Sonardyne Receives Two Prestigious King’s Awards for Enterprise

6 May 2025

Sonardyne MD, Graham Brown, with some of the new electric heating and cooling systems installed at the company HQ as part of the drive for sustainability. (Image credit: Sonardyne)

Sonardyne International Ltd, a leading marine technology company based in Hampshire, is one of only two UK companies to have been awarded a pair of prestigious King’s Awards for Enterprise this year; typically, less than a handful of UK companies achieve two awards in a given year.

Sonardyne is one of 197 other organizations across the UK to have been recognized with a King’s Award. Sonardyne was recognized for its excellence in both Sustainable Development and International Trade.

Welcoming the Awards, Sonardyne Managing Director Graham Brown commented, “We’re absolutely delighted to have received this recognition. Receiving two King’s Awards in 2025 really celebrates Sonardyne’s fantastic growth, which has been delivered while working sustainably. It’s a testament to the hard work of everyone at Sonardyne in making, selling, and supporting great products that operate across our blue planet whilst caring deeply about how we do business to protect it. I hope that as a company, we can inspire and help other UK businesses do the same.”

The King’s Award for Sustainable Development was awarded for Sonardyne’s dedication to ensuring sustainable practices across its business and encouraging its technology partners and suppliers to do the same. In 2021, we set ourselves the goal of being carbon neutral across its UK facilities by the end of 2025. This target was achieved and independently verified at the end of the 2023 financial year.

Carl Holland, HSE Manager at Sonardyne, said, “Our vision is centered on being a sustainable and ethical business, one that benefits the communities we operate in, fosters economic enterprise, and preserves the natural environment. In our industry sector, we’ve been an early adopter of sustainability, and we’ve proved that doing business sustainably has delivered real operational benefits for us.”

The King’s Award for International Trade recognized Sonardyne’s outstanding growth in overseas sales over the last three years, where our direct exports grew by 83% across the energy, defense, and ocean science markets. This export growth has been driven by our teams operating from facilities in the UK, USA, Singapore, and Brazil, with 2025 seeing us open an office in Germany.

Sonardyne previously received Queen’s Awards for Innovation in 2014 and 2021 and is renowned within the marine industry for its world-leading technology and constant strive for innovation.