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 06/05/2008 Eclipse Translations scoops prestigious business award 04/03/2008 Award success for Eclipse Translations 30/09/2007 Eurojust contract renewal 07/11/2007 Contract extension 01/09/2007 Supporting the Chemical Industry 12/06/2007 Japanese Language Solutions 01/06/2007 Eclipse secures contract with RWE npower 01/07/2007 RWS Group opens office in Beijing 01/08/2007 Our people are our strength... our systems our support 01/06/2006 Consumer Authority contract award 01/05/2006 MOD contract award 30/03/2006 Eclipse holds translation workshop 23/03/2006 Re-award of Contract for Eclipse Translations Ltd 15/07/2005 New Contract for Eclipse Translations Ltd 09/05/2005 Eclipse Translations Ltd becomes a member of the RWS Group 13/12/2004 Marlow Foods finds tasty deal at Eclipse! 27/09/2004 Eclipse to attend the Risk Conference 2004, London, 3-4 November 25/08/2004 Global Language Solutions 20/08/2004 Eclipse does it again! 06/04/2004 Further MoD Recognition for Eclipse 21/11/2003 Well done all at TLS! 17/02/2003 New Contract for Eclipse Translations Ltd 06/05/2008 Eclipse Translations scoops prestigious business award Alnwick Northumberland, 2 May 2008 – Alnwick-based Eclipse Translations Limited was announced as the winner of the Services category at the regional final of the North East Business Awards held last night at Sedgefield’s Hardwick Hall Hotel. The Services category recognises and awards professional service organisations that have demonstrated strength in service excellence, service differentiation, business growth and innovation. Eclipse, which specialises in legal, financial, scientific and technical translation services, is one of the largest employers of language graduates in the North East and provides translations for clients across the UK and internationally. “We are delighted to win another award for service. Excellent service is key to our company’s success and this award demonstrates and recognises the hard work, dedication and professionalism of our talented staff here in Alnwick”. Eclipse Translations Limited is a member of the RWS Group – a Global top ten translation company employing over 400 staff worldwide, operating from offices in the UK, France, Germany, USA, China and Japan. For further information contact: Stuart Carter, Eclipse Translations Limited, Birch Close, Lionheart Enterprise Park, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2EP. Tel: 01665 511000; fax: 01665 511058. www.eclipse-translation.co.uk 
04/03/2008 Award success for Eclipse Translations 
Alnwick Northumberland, 4 March 2008 - Eclipse Translations Limited, part of the RWS Group, was unveiled as a category winner at the recent North East Business Awards held at the Newcastle Marriott Hotel, Gosforth Park . The Alnwick-based company won in the Service Excellence category which recognises and awards professional service organisations that have demonstrated strength in service excellence, service differentiation, business growth and innovation. Eclipse, which specialises in legal, financial, medical, scientific and technical translation services, has developed a solid reputation based on excellent service, quality and reliability and is one of the largest employers of language graduates in the North East. “We are all delighted to win this award. Our business continues to go from strength to strength and this award demonstrates and recognises the hard work, dedication and professionalism of our talented staff here in Alnwick” commented Stuart Carter, General Manager. Eclipse Translations Limited is a member of the RWS Group – a Global top ten translation company employing over 400 staff worldwide, operating from offices in the UK, France, Germany, USA, China and Japan. For further information contact: Stuart Carter, Eclipse Translations Limited, Birch Close, Lionheart Enterprise Park, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2EP. Tel: 01665 511000; fax: 01665 511058. www.eclipse-translation.co.uk
30/09/2007 Eurojust contract renewal Eclipse has been awarded an extension to its contract with Eurojust – the European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit. This contract covers the translation of a wide range of legal and administrative documents into and from all official EU languages. Eclipse offers a fast, reliable, accurate and secure translation service and has demonstrated an ability to deliver time and time again. Commenting on the extension Stuart Carter, General Manager at Eclipse Translations said “We are delighted that Eclipse Translations is able to help Eurojust with its important work”. About Eurojust Eurojust is a new European Union body established in 2002 to enhance the effectiveness of the competent authorities within Member States when they are dealing with the investigation and prosecution of serious cross-border and organised crime. Eurojust stimulates and improves the co-ordination of investigations and prosecutions between competent authorities in the Member States. Eurojust improves co-operation between the competent authorities of the Member States, in particular by facilitating the execution of international mutual legal assistance and the implementation of extradition requests. Eurojust supports the competent authorities of the Member States in order to render their investigations and prosecutions more effective when dealing with cross border crime. For more information about Eurojust please visit www.eurojust.europa.eu
