Awards Banquet Recognises Best-in-Class Innovators Across Industry

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Dec 09, 2010, 01:13 ET

LONDON, Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Showcasing unparalleled innovation across a wide variety of technologies and markets, twenty exemplary organisations were honoured at Frost & Sullivan's recent European Excellence in Best Practices Banquet, held at the May Fair Hotel in London last Wednesday.

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The evening celebrated the positive impact which these companies' unique solutions and services are making across a diverse range of markets, ranging from medium voltage drives, biogas process optimisation and patient monitoring to integrated facilities management.

On the night, Frost & Sullivan bestowed awards to industry leaders and innovators to honour superlative accomplishments in a broad spectrum of categories, such as New Product Innovation, Company of the Year, Product Differentiation Excellence and Market Share Leadership.

Dr Keith Schlagbauer, Director of Consulting at Frost & Sullivan, delivered the keynote address centred around the 'Top 10 Global Mega Trends'.

"Seismic shifts in economies, politics, culture and climate and their convergence have thrown up Global Mega Trends. These Mega Trends present opportunities for companies of all sizes," Dr Schlagbauer highlighted during his presentation.

Frost & Sullivan has identified 10 Global Mega Trends that range from Urbanization (how Mega Cities, Mega Regions, Mega Corridors are changing the world) and Social Trends (how Geo socialization, Gen Y and the Reverse Brain Drain are transforming interactions) to Healthcare (how paradigms are shifting from treatment to prevention) and E-mobility (how Smart Cities represent a new way of organizing and managing new fluidities in the personal and professional space).

The event culminated in a celebration of achievements by the following organisations demonstrating best practices in their respective disciplines.

ABB	2010 European Medium Voltage Drives New Product Innovation Award
ACTAtek Pte Limited	2010 World Biometrics Vertical Market Penetration Leadership
Borealis	2010 Global Automotive under-the-hood Plastics New Product Innovation Award
Capilix	2010 European Water Quality Sensors Technology Innovation Award
Colibrys SA	2010 European MEMS Accelerometers Enabling Technology Award
Debiopharm Group	2010 European Biopharmaceuticals Company of the Year Award
Faceo	2010 European Integrated Facility Management Company of the Year Award
France Telecom	2010 European E-Healthcare Product Differentiation Excellence Award
Gerresheimer Bunde GmbH	2010 European Prefillable Syringes Growth Leadership Award
ABB Transformers	2010 European Power and Distribution Market Penetration Leadership Award
IrisGuard	2010 World Biometrics Product Quality Leadership Award
Nanotecture Ltd	2010 European Nanomaterials Technology Innovation Award
Orange	2010 European M2M Telecom Services Market Penetration Leadership Award
Ring2 Conferencing	2010 European Conferencing Services New Product Innovation Award
Robert Bosch Healthcare Inc.	2010 European Patient Monitoring Product Quality Leadership Award
Sectra	2010 European Women’s Health Imaging Product Quality Leadership Award
Sensonor	2010 European High Precision MEMS Gyroscopes New Product Innovation Award
Smart Nose SA	2010 European E-Nose Technology New Product Innovation Award
Sogefi	2010 European Powertrain Product Line Strategy Award
Swep	2010 European Brazed Plate Heat Exchanger Market Share Leadership Award

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