Paraytec (Parallel Array Technology) is a British

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company that designs and manufactures ultraviolet imaging detectors, (based on

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chips) used mainly in scientific research.

History

Paraytec was founded in 2005 as a spin-out from the

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with chemist David Goodall as Chief Scientific Officer. In July 2011 Paraytec entered into a development and technology licensing agreement with Malvern Instruments.

Recognition

* R&D 100 Award (2007) *

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(UKTI) Export Award (2007) *

Pittcon Editors' Awards Pittcon Editors’ Awards honoured the best new products on show at the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, or Pittcon, for 20 years from 1996 having been established by Dr Gordon Wilkinson, managing editor of ' ...

Silver (2007)

References

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