Star performer

This week e2v Technologies confirmed its status as a major player in hi-tech electronic components and sub-systems when it passed £100m in group sales for the first time.

The company, which joined the Stock Exchange exactly a year ago, supplies niche markets within the medical, scientific, aerospace and defence sectors, as well as more general commercial and industrial customers.

According to its maiden annual results statement, one of the strongest areas for e2v was high performance imaging products for medical and science applications, where a sales increase of 23 per cent was recorded. Over the last three years the company has enjoyed a three-fold boost in this sector.

This growth has stemmed predominantly from the dental sector, with customers in the US and Europe requiring increased volumes of e2v’s digital dental X-ray imaging device. This technology offers virtually real-time imaging, as well as lower radiation exposure than traditional filmbased systems.