Plenty of Cause for Optimism As Exports and Niche Markets Are Targeted ; Manufacturing and Technology

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1 COOPER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY Profits were up a couple of per cent at the Ripley firm that designs and builds equipment to test road materials. A Pounds 500,000 order from Algeria was a highlight, the firm bought a Chesterfield engineering company and set up a business to market ancillary products alongside its machinery. Managing director Peter Grafton said: "We did good business in India, Russia and Japan and continue to target Africa and the Middle East.

"There are new machines and we will have a go at the US market too."

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Plenty of Cause for Optimism As Exports and Niche Markets Are Targeted ; Manufacturing and Technology

2 QUADRALENE The business in Bateman Street, Derby, experienced double-digit growth in 2011. It produces cleaning, disinfection and infection-control products for the healthcare and industrial sectors. Managing director Andy Corley said: "Traditional markets have declined while the growth has come in export markets as we're now selling to 21 countries."

3 RILEY PRODUCT HANDLING Constant demand for biscuits, chocolate and crisps means that the market for the Derby engineering company's conveying equipment remains healthy.

Finance director Kevin Troop said: "Fortunately, there is nearly always a demand for these par...

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