07/11/2007 Contract extension Eclipse is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a two-year extension to its contract with State Supervision of Mines in the Netherlands, once again demonstrating its consistent ability to meet strict government selection criteria. State Supervision of Mines is the Dutch government agency responsible for ensuring that the production of minerals in the Netherlands and the Netherlands part of the continental shelf is carried out in a responsible and socially acceptable manner. Eclipse is delighted to be able to provide support to State Supervision of Mines and is looking forward to continuing its close collaboration over the next two years. For more information on State Supervision of Mines please visit www.sodm.nl
01/09/2007 Supporting the Chemical Industry  Eclipse provides language services to a number of different sectors. Our specialists – translators, proofreaders, technical advisors and project managers – provide the mix of language skills, technical knowledge, experience and commitment on which we have built our reputation. Over the next few editions we will take a closer look at some of the sectors in which we are active. Here we focus on the chemical industry. Eclipse has been supporting the chemical and pharmaceutical sector for more than 10 years. Our customers range from major multinational chemical and pharmaceutical producers and large utilities companies through to specialist R&D firms and smaller niche-market companies. Our expertise covers a wide range of specialist areas including catalysts, petrochemicals, specialties, plastics, polyurethanes, personal care, health care, pharmaceuticals, legal, R&D and HR. Examples of the documents that we regularly translate include Material Safety Data Sheets, EHS information, materials handling documentation, process reports, packaging information, product brochures, websites, press releases, contracts, financial reports and personnel documentation. Our technical know-how and understanding of customers' requirements have resulted in a number of preferred supplier arrangements and Service Level Agreements. To help everything run smoothly, each customer is assigned a dedicated Project Manager who looks after each translation from receipt to delivery. Our team includes qualified chemists and chemical engineers, all experienced subject specialist linguists, translating into their native language. If you would like to know more about our services to the chemical industry please e-mail your enquiry to translation@eclipse-translation.co.uk
12/06/2007 Japanese Language Solutions Our Japanese language services have been strengthened further with the addition of Japanese Language Solutions (JLS) to the RWS Group. JLS is a long established provider of high level technical translations from Japanese to English. It specialises in biochemical, chemical, medical and pharmaceutical documents. Its clients comprise European and Japanese multinationals and European governmental organisations. The additional resources and knowledge provided by this acquisition will be a real benefit to existing customers who have Japanese requirements and it certainly strengthens our experience and offering in Japanese. Doing business with Japan? Then talk to us!
01/06/2007 Eclipse secures contract with RWE npower  Eclipse is pleased to announce that following a tendering exercise it has successfully secured a contract with leading integrated UK energy company RWE npower plc. RWE npower supplies gas and electricity through its retail business npower, operates and manages a portfolio of flexible, low-cost coal, oil and gas-fired power stations and develops innovative energy-related technologies. It shares its unique power generation expertise with operators around the world, and is a market leader in renewable energy production with npower renewables, one of the UK's leading renewable energy companies, dedicated to generating electricity using sustainable, environmentally-friendly resources. npower's well known retail business serves residential, small to medium enterprises and industrial and commercial sectors. Eclipse has been supporting the utilities sector for over 10 years and the strength of our staff, our experience and our track record on contracts of this type were vital factors for RWE npower. Eclipse will provide technical translation and interpreting services to support RWE npower in its activities. “We are delighted to be working with a leading player in the UK energy market” commented Stuart Carter, General Manager, “Our people are our strength and it is testament to our translators and project managers that we are able to meet some very challenging technical requirements”.
