Pace wins Yorkshire Post Award for Best Exporter
Pace Plc, the leading independent developer of digital TV technologies for the global payTV industry, is delighted to announce that the Yorkshire Post has named the company Best Exporter in 2008. The results were unveiled at the eagerly anticipated and prestigious awards ceremony in Leeds on October 17.
The Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards recognises success stories of businesses across the Yorkshire region. This year there were 210 entries, doubling the number received last year.
CEO of Pace Plc, Neil Gaydon said, "We are delighted and honoured to have received this award. Pace is very proud to be a Yorkshire based business. To be named the Best Exporter this year, is testament to the strength of our business; this year we expect to ship over 12 million set-top boxes with our products and technologies being deployed in over 20 countries. Exporter of the Year is a very strong category and we congratulate our fellow shortlisted companies which were Mamas and Papas, Huddersfield and Naylor Drainage Ltd, Barnsley.”
About Pace plc
Pace plc (LSE:PIC) is a leading technology developer for the global payTV industry, working across satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms.
Pace has one of the world's most experienced specialist engineering teams, developing intelligent and innovative products and services for both payTV operators and retail markets across the world.
Following the acquisition of the set-top box and connectivity solutions business of Royal Philips Electronics in April 2008, Pace employs over 900 people in locations around the world, including France, the USA, India and Hong Kong. Pace's international headquarters are in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK,
For more information on Pace, please visit www.pace.com.