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SME CASE STUDY: PAXMAN Paxman is a well-established business based in Yorkshire since 1997 and has seen significant growth since 2009. Prior to 2009 the business exported to a small number of markets, with the Netherlands and Scandinavia being the main focus. The support of major UK charity Walk the Walk enabled the business to fully develop in the UK market but it became obvious there could not be a sole reliance on the NHS for sustainable business growth By 2009 Paxman had strong supporting clinical data, and excellent support from a scalp cooling research group in the Netherlands. There were also a number of established reference centres using the Paxman scalp cooling equipment. This set a good foundation for the company to launch its product on an international level. A change in direction and a continued passion for helping cancer patients gave the business a new focus, building on its existing export markets and with the help of Medilink and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) exhibited at international medical trade shows such as Medica, Arab Health and Hospitalar which built a number of global networks. Paxman’s current major focus areas for growth are in the USA and Japan and the company has had much interest from world-leading oncology centres, key opinion leaders and institutes around the world. Since 2009 the business has seen a 20% year on year growth and has doubled its workforce. The launch of the third generation of Paxman scalp coolers was launched in 2010 and the company is currently in the midst of a £600,000 R&D project for the improvement of the current device to ensure the launch of further ground-breaking scalp cooling technology which is made in Britain. Paxman is currently undergoing clinical trials in the US with researchers from the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine. Find out more about Paxman and their ongoing work at: www.paxman-coolers.com SME CASE STUDY: GRANTON MEDICAL LTD largest volume manufacturer of Self Seal Sterilisation Pouches, producing around 100 million pouches per year, and also offers a medical device packing service to the medical industry. Under the Cleanline® banner, Granton presents a whole range of service options, including washing and thermal disinfection, sterilisation management and packing in an ISO Class 7 Cleanroom facility, and allows customers to pick and choose the service options they need, tailored to their requirements including; batch size, timescale, sterilisation method and overall budget. Sheffield-based Granton Medical Ltd can trace its roots back more than 400 years, when knife maker, Richard Ragg, launched the company in 1601. Since this time, Granton has made table cutlery, blades, scissors, swords and surgical instruments – from scalpels to tuning forks. The family owned firm puts its success down to its ability to move with the times, having carved out a niche in the medical packaging sector. Granton has grown to become the country’s Recent investment in a Form-Fill-Seal packing line further enhanced Granton’s operations by providing a flexible, cost-effective machine packing solution suitable for low-medium, as well as high volume packing requirements. Fo r more information visit: www.grantoncleanline.co.uk 05