01/07/2007 RWS Group opens office in Beijing Due to the increasing demand for into Chinese translations for our European customers, the RWS Group has opened an office in Beijing and established a wholly-owned Chinese subsidiary company. Headed by former UK and Chinese patent attorney Weimin Zhang, this new facility enables the RWS Group to offer companies a cost-effective, translation resource for all their Chinese requirements. “It's a real plus to have a local office in Beijing” commented Stuart Carter, General Manager at Eclipse. “Our translations are prepared by qualified, subject-specialists in China and we now have greater access to Chinese resources as a result. Eclipse customers doing business with China will undoubtedly benefit from the competitive pricing for Chinese that we are now able to offer". Doing business with China? - Then talk to us.
01/08/2007 Our people are our strength... our systems our support Investors in People  Eclipse is a people-based business. It is in large part down to the talent, experience, dedication and loyalty that our staff bring with them and our commitment to investing in their ongoing learning and development that we continue to thrive and demonstrate an ability to deliver a reliable and high-quality service. It was reassuring then to receive confirmation last month that we continue to meet the standard for effective Investors in People following a full audit. ISO 9001:2000  We also need the right systems and processes in place to deliver a high-quality and reliable service. This is an area that we review regularly with our teams to ensure that these systems and processes provide the best fit with your requirements. Our systems and processes are inspected annually by independent auditors and our last external audit concluded that we continue to satisfy the requirements of ISO 9001:2000.
01/06/2006 Consumer Authority contract award  The Consumer Authority in the Netherlands has awarded a 1-year contract to Eclipse Translations Limited for the provision of translation services into English, French and German. The Consumer Authority in the Netherlands is a newlyconstituted body that is responsible for the supervision of consumer law and fair trade. On 29 December 2006, the Authority was given the power to take action in response to collective infringements of consumer law and from 4 October 2006 onwards, ConsuWijzer has been raising awareness amongst consumers of their rights and obligations under the law. The Consumer Authority is a department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The mission of the Consumer Authority in the Netherlands is 'to promote fair trade between businesses and consumers, based on the economic interests of consumers.' On a practical level, this mission statement can be translated into two objectives: to reduce the number of infringements of consumer law that take place and to improve suppliers' and consumers' awareness of consumer laws and obligations and of the options for achieving legal redress. Speaking about the contract award, Mr Stuart Carter, General Manager at Eclipse, said “We are delighted to win this contract and to be working with the Consumer Authority. Once again, this demonstrates our ability to meet the very demanding selection criteria of a key government agency”.
01/05/2006 MOD contract award Eclipse is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a 1-year contract to provide translation services to the Directorate General of Development and Doctrine (DGD&D). The contract will involve translation services into and from English to support the activities of the Army Training and Recruitment Agency. The DGD’s mission is to provide the Army authority for force development, concepts and doctrine within the Defence Context, acting as a driver for change, in order to sustain the delivery of military capability from the Army both now and in the future. In meeting this mission, the Directorate's main focus is to develop the 'Army of tomorrow' - looking ahead to identify trends and requirements across the lines of development that may affect the design of the Future Army. We are extremely pleased to have been awarded this contract and we look forward to a successful partnership with the DGD&D.
