Glory all the way as winners unveiled in The King’s Awards for Enterprise
And in a neat piece of timing, Intralink - a business development consultancy that has joined Business Weekly for seminars involving our Killer50 Life Science and Technology stars - has also won an award from its Oxfordshire base.
The Cambridgeshire-based winners are Global Graphics Software and Data Conversion Systems for Innovation, Costello Medical Consultants and Wonde Limited for International Trade, and Netmatters Ltd (Promoting Opportunity).
Other King’s Awards for Enterprise winners in the East of England region were:
- Capture Green Limited (Innovation)
- Chorus Intelligence Ltd (Innovation)
- Delta Fire Ltd (Innovation and Sustainable Development)
- FB Chain LTD (International Trade)
- Green Doors and Window Ltd (Sustainable Development)
- GT Engine Services (International Trade)
- Navsa International Limited (International Trade)
- Sole Bliss Ltd (International Trade)
- Specialist Aviation Ltd (International Trade)
- Sudbury Silk Mills (Sustainable Development)
- Tracked Carriers Limited (Innovation)
- UTM Ltd (International Trade)
- Vertas Group (Sustainable Development)
- We Get Any Stock Ltd (International Trade)
Global Graphics Software is a leading developer of core technologies for digital printing and the OEM business unit of Hybrid Software; it is honoured for SmartDFE™ —intelligent software that drives high-speed label & packaging and industrial inkjet presses. It is one of 197 organisations nationally to be recognised.
The company developed SmartDFE in response to growing demands of their customers, who increasingly needed to build inkjet presses that could handle extremely large files while printing at high speed.
Global Graphics leveraged artificial intelligence to develop software that analyses the files and then optimises the system configuration to process them in real time as the press operates, enabling faster, more flexible production, reducing delays and enabling immediate adjustments.
It ensures that press operators can confidently submit a job to the printer and maintain continuous, efficient production and minimise waste.
Much of the drive for innovation has also been fuelled by a global shortage of skilled operators in the markets served by digital inkjet printer manufacturers. As a result, the ‘Smarts’ — the print domain expertise once held by operators — needed to be embedded directly into SmartDFE.
Justin Bailey, Managing Director of Global Graphics Software, explained: “Developing SmartDFE has been a journey that has seen our company transition from supplying software development kits to a complete platform that our customers can develop into their own customised software to be sold with their digital inkjet printers. Developing SmartDFE has brought a fresh and innovative culture to what was a mature business. It has helped us attract new talent and enabled us to create new patented technology.”
SmartDFE has the potential to transform digital printing: it enables traditional printer manufacturers to more easily diversify into the digital press market by offering their own fully integrated products built on the SmartDFE platform.
With its built-in intelligence, SmartDFE empowers press manufacturers to consistently deliver first-class products without the need for specialised knowledge, and to do so quickly in a constantly evolving market.
This is the second time Global Graphics Software has been honoured with this award, having received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation in 2020 for its ScreenPro™ screening software.
Applications for The King’s Awards for Enterprise 2026 open today. For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/kings-awards-for-enterprise.
Eligible businesses are free to apply for one or more categories. Awards are valid for five years.
