Transdek lands Queen's Award for Enterprise in Innovation

Transdek, a Yorkshire based loading equipment manufacturer, has received a Queen's Award for Enterprise in Innovation in this year's honours for developments in truck loading systems.

The award recognises the company's continued innovation in the production and installation of modular hydraulic lifts to service double deck trailers, which carry up to 67% more product than conventional HGVs.

This has enabled transport operators to make significant cost and environmental savings, with one of the UK's largest supermarkets chains alone claiming a reduction of 12 million road miles travelled in 2010.

It is the second time Transdek has won this award.

“It's great news that our policy of continued investment in developing lifting solutions that can deliver substantial cost savings, environmental improvements and operational benefits has been recognised with a Queen's Award for Enterprise in Innovation,” said Mark Adams, managing director of Transdek.

“Over the last 15 years we have used our expertise and commercial experience together with extensive research and development, and patenting of the resulting intellectual property, to establish Transdek as a market leading innovator. It also puts us in a strong position to capitalise on the significant growth opportunities that exist.”

As one of this year's winners of a Queen's Award, Transdek will be visited by a royal representative to present the award and is invited to attend the Queen's Reception at Buckingham Palace in this, Her Jubilee Year.

Transdek also won the Queen's Award for Innovation in 2003 in recognition of the company's work in increasing vehicle load volumes and enhancing transport efficiencies through the development of an internal vehicle loading system.