Just Trays, the UK’s largest manufacurer of shower trays, has signed a deal with the leading supplier of quality bathrooms, tiles and plumbing materials across the Middle East and Central Asia.

The Leeds company will work with Sanipex Group to distribute its products in the United Arab Emirates and Indian markets.

The agreement, reported in the Yorkshire Evening Post, follows soon after JT’s link-up with Konig to supply…

Good to see a well-earned and extended piece on a regional television news programme for fast-moving Leeds healthcare star Surgical Innovations (BBC Look North Leeds Sunday February 14). Having invested a further £1m in new product development, the company’s unique instruments for non-invasive surgery continue to lead the market at home and abroad and even had a Government Minister trialling them on camera.

Congratulations to innovative Leeds-based Surgical Innovations in opening the door to over 2,000 US hospitals in a three-year deal to supply one of America’s largest group purchasing organisations.

The group purchasing organisation (GPO) helps member hospitals reduce costs by buying in bulk and it is hoped the deal will substantially grow the market for SI’s Resposable and LogiRange devices. Combining reusable handles with disposable…

A well-earned early Christmas present for Leeds-based Brandon Medical with a £50,000 prize for its surgical lighting and interactive technology.

Brandon’s Symposia technology helps surgeons globally to share endoscopic footage and audio visual information via the web and Brandon was named Winner of Winners by the British Chambers of Commerce.

It also scooped the Chambers’ Award for Innovation Through Technology.

The healthcare sector has long been a vital and successful cluster in the Leeds Manufacturing portfolio. It was good to see some of its star performers receiving well-deserved recognition as they collected accolades at the recent Yorkshire Post 2009 Excellence in Business Awards.

Paul Birtles, manufacturing director of Surgical Innovations, went far beyond the call of duty prior to collecting the award for SME Manufacturer of the Year.…