30/03/2006 Eclipse holds translation workshop  In March, Eclipse visited the University of Sheffield to deliver a programme that included a general presentation about translation as a career and working at Eclipse, a Dutch to English translation workshop for 4th year students of Dutch and a presentation to M.A. students on Trados translation memory software and translation project management. Lecturers and students alike found the sessions extremely informative. “The highlight of the day for me was the interest shown by the students and the fact that all of the sessions spontaneously generated such brilliant discussions on the subject of translation,” said Andrew Maycroft. On the Germanic Studies part of the visit, he also remarked that “as a graduate in Dutch myself, it was a great feeling to visit a department where Dutch forms such a tangible presence.” As Andrew Maycroft, ITS Manager at Eclipse, explains: “Dutch is not widely taught at university level here in the UK even though it is the native language of 21 million people in the Netherlands and Belgium. The workshops are intended to raise the awareness of translation as a career path for graduates of Dutch and are aimed at introducing an ‘industry perspective’ to their studies. Eclipse translates approximately 5 million words of Dutch text into English each year and boasts a large and expanding number of clients in the Netherlands. Our added value lies in the fact that we provide Dutch to English translations that are produced and proofread in England by native speakers of English who have an expert knowledge of Dutch. These translators also have the added benefit of being able to consult native Dutch speaking colleagues in the project management department. We are one of only a handful of companies to have a dedicated in-house Dutch team staffed by native English speakers and place a great deal of importance on developing partnerships with universities that offer Dutch.
23/03/2006 Re-award of Contract for Eclipse Translations Ltd Eclipse Translations Ltd is pleased to announce that, following an open European tender competition, it has been re-awarded a 3-year contract with the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) for the provision of technical translation services. The value of this contract is estimated to be in the order of up to £750,000 dependent upon orders placed and will run until 2009 with an option to extend until 2011. The contract involves the translation into and from English of thousands of Notices to Mariners and Sailing Directions that are issued by governments across the world. The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, based in Taunton, Somerset, is part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) and is responsible, amongst other things, for the provision of navigational information to merchant shipping and other seafarers in order to promote safety at sea. Speaking of the contract award, General Manager of Eclipse, Mr Stuart Carter, said: “We are delighted to have secured re-award of this prestigious contract. It demonstrates our ability to meet the best value for money requirements and high quality standards of a key government organisation. Everyone at Eclipse is extremely proud to have secured this contract with the UKHO.”
15/07/2005 New Contract for Eclipse Translations Ltd Eclipse Translations Ltd is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a 3-year contract with the Met Office for the provision of technical translation services. The contract involves translation into and from English to support the Met Office’s wide-ranging services. The Met Office is one of the world's leading providers of environmental and weather-related services. Its solutions and services meet the needs of many communities of interest... from the general public, government and schools, through broadcasters and online media, to civil aviation and almost every other industry sector - in the UK and around the world. Speaking about the contract award, Mr Stuart Carter, General Manager at Eclipse, said “Once again we have demonstrated in open competition, the ability of Eclipse Translations Ltd to meet the best value for money requirements and very high quality standards of a key government organisation. We are extremely proud to have secured this contract and we look forward to a fruitful partnership with the Met Office.”
09/05/2005 Eclipse Translations Ltd becomes a member of the RWS Group 15 years and still going strong Eclipse Translations Ltd, which incorporates The Language Service and Marilyn Potts International Language Consultants is pleased to announce that it became a member of the RWS Group in February 2005. This positive development sees Eclipse, which has been trading for 15 years, become part of a Group with over 350 employees in seven countries. Established more than forty years ago, the RWS Group is recognized as one of the world's leading patent translation and search companies. It also has a dedicated division providing translation, documentation and localisation services. “Being part of a larger Group offers greater potential in terms of service delivery and means that we can draw on the strength of increased in-house resources” commented Stuart Carter, Eclipse General Manager. “It is very much business as usual and we will remain at our purpose-built European Translation Centre in Alnwick, Northumberland as Eclipse Translations Limited”. The Language Service and Marilyn Potts brands will now be incorporated into one brand which will continue to trade as Eclipse Translations Ltd. For more information on RWS, please visit, www.rws.com
