Hefei Sanyo Attends IFA with Royalstar and DIQUA, Wins Innovation Award in China Home Appliances

BERLIN, Sept. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's Innovation Award in China Home Appliances were presented at the IFA 2013, held in Berlin on September 6. Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. (Hefei Sanyo), leader in high-end eco-friendly home appliances, won the awards for "Product Innovation", "Design Innovation" and "The Most  Innovational Chinese Household Appliance Brand", as a result of the innovations in Royalstar-branded washing machines and the successful results achieved by DIQUA in its refrigerator technology research, cementing Hefei Sanyo's reputation as one of the world's leaders in innovative technologies.

The winners of the China Household Appliances Innovation Awards are selected on a professional, authoritative and impartial basis, taking into account two criteria: technical innovation and brand awareness, across four areas of innovation: product, technology, industrial design and corporate standardization. The award is designed to serve as a measurement of corporate strength, and as an international platform for Chinese home appliance makers to showcase their innovative and technological prowess through exhibitions and sharing of new products and technologies, while encouraging multidimensional and in-depth thinking around industrial restructuring and intelligent and innovative technologies.

Hefei Sanyo, one of the world's innovative technology-driven home appliance leaders, is strongly committed to bringing a substantially higher level of convenience to day-to-day living via its high-quality products and services. Consumers around the world are seeking to optimize the utilization of the space in their homes. Royalstar-branded ultra-thin roller washing machines, winner of both the Product Innovation and the Design Innovation awards, are designed to cater to consumer demand. In addition to serving as a smart cleaner making better utilization of space within the home, the washing machine can automatically select the optimum washing mode by application of the latest in intelligent technologies based on fuzzy control, providing consumers worldwide with a more intelligent and convenient washing solution.

At DIQUA, Hefei Sanyo's high-end eco-friendly home appliance brand, the company credo of a harmonious coexistence between man and machine answers the consumer demand for a healthy and comfortable lifestyle through the use of eco-friendly home appliances. With research and development centers in six countries and regions around the world as well as an industry-leading top-level design team, DIQUA remains steadfast in its commitment to intelligent and eco-friendly home appliance products in tandem with leading cutting-edge refrigerator technologies such as frequency conversion, improved ability to maintain food freshness and as well as updating consumers as to the latest on its technology and its products through Weibo (China's most popular microblog) to provide users with a more natural and intelligent life experience.

Following their success at receiving the "Most Promising Chinese Household Appliance Brands" and "Product Innovation" awards at the 2012 IFA, DIQUA were awarded the "Most Innovative Brand" at the 2013 event. The three-year-old Chinese brand has demonstrated its dedication to innovation for customers worldwide. The growth of the brand is driven by its commitment to providing high-quality household appliances to global consumers. With open and integrated innovations as well as industry-leading technologies and highly competitive pricing, DIQUA has proven its capabilities in stimulating market demand, boosting economic growth, driving the development of energy-saving technologies and creating an intelligence-based lifestyle.

Rongshida Sanyo Electric vice president Zhang Rongzhong, while in attendance at the China Household Appliances Innovation Award Ceremony, took the opportunity to say that the company is honored to receive these three awards and expressed his belief in the dependence of sustainable development on core technologies. Zhang further added that Hefei Sanyo will adhere to independent innovation and continue to bring more quality products and an enhanced experience to the world's consumers.

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