C-Kore Systems honoured with another King’s Award for Enterprise!

06 May C-Kore Systems honoured with another King’s Award for Enterprise!

C-Kore Systems Limited from Escrick, York have been honoured with The King’s Award for Enterprise – Innovation 2026, recognising the company’s outstanding work in the field of optical fibre testing of subsea systems. This achievement marks C-Kore’s fourth award in just over 7 years, having already received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise – Innovation in 2019, The Queen’s Award for Enterprise – International Trade in 2021, and The King’s Award for Enterprise – International Trade in 2024.

C-Kore is the global leader for testing subsea umbilicals and cables, using automated test equipment in water depths up to 3,000 metres. In 2020, C-Kore started the design of a Subsea Optical Time Domain Reflectometer unit (SOTDR) to measure optical fibres subsea, launching their first prototype in 2022. As with their other patented products, the tool is fully automated, making a once complex operation of taking OTDR measurements to a now simple process, not requiring any specialised personnel to accompany the units offshore.

Tim Overfield, founder and chairman of C-Kore commented, “Receiving The King’s Award for Enterprise for the fourth time with C-Kore is an extraordinary honour. This recognition reflects the dedication of our entire team and our commitment to pushing boundaries in the UK and globally. Innovation has always been at the heart of our company, and this award reinforces the impact our work is having across the industry today.”

The award highlights the great importance of innovation within UK’s businesses. C-Kore’s customers operate in one of the most severe physical environments on the planet, where both staff and equipment are exposed to harsh conditions. Anything that makes their job easier, quicker, more reliable and safer is welcomed. C-Kore’s SOTDR has been widely adopted by customers worldwide to modernise their subsea testing operations, demonstrating strong market traction and proven value.

As an organization, C-Kore is extremely proud of their achievements and is looking forward to continuing to serve the global subsea industry in the years to come.

C-Kore will receive their award shortly and later in the year will celebrate with other winners at a reception being held at St. James’s Palace, London.