13/12/2004 Marlow Foods finds tasty deal at Eclipse! Quorn - it might just surprise you… Eclipse Translations Ltd to provide bespoke customer support service. Marlow Foods Ltd has put time and effort into coming up with a perfect solution for a healthier diet and lifestyle. The Quorn™ range consists of a selection of versatile products which fit easily into meal times, making healthy eating the easy option. Quorn™ products offer some excellent nutrition and related health benefits and are already widely used by millions of satisfied consumers across Europe as part of their healthier lifestyle. As a result of this European success, Marlow Foods needed reliable language support services to meet their specific customer service requirements and to ensure effective communication with their customers throughout Europe. Eclipse was only too happy to help. Eclipse has been working closely with Marlow Foods for several months to develop a tailor-made package ensuring effective, fast communications with all its customers whatever the language. “The package developed to support the Quorn™ range combines a dedicated multilingual telephone support desk with a rapid translation service backed up by specialist training to ensure that we are fully integrated into Marlow Foods’ value chain” explains Stuart Carter, General Manager. This year Quorn™ won the Vegetarian Society Awards Category for Best Meat or Fish Substitute. For more information on how Eclipse can help you support your global activities contact Stuart Carter on 01665 606111. To find out more about Quorn visit www.quorn.com
27/09/2004 Eclipse to attend the Risk Conference 2004, London, 3-4 November The Risk Conference 2004 is a conference and exhibition being held at Church House, Westminster in London, which focuses on the effective management of clinical risk in healthcare organisations throughout the UK. Eclipse Translations Ltd is the leading firm of translation professionals in the medical field based in the United Kingdom and is renowned for the quality and accuracy of its translations. With a dedicated translation team of medical professionals, (translators, proofreaders and doctors) Eclipse translates more than 10,000 patient records as well as medical information for public consumption and publication every year. The medical translation team provides translations and typesetting into and from all official languages of the EU and all United Kingdom ethnic minority languages. The medical translation service of Eclipse accepts 100% of the risk associated with clinical accuracy and cultural content of the translations. This is only possible due to the quality and linguistic excellence of our personnel and the strict procedures and innovative solutions that Eclipse has developed in the production of its medical translations.
25/08/2004 Global Language Solutions Eclipse Translations Ltd today announced the launch of two new web-enabled services as part of its suite of Global Language Solutions. Following months of development and testing, Eclipse Translations Ltd, one of the leading European-based translation companies, today launched e-clipseTM and e-archiveTM to streamline its global operations and provide added value for its clients. With clients and translators in almost every country throughout the world the company has responded to the demand for seamless worldwide web-enabled access to its workflow management tools and archive of translated materials. Projects, most of which require coordination of several tasks undertaken in several different countries simultaneously can now be managed with ease from the Eclipse European Translations Centre on the outskirts of Alnwick, Northumberland, UK. e-clipseTM, based on an LTC platform, provides a secure environment for clients to access the Eclipse Workflow Management System and upload documents for translation, monitor progress of all aspects of the order (for example translation, proof-reading and typesetting) and download the translated files. Translators, proof-readers and typesetters working on the project can also download files, log progress and upload completed files. The entire process is transparent for everyone in the production chain, including the client – 24 hours per day, 365 days per week, irrespective of geographic location. Also, with more than 1000 freelance translators around the world the company has always been faced with a major logistical workload in coordinating all of these resources and ensuring that personal details and availability are up-to-date. e-clipseTM empowers these freelance translators to manage their own personal data, irrespective of their location and time zone. The e-archiveTM system provides clients with the ability to access all of the documents that Eclipse has translated for them, to perform free text searches on those documents and view or download them. This system has been developed to meet the increasing demand of multi-site and multi-national clients to ensure that staff, irrespective of location or time zone, are able to access translations, retrieve these and distribute them within their respective organisations in a rapid and secure manner. There is also a financial benefit for clients in that duplicated effort and cost is avoided. For example, a DIN (German) standard translated into English by a London office is also available to the Singapore office. Previously, both offices would have arranged for a translation using their local suppliers when in fact this was not necessary. Unfortunately, there was no solution to this problem until the development of e-archiveTM. Speaking at the launch, Managing Director, Trevor Crowe said: “Eclipse has an outstanding track record of developing innovative solutions to service language-related requirements. This innovative approach, combined with an outstanding and award-winning level of professional linguistic services has helped Eclipse become No. 1 in the medical, defence and technical fields in the UK. This is reflected in the many prestigious contracts that we win and are subsequently re-awarded with government organisations and blue-chip companies throughout Europe and beyond. The combination of these two web-enabled services is unique in our sector and shall further strengthen our leading position as the provider of professional language services to organisations that demand translations, delivered on time by the best linguists in the business, that are both technically and culturally perfect. The pace of global change that our clients are faced with means that they need to communicate effectively and rapidly 24 hours per day in language combinations that can literally change from hour to hour. It is our task to facilitate that communication and to guarantee it both now and in the future. When you have to translate more than 12,500 words every hour of every working day, 52 weeks per year, as we do, then you can be sure that when we develop solutions such as e-clipse and e-archive we are setting the standards that others will struggle to follow.”
