 The joint winners of the prestigious Merseyside 2004 Innovation Award
are Neat3D, a world specialist in image based 3d modelling technology
and Lateral Visions, a leading developer of interactive 3d engine
technology. They received a cash prize £10,000 and £4000 worth of consultancy
services. The awards ceremony, hosted by BBC Radio Merseyside's Linda
McDermott was attended by 150 leading figures from Merseyside's
business community and was held at Liverpool's Crowne Plaza Hotel . The judges for the final were, Dr Sarah Tasker, Chief Executive of
Liverpool Science Park, Dave Wood of Parity Computers Limited and
Professor Peter Fowler, Chairman of Digital Industries North West who
were all unanimous in their decision. Dr Tasker said that the winning
team was "outstanding and far ahead of the other finalists*quite
amazing".
The Merseyside Innovation awards are designed to recognise the
achievements of Merseyside entrepreneurs whose inventions, designs or
projects show cutting edge innovation. The judging panel comprises BBC
Radio Merseyside, DWF, Merseyside Special Investment Fund, Liverpool
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Business Link for Greater Merseyside,
Amatica, Radio Merseyside, the University of Liverpool, Natwest, Hurst
and Co, ICDC, Jab Design, and the City of Liverpool.
Mark Wynne, Neat3D said: "We are absolutely thrilled to have won this
prestigious award, we have worked really hard and put our collective
years of experience into shaping this cutting edge solution for the
market and have commitment from a number of large blue chip companies to
developing these solutions further."
Neat 3D and Lateral Visions were competing against two other finalists.
Spread Tech and Spiral Scratch. Spread Tech 's innovation was a machine
designed for use in the agricultural industry and involves a unique way
of spreading hay and straw from bales which minimizes dust and reduces
risk of infections or damage to lifestock. Spiral Scratch are
developers of a revolutionary three-dimensional scanner.
Liverpool based company Aerogistics were winners of a special £1500 IT
award sponsored by the City of Liverpool. The company has developed a
supply chain management portal that facilitates the clustering of
engineering SMEs up form virtual organisations. The portal provides
online cluster work package management, aggregated procurement, online
quotations, catalogues and document management.
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