From Racing Cars to Rockets - Thermoteknix Win Queen's Award for Innovation

CAMBRIDGE, England, April 21/PRNewswire/ --

- With Photo

Thermoteknix wins third accolade for Innovation. It was announced today
that Thermoteknix Systems Ltd is to be presented with a Queen's Award for
Enterprise.

Thermoteknix' award, under the Innovation category acknowledges the
success it has achieved through outstanding innovation with the
groundbreaking range of MIRICLE(R) thermal imaging cameras over the last
three years. Thermoteknix previously won The Queen's Award for Export
Achievement in 1998, and is one of only a very few companies to have ever won
Queen's Awards in two different categories.

Dr. Richard Salisbury, founder and Managing Director of Thermoteknix
Systems Ltd. says that the success of Thermoteknix is due to the highly
innovative way in which the company approached the challenges in developing
high performance, miniature, thermal imaging cameras designed for a multitude
of applications in aerospace, defence, surveillance and industrial
applications.

"The award recognizes our commitment to being one of the UK's technology
leaders. We are transforming thermal imaging and infrared systems from being
large, high power consuming, reliability challenged instruments into highly
compact, solid state, high performance cameras that embody low cost
manufacture combined with reliability in some of the most challenging
environments and applications, designed to expand the market and to win and
nurture customer loyalty."

In October 2007, Thermoteknix was named Innovative Company of the Year at
the iDEA (Innovation and Design Excellence) Awards followed soon after by
runner-up in the IET (Institution of Electrical Engineers and Technologists)
Innovation in Engineering Awards. In March 2008, Thermoteknix was named
Cambridge Innovative Company of the Year.

The Award recognizes Thermoteknix for developing the MIRICLE range of
high performance, ultra miniature thermal imaging cameras. Utilising complex
electronics and packaging, the cameras are used in many moving target or
camera applications. The range includes hermetically-sealed units for use in
space exploration, hand-held imagers, surveillance cameras, cameras for
unmanned vehicles and the world's first shutterless thermal imaging camera.
Using proprietary algorithms and control circuits the need for
heating/cooling systems used in infrared cameras has been eliminated. Thus
manufacturing costs and power consumption have been reduced and operational
temperatures extended.

FOR THE COMPLETE STORY INCLUDING CASE STUDIES OF MIRICLE IN ACTION,
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE PDF BY CLICKING HERE
(http://www.thermoteknix.com/mail/press/press_embargo/2008_QA.pdf)

High resolution imagery can be downloaded HERE
(http://www.thermoteknix.com/mail/press/press_embargo/highrespics.zip)

http://www.thermoteknix.com

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Source: Thermoteknix Systems Ltd.

Jez Ford, Marketing Manager, Thermoteknix Systems Ltd, Tel: +44(0)1223-204000, Fax: +44(0)1223-204010, Email: j.ford@thermoteknix.com, Web: http://www.thermoteknix.com

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