20/08/2004 Eclipse does it again! Eclipse Translations Ltd today announced that on 11 August 2004 it signed a major contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the provision of secure translation services in support of British Forces Germany. The contract will commence in April 2005 and will run until 2009. It consists of the translation of an estimated 40,000 highly technical and medical documents into and from all official languages of the EU. The award of contract is a clear indication of the MoD’s continuing confidence in the quality, accuracy and reliability of the services provided by Eclipse. These services have been provided without interruption since early 1998 during which more than 60,000 documents and 20 million words have been translated. Eclipse employs specialist teams of linguists, doctors and engineers at its purpose-built European Translation Centre in Alnwick, Northumberland, to service medical, government and defence-related contracts. Speaking of the contract award, Managing Director, Trevor Crowe said: “Over the years we have continued to invest in top quality infrastructure, innovation and people. That is why we have the best, most professional team of project managers, linguists and support staff in the UK translation industry today. The quality of our service provision and the innovative global language solutions we offer have placed us at the forefront of language providers in Europe. This contract award demonstrates recognition of our track record, confidence in our current service provision and confidence in our ability to continue to deliver mission critical services under the challenging and changing conditions that British Forces are constantly being faced with.”
06/04/2004 Further MoD Recognition for Eclipse  Dr. Diane Milburn, Project Manager, Eclipse Translations with Mr. Michael Quarrell, Deputy Director Secondary Healthcare British Forces Germany, at a recent meeting in Germany when the invitation was announced. With a track record of providing secure translation services to the Ministry of Defence for several years, Eclipse Translations Ltd is pleased to announce that it has been invited to tender as the sole supplier for a single-source translation contract for the British Forces Germany Secondary Healthcare Service (BFG SHC). Contract award is expected in mid-2004 and the service will commence in April 2005. The duration of the contract will be 4 years. The contract involves the translation into and from all EU languages of more than 40,000 medical documents relating to British Forces Germany patients, thus enabling the seamless transfer of medical and other patient information back into the Primary Healthcare System. Trevor Crowe, Managing Director of Eclipse: “This tendering opportunity is without doubt a major recognition by MoD of the quality, accuracy and reliability of our services. We have been working closely with various agencies of the MoD for several years on a wide variety of projects and have built up an outstanding track record. For example, in the last three years alone we have translated in excess of 5 million words for the MoD. This invitation also reaffirms our position as the UK’s leading provider of medical translation services; services that are provided to the MoD, the NHS and numerous pharmaceutical companies.” Eclipse employs a specialist in-house team of medical translators and doctors in addition to its technical, legal and financial translators. It has a staff of 30 and has more than 1000 freelance translators, spread around the world, that work for the company. In 2001 the company built its own secure, purpose-built European Translation Centre on the outskirts of Alnwick, Northumberland, and recently acquired two of its major competitors.
