Recipients

• A.E.S. Engineering Ltd of Rotherham, South Yorkshire for the development of mechanical shaft seals.
• Airopak Division of Air Products Ltd of Crewe, Cheshire for the development of solvent resistant polythene containers using an in-line fluorisation process.
• The Filton Unit of The Civil Aircraft Division of British Aerospace plc
  British Aerospace
  British Aerospace plc was a UK aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer. Its head office was in the Warwick House in the Farnborough Aerospace Centre in Farnborough, Hampshire...
  
   of Bristol for the development of wings for the Airbus A320
  Airbus A320
  The Airbus A320 family is a family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger jet airliners manufactured by Airbus Industrie.Airbus was originally a consortium of European aerospace companies, and is now fully owned by EADS. Airbus's name has been Airbus SAS since 2001...
  
   Airliner (jointly with The Aerodynamics Department of The Royal Aircraft Establishment of The Ministry of Defence.)
• The Speciality and Aerospace Division of British Alcan Aluminium plc of Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire for the development of lightweight aluminium alloy
  Aluminium alloy
  Aluminium alloys are alloys in which aluminium is the predominant metal. The typical alloying elements are copper, magnesium, manganese, silicon and zinc. There are two principal classifications, namely casting alloys and wrought alloys, both of which are further subdivided into the categories...
  
  s for aerospace applications (jointly with The Materials & Structures Department of The Royal Aircraft Establishment of The Ministry of Defence.)
• The Headquarters Technical Department of British Coal Corporation
  British Coal
  thumb|right|British Coal company logoThe British Coal Corporation was a nationalised corporation in the United Kingdom responsible for the extraction of coal...
  
   of Stanhope Bretby, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire for the development of an in-seam seismic method for detecting geological faults in coal seams.
• The On Line Inspection Centre of British Gas plc
  British Gas
  British Gas is the name of several companies:* British Gas plc, the former gas monopoly in the United Kingdom and its successor companies** Centrica, which has the rights to the British Gas name in the UK...
  
   of Cramlington, Northumberland for the development of a high performance online pipeline inspection system.
• The Research & Development Department of British Gypsum Ltd of East Leake, Loughborough, Leicestershire for the development of an improved kettle for the calcination
  Calcination
  Calcination is a thermal treatment process applied to ores and other solid materials to bring about a thermal decomposition, phase transition, or removal of a volatile fraction. The calcination process normally takes place at temperatures below the melting point of the product materials...
  
   of gypsum.
• John Brown Automation Ltd of Coventry, West Midlands for the development of an automatic system for automotive clutches.
• The Vascutek Division of Coats Viyella Medical Ltd of Inchinnan, Renfrewshire for the development of the GELSEAL TRIXIAL non porous vascular prosthesis.
• Crosrol Ltd of Holmfield, Halifax, West Yorkshire for the development of the CROSROL Mk4 CARD high performance carding machine.
• Cybrid Ltd of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire for the development of an automated pattern scanning and nesting system for the garment industry.
• The Aerodynamics Department of The Royal Aircraft Establishment of The Ministry of Defence
  Royal Aircraft Establishment
  The Royal Aircraft Establishment , was a British research establishment, known by several different names during its history, that eventually came under the aegis of the UK Ministry of Defence , before finally losing its identity in mergers with other institutions.The first site was at Farnborough...
  
   of Farnborough, Hampshire for the development of wings for the Airbus A320 Airliner. (Jointly with The Filton Unit of The Civil Aircraft Division of British Aerospace pic.)
• The Materials & Structures Department of The Royal Aircraft Establishment of The Ministry of Defence
  Royal Aircraft Establishment
  The Royal Aircraft Establishment , was a British research establishment, known by several different names during its history, that eventually came under the aegis of the UK Ministry of Defence , before finally losing its identity in mergers with other institutions.The first site was at Farnborough...
  
   of Farnborough, Hampshire for the development of lightweight aluminium alloys for aerospace applications (jointly with The Speciality and Aerospace Division of British Alcan Aluminium pic.)
• Dowty Meco Ltd
  Dowty
  Dowty may refer to:*Alan Dowty, an international relations scholar*David Dowty, an American linguist.*Dowty Group, a British aircraft equipment manufacturing business.**Ultra Electronics was created by the demerger of seven Dowty companies in 1993....
  
   of Worcester, Worcestershire for the development of heavy duty armoured flexible conveyors for longwall coal mining.
• Dowty Filtration Technology Division of Dowty Mining Equipment Ltd
  Dowty
  Dowty may refer to:*Alan Dowty, an international relations scholar*David Dowty, an American linguist.*Dowty Group, a British aircraft equipment manufacturing business.**Ultra Electronics was created by the demerger of seven Dowty companies in 1993....
  
