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mr. robert briggs finance director & co. secretary ; mr. a. e. jones director ; mr. m. reason non executive director products laser wire strippers laser wire markers ink jet wire markers services installation training repair maintenance software development product development number of employees 76 2009 subsidiaries spectrum technologies usa inc. spectrum technologies asia pacific website http www.spectrumtech.com spectrum technologies plc is a british company based in bridgend wales which designs and manufactures specialised industrial laser systems . contents 1 history 2 products 3 ownership 4 awards 5 overseas markets 6 new marketing 7 references 8 external links history edit the company was established in 1989 as a wholly owned subsidiary of british aerospace now bae systems as a spin off from bae s corporate research and development centre in bristol to undertake the commercialisation of laser technology derived from bae s r & d programmes which did not fit with the business of its main operating divisions . products edit the company s first product introduction was the capris line of laser wire marking and processing systems clarification needed based on the ultraviolet laser wire marking process originally developed at bae s laboratories in 1987 which was extended into a family of products developed principally for the international aerospace market for use in the manufacture and maintenance of complex aircraft electrical wiring systems . the company is the primary supplier of this technology on a global basis citation needed and has almost every major international aerospace manufacturer on its customer list . citation needed in the early 1990s the company developed several other products including a system used to manufacture the aluminium microwave grid array for the communications antennae for the orion communications satellite and r & d systems for medical applications . ownership edit in march 1994 spectrum technologies was the subject of a management buy out which placed 80 % of the company s equity with the management while bae retained a 20 % stake ; bae also took a royalty on spectrum sales for a period of 10 years ending december 2004 . in 1998 the company converted to public limited company status and in august 1998 its shares were introduced to the plus markets in london . awards edit in 1995 the company was a recipient of the queen s award for export and in 2000 won three export awards including the company s second queen s award for enterprise for international trade 1 and in 2006 won a third queen s award for enterprise for international trade . 2 overseas markets edit in 1998 the company established spectrum interconnect inc in the usa as a wholly owned subsidiary to provide sales and service of its capris laser wire marking products in the north american market . in 2001 the company acquired rtmc inc of phoenix arizona a manufacturer of a range of complementary infrared laser wire stripping products and vektronics inc of vista california a competitor in the aerospace market . in 2003 these were merged into a single new operating company spectrum technologies usa inc. with offices in phoenix and dallas fort worth texas . in 2007 spectrum opened its hong kong based sales and service office to support the asia pacific market . new marketing edit republic of south africa egypt nigeria eacu . references edit queens award winners 2000 . queens award winners 2006 . external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spectrum technologies & oldid 641431665 categories companies established in 1989bridgendengineering companies of the united kingdomhidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2009all articles needing additional referencesorphaned articles from march 2010all orphaned articleswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from february 2009wikipedia articles needing clarification from february 2009all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2009 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 january 2015 at 15 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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