21/11/2003 Well done all at TLS! The Language Service Ltd (TLS) that was recently acquired by Eclipse continues to live up to expectations. In the course of the last week TLS won 2 awards in the regional finals of the ‘Export For Languages’ awards; one for customer service and one for language training standards. The company now goes forward to the national award finals which will be held in early December in London. On top of this the company also announced that it has won a translation contract from the Translation Directorate of the European Union in Brussels. The contract is for the provision of technical translation services into English from German, Dutch, French and Spanish and will run for a period of up to four years. Well done all at TLS!
04/11/2003 Eclipse approaching the European Summit ........ Eclipse Translations Ltd, based in Alnwick, Northumberland, is getting closer to its goal of becoming the No. 1 translation company in Europe. Eclipse has seen growth of 20% for each of the last five years and with yet another outstanding year behind it, Eclipse closed its books this year with 25% growth, mainly coming from its European operations. Exported services represented 77% of turnover. During the last year Eclipse has gained further successes in its key medical, technical, legal and defence-related translation sectors and has secured additional long-term contracts from both British and foreign governments. Just two years after moving into its purpose-built European Translation Centre in Alnwick, Eclipse has successfully completed its initial £1m expansion plan. And in a further strategic move Eclipse has today announced that it has acquired all of the share capital of The Language Service Ltd (TLS), an award winning translation company based on Teesside which specialises in servicing the translation and language training needs of the leading petrochemical and pharmaceutical companies in the UK and mainland Europe. Created from the former in-house ICI Translation Department, The Language Service has developed over the last 14 years to become a key player in Europe in these specialist fields. The acquisition was made with the support of the Business Investors Group (BiG) based in Chester-le-Street and the Corporate Team at the law firm Ward Hadaway, based on the Quayside in Newcastle upon Tyne. Commenting on the acquisition, Sunderland born Managing Director, Trevor Crowe, said: “TLS is a very professional and well run company that has developed its niche markets very effectively and profitably. Its fit with Eclipse is perfect. It has a strong and experienced management team and its ability to develop at the same pace as Eclipse is proven. The prospects for both companies are outstanding. The relentless globalisation of many of our blue-chip clients, the enlargement of the European Union and the spectacular demand for multi-lingual web-based solutions mean that our markets are continuing to develop rapidly. The quality of our professional services, delivered by the best linguists in the UK and our ability to match the pace of international developments will result in even greater opportunities for the combined operation. By the end of this year staff numbers at the Alnwick head office will rise to 30 and, in addition to the support we have from our associate companies in every EU member state and beyond, we will also be increasing our international freelance staff from 850 to more than 1000. We have now successfully completed the initial £1m expansion plan I announced at the end of 2001. Phase 2 of the expansion, to double our turnover in the next two years through a combination of organic growth and acquisition has now been heralded with the acquisition of TLS. We have proven that we have the right formula, we have positioned ourselves in the European market very carefully and everyone is excited about where we go to next. The atmosphere here is ‘buzzing’.” In 2000, the Real Business magazine profiled Trevor Crowe as one of the Top 50 most promising business leaders for the new millennium. His achievements with Eclipse have seen that promise become a reality.
17/02/2003 New Contract for Eclipse Translations Ltd Eclipse Translations Ltd is pleased to announce that, following an open European tender competition, it has been awarded a 3-year contract for the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) for the provision of technical translation services. The contract involves the translation into and from English of thousands of Notices to Mariners and Sailing Directions that are issued by governments across the world. The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, based in Taunton, Somerset, is part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) and is responsible, amongst other things, for the provision of navigational information to merchant shipping and other seafarers in order to promote safety at sea. Speaking of the contract award, Managing Director of Eclipse, Mr Trevor Crowe, said: “Once again we have demonstrated, in open competition, the ability of Eclipse Translations Ltd to meet the best value for money requirements and very high quality standards of a key government organisation. Everyone at Eclipse is extremely proud to have secured this prestigious contract.” Information about the UKHO can be found by visiting: www.ukho.gov.uk
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