Celebrating Stellar Industry Performance at Frost & Sullivan’s Excellence in Best Practices Awards Banquet

LONDON -

Frost & Sullivan held its prestigious ‘Excellence in Best Practices Awards Banquet’ on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at the Marriott Marble Arch, London.

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The Frost & Sullivan ‘Excellence in Best Practices Awards Banquet’ honours those companies whose diligence, perseverance, and dedication have enabled them to excel in the increasingly competitive global marketplace. At a time of severe global recession, these award winners have devised strategies to stay on top of their markets and realise competitive excellence. In honouring these companies, Frost & Sullivan acknowledges best practices and leadership skills that have blazed new trails and set higher standards across a range of diverse markets.

In his welcome speech, Gary Jeffery, Partner & Director, UK Operations for Frost & Sullivan, congratulated all the award recipients and said, “I applaud you all for surviving, and indeed excelling over the past 12 months, during which time we have experienced the fiercest recession in living memory. I believe we are through the worst of it and I see real signs of the upturn.”

These prestigious awards were presented to 18 recipients from a range of industries including Information & Communication Technologies, Automation & Electronics, Chemicals, Materials & Food, Automotive & Transportation and Aerospace & Defence. Among the evening’s recipients at the black tie ceremony were:

Drivetrain Innovations b.v. 2009 European Automotive Powertrain Product Innovation Award

Appello Systems AB 2009 European Mobile Phone Based Navigation Market Leadership Award

Vopium 2009 European Mobile VoIP Technology Innovation Award

VMT Ecopack Group 2009 European Automotive Packaging Growth Strategy Leadership of the Year Award

MasterCard Worldwide 2009 World Contactless Smart Card Payment Company of the Year Award

Cycleon 2009 European Reverse Logistics Niche Player of The Year Award

Cryptography Research, Inc. 2009 World Smart Card Technology Leadership of the Year Award

SolarEdge Technologies Inc. 2009 European Solar Photovoltaic Hot Investment Opportunity Award

Crambo 2009 European Telematics Product Innovation Green Excellence Award

WiredRed Corporation 2009 European Conferencing & Collaboration Product Differentiation Innovation Award

NABALTEC AG 2009 Global High Performance Fillers Growth Strategy Leadership Award

LEWA pumps+systems 2009 European High Pressure Metering Pumps in Critical Applications Growth Strategy Leadership Award

Teleperformance 2009 EMEA Contact Centre Outsourcing Market Leadership Award

Samtel Display Systems 2009 Indian Aviation Suppliers Hot Investment Opportunity Award

Paramount Airways 2009 Global Commercial Aviation Emerging Company of the Year Award

Flowserve Corporation 2009 European Pump Services Customer Service Leadership of the Year Award

Frost & Sullivan’s Awards Banquets offer unparalleled access to the industry elite. To find out further information about our awards program or recipients, please contact Jasmine Malone, Best Practices, Frost & Sullivan, details below.

About Frost & Sullivan

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Jasmine Malone Promotions Coordinator, Best Practices DDI: +44-(0)-207-915-7869 jasmine.malone@frost.com

Source: Frost & Sullivan

Jasmine Malone, Promotions Coordinator, Best Practices of Frost & Sullivan, DDI, +44-(0)-207-915-7869, jasmine.malone at frost.com. Logo: https://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO