G4Tec Wins Prestigious Business Award
G4Tec Honoured with Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, April 21, 2008 – G4Tec (Group 4 Technology), a world leader within the integrated security sector,
are delighted to announce today that they have been awarded the Queen’s Award for
Enterprise acknowledging their sustained performance in International Trade.
Over the last three years, export sales have increased by 50%, now representing
over 55% of the total company turnover which has resulted in an ongoing expansion
across all areas of the company. This is the second time G4Tec have been rewarded
for their phenomenal export growth, having initially received the Queen’s Award
for International Trade in 2001.
Speaking from the World Headquarters in Tewkesbury, Keith Whitelock, Chairman and
CEO of G4Tec said “We are very proud to win the Queen’s Award again. Despite tough
market conditions, the contribution and commitment by the employees across all the
business areas have ensured we have been able to grow within a highly competitive
global market.”
“Sales growth has been bolstered by the adoption of the Symmetry™ Security Management
System (SMS), supplying the core areas of security – access control, intrusion and
video – across
country borders, providing a fully integrated building security solution”
Whitelock continues.
This is not the first accolade for G4Tec this year as the news quickly follows attaining
the ISO 14001 Standard for Environmental Management Systems (EMS) from the British
Standards Institute (BSI), the first company to attain this award in the security
sector.
About G4Tec
G4Tec Symmetry Security Management Solutions can be found in a wide spectrum of
markets: government, commercial, education, transportation, healthcare, retail and
banking. G4Tec has been at the leading edge of security management technology for
over 30 years, and has recently entered the market with a technologically advanced Symmetry Video software solution with integrated analytics working in conjunction
with our market leading, premium store and forward video server, ENVS®. G4Tec designs,
develops and manufactures both hardware and software in the UK for our innovative
range of synergistic security management systems. G4Tec offers UK customers full
installation and commissioning services together with 24/7 after sales support.
Our security management systems are marketed globally, offering customers with business
operations around the world the benefit of a common platform, high performance access control and video management system for a complete security management solution.