Modern Day David & Goliath - With Acoustic Cleaners

I am sure that most of us are at least slightly familiar with the biblical story of David and Goliath – King Saul and the Israelites faced the Philistines in battle at Socoh in Judah. The Philistines has a giant of a champion warrior called Goliath who came in front of his army twice per day for forty days to challenge the Israelites to send our their champion to fight him. The Israelites were afraid and so there was no one to challenge Goliath. Young David, who was bringing food to his brothers decided to fight the Philistine monster and Saul reluctantly agreed. Goliath appeared armed to the teeth whilst David brought with him only his sling and his staff. The rest, as they say, is history. David fired a stone from his sling which struck Goliath on the forehead – winner David!

Recently at a gala presentation event sponsored by the CN Media Group, held at the Rheged Centre near Penrith, Primasonics International fought off the challenge of the massive blue chip company BAE Systems to scope the prestigious Exporter Of The Year Award due because 85% of Acoustic Cleaners sales are exported to over 45 countries world wide. All of us at Primasonics International feel extremely proud to have won this award and in the process defeated the Goliath company of BAE Systems. The photograph shows our Export Manager, Lisa Robinson receiving the award.

Award Rewards For Acoustic Cleaning Technology

Primasonics International has been privileged in the last 3 years to receive established British industry awards in recognition of its success as an innovative technology and export trade company with its range of acoustic cleaners.

In 2005 we won 2 awards - the 'Pride of Cumbria Award For Innovation' and the 'Passport To Export' award. The latter was presented to me personally by BBC Presenter Adrian Chiles in recognition of our success in the international market, having increased our turnover in export trade by no less than 400% in the 2 years 2003-2005.

In 2006 we were honoured with the North Regional National Award for Innovation.

In 2007 with over 200 finalists and guests present. we won the prestigious Innovation & Technology Award in the Cumbria Business Awards. The reason quoted by the judges for our declaration as category winner was that we had been able to demonstrate a powerful worldwide status in a challenging environment and were considered to be a hi-tech, fast growing company.

This month (October 2008) we will be 1 of only 3 finalists nominated for the Exporter Of The Year Award at the CN Group Business Awards on 30 October. The category sponsors are HSBC bank and the main award sponsors are Invest in Cumbria and Business Link Northwest. Whether we win or not, we feel privileged to receive this nomination, particularly in the light of the company we will be keeping in the final - no less than:

BAE Systems (submarine and shipbuilding services)

3SL (software systems company supplying the likes of Nasa, Samsung and Boeing.

Good company indeed. Irrespective of who wins the award, there will be no losers in this 'race'. All of us have made significant achievements in export trade and are helping the British economy retain a worldwide high profile for innovation and technology.

Photographs from our previous export awards presentations