:Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by the miller Edward Vickers and his father-in-law George Naylor in 1828. Naylor was a partner in the foundry Naylor &...
  
  of Leeds, West Yorkshire for lithographic printing.