Metals Research

of Royston
of Melbourn
1967 Awarded Queens Award for Industry[1]
1969 Produced Quantimet, image analysing computer, which was used by Vokes for analysing contaminants in lubricating oil to assess filter performance[2]
1971 Queens Award for technology for the crystal-pulling apparatus for gallium phosphide production and for the image analysing computer[3]
1973 Declined an opportunity to acquire Cambridge Instrument Co
1975 Scientific and Medical Instruments was merged with a private company Metals Research and renamed Cambridge Instrument Co[4]