   of Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire for the development of The Dowty "Jetflush" filter automatic self cleaning filtration system.
• Eley Ltd of Witton, Birmingham, West Midlands for the development of a safer method of producing percussion type primers for ammunition.
• The Instrument Systems Division of GEC Avionics Ltd of Rochester, Kent for the development of Standard Central Air Data Computers (SCADC) for aircraft.
• GKN Composites Ltd
  GKN
  GKN plc is a multinational automotive and aerospace components company headquartered in Redditch, United Kingdom. The company was formerly known as Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds and can trace its origins back to 1759 and the birth of the Industrial Revolution.GKN is listed on the London Stock...
  
   of Telford, Shropshire for the development of vehicle leaf springs made from glass fibre and epoxy resin (jointly with GKN Technology Ltd)
• GKN Technology Ltd
  GKN
  GKN plc is a multinational automotive and aerospace components company headquartered in Redditch, United Kingdom. The company was formerly known as Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds and can trace its origins back to 1759 and the birth of the Industrial Revolution.GKN is listed on the London Stock...
  
   of Wolverhampton, West Midlands for the development of vehicle leaf springs made from glass fibre and epoxy resin (jointly with GKN Composites Ltd)
• Graseby Ionics Ltd of Watford, Hertfordshire for the development of a hand-held Chemical Agent Monitor.
• Herga Electric Ltd of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk for the development of fibre-optic sensors.
• Hydraroll Ltd of Gaerwen, Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd for the development of the "Hydraroll" shipchain and roller track system for transfer of pallets.
• IBM United Kingdom Laboratories Ltd
  IBM
  International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
  
   of Portsmouth, Hampshire for the development of the IBM 9335 high density magnetic storage sub-system.
• The Systems Engineering and Development Unit of ICL Mainframe Systems of International Computers Ltd
  ICL
  -Companies and organizations:* ICL, the ICAO airline code for CAL Cargo Air Lines* International Computers Limited, a British computer hardware and services company, now known as Fujitsu Services...
  
   of West Gorton, Manchester for the design and application of nodal architecture in the development of the ICL Series 39 "multiprocessor" computer systems.
• IMI Titanium Ltd
  IMI
  IMI is a three letter acronym. It can stand for*Industrial Management Institute* Industrial Vibration Monitoring Instrumentation, division of PCB Piezotronics*Indian Music Industry*Innovative Medicines Initiative of the European Union...
  
   of Witton, Birmingham, West Midlands for the development of high temperature creep resistant titanium alloys for aircraft gas turbines.
• The Automotive Group of ICI Paints Division of Imperial Chemical Industries plc.
  ICI
  ICI or Ici may mean:* ICI programming language, a computer programming language developed in 1992* Ici , an alternative weekly newspaper in Montreal, CanadaICI is also an abbreviation which may mean:...
  
   of Slough, Berkshire for the development of "Aquabase" low emission surface coatings for automotive vehicles.
• Itek Colour Graphics Ltd of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for the development of electronic colour separation scanners for the printing industry.
• Materials Technology Group of The Laboratory of The Government Chemist. of London SE1 for the development of glass-ionomer cements for dentistry.
• Malvern Instruments Ltd of Malvern, Worcestershire for the development of an instrument to determine particle sizes using laser light diffraction.
• K S Paul Products Ltd of London N18 for the development of PolyButylCuprysil (PBC), an advanced lubricant with anti-seize and anti-corrosion properties.
• Quantel Ltd
  Quantel
  Quantel is a company based in the United Kingdom and founded in 1973 that designs and manufactures digital production equipment for the broadcast television, video production and motion picture industries...
  
   of Newbury, Berkshire for the development of "HARRY" a digital video recording, editing, processing and compositing system.
• Queensgate Instruments Ltd of Ascot, Berkshire for the development of servo-stabilised scanning interferometers.
• Racal Marine Systems 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 New Maiden, Surrey for the development of the "MICRO-FIX" microwave electronic positioning system.
• Response Company Ltd of Winchester, Hampshire for the development of solid state electricity meters and energy audit systems.
• Reynolds Medical Ltd of Hertford, Hertfordshire for the development of the PATHFINDER 3 SYSTEM for high speed analysis of long term electrocardiograms.
• The Tay Project of Rolls-Royce plc.
  Rolls-Royce plc
  Rolls-Royce Group plc is a global power systems company headquartered in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s second-largest maker of aircraft engines , and also has major businesses in the marine propulsion and energy sectors. Through its defence-related activities...
  
   of Derby, Derbyshire for the development of the Tay engine.
• Safecom Ltd of Ashbourne, Derbyshire for the development of an electronic communications and safety system for use in mine shaft cages.
• Sigmex Ltd of Horsham, West Sussex for the development of the 6000 series of computer graphic terminals and generators.
• Technophone Ltd of Camberley, Surrey for the development of the PC 105 POCKETPHONE pocket cellular telephone.
• Thurne Engineering Company Ltd of Norwich, Norfolk for the development of the THURNE POLYSLICER versatile high speed industrial food sheer.
• Tunnel Refineries Ltd of London, SE10 for the production of vital gluten and glucose syrups from British Wheat.
• Varian-TEM Ltd of Crawley, West Sussex for the development of the Ximatron C series of radiotherapy simulators.
• Vickers Instruments of York, North Yorkshire for the development of a fully automated optical measuring instrument.