Paraytec
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{{Infobox company
| name = Paraytec
| logo =
| type = Private company
| industry = scientific instruments
| founded = {{Start date and age|2005}}
| founder = University of York
| hq_location_city = York
| hq_location_country = United Kingdom
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = David Goodall (Chief Scientific Officer), Viv Hallam (Executive Director)
| products = Fluid flow and particle detectors, optical particle analysis instruments
| owner = Braveheart Investment Group
| num_employees = 4
| num_employees_year = 2024
| website = {{URL|https://www.paraytec.com/}}
}}
Paraytec (Parallel Array Technology) is a British scientific instrument company that designs and manufactures ultraviolet imaging detectors, (based on CMOS chips) used mainly in scientific research.{{cite web|title=Sandia Labs Uses ActiPix D100 from Paraytec for Monitoring Degradation of Munitions|url=http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=13999|publisher=AZoNano|accessdate=14 April 2015}}
History
Paraytec was founded in 2005 as a spin-out from the University of York with chemist David Goodall as Chief Scientific Officer.{{cite web|title=£150k boost for York instruments company Paraytec Ltd|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/business/news/4756392.__150k_boost_for_York_instruments_company_Paraytec_Ltd/?ref=arc|publisher=York Press|accessdate=14 April 2015}}
In July 2011 Paraytec entered into a development and technology licensing agreement with Malvern Instruments.{{cite web|title=Malvern and Paraytec enter into development and technology licensing agreement|url=http://www.news-medical.net/news/20110720/Malvern-and-Paraytec-enter-into-development-and-technology-licensing-agreement.aspx|publisher=News-Medical.net|accessdate=14 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Malvern Instruments and Paraytec enter into development and technology licensing agreement|url=http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=43007|publisher=Nanotech-now.com|accessdate=14 April 2015}}
Recognition
- R&D 100 Award (2007){{cite web|title=2007 R & D 100 Award Winners|url=http://www.rdmag.com/articles/2007/08/2007-r-d-100-award-winners|publisher=R&D Magazine|accessdate=14 April 2015}}
- UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) Export Award (2007){{cite web|title=Three North Yorkshire companies to compete for top British bio award|url=http://www.gov-news.org/gov/uk/news/three_north_yorkshire_companies_compete_top/48712.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001229/http://www.gov-news.org/gov/uk/news/three_north_yorkshire_companies_compete_top/48712.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 March 2016|publisher=Gov-News.org|accessdate=14 April 2015}}
- Pittcon Editors' Awards Silver (2007){{cite web|title=Product News: Paraytec wins Silver award at Pittcon 2007|url=http://www.selectscience.net/commPRDetails.aspx?artID=11107&u=E55BFDDC-0E02-4185-9D7F-18EC5FB736F7|publisher=SelectScience|accessdate=14 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Pittcon Editors' Award Winners|url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/85/i12/New-Notable-Pittcon.html|publisher=acs.org|accessdate=14 April 2015}}