e-legacy of the first winners
05 November 2007
Last Thursday, 1 November, Electronic Product Design hosted the first e-Legacy Awards at the Tate Modern gallery in London. These Awards are designed to celebrate the value of electronics and electronics companies and how they can build a better future today.
Caroline Hayes, Editor of Electronic Product Design, explains how the awards came into being: 'The e-Legacy Awards are a defiant response to reports about the 'wasteful', power-hungry electronics industry....yet in my role as editor, I see so many positive things that electronics companies do, that I wanted a vehicle to show this and to demonstrate how we can create a lasting legacy for future generations.'
The Awards' categories were unusual in that they asked readers to vote on projects and initiatives that contribute to education, the environment, health and safety.
The sponsors selected the finalists in each category but, explains Hayes: 'Electronic Product Design's readers voted in their thousands [for the winners] for these awards,' adding the volume of entries and the quality received, means that all the e-Legacy finalists should be rightly proud of the projects that brought them to the Awards lunch.'
The winners are:
Contribution to Sustainability Award - sponsored by Farnell
Winner - Lambda UK for War on Waste
Runners Up -
Ansmann Energy
IDT
STMicroelectronics
Contribution to Safety Award - sponsored by Amplicon
Winner - Aeroflex for A-GPS mobile handset test system
Runners Up -
Atmel
Ramtron
Syfer
Investment in Training Award - sponsored by emcia
Winner - Ampilcon for Supplementary Training
Runners Up -
International Rectifier
National Semiconductor
Remploy
Investment in Education Award - sponsored by Microsoft
Electronics Yorkshire for Educational Outreach Programme
Runners Up -
Itron
National Semiconductor
Xilinx
Environmental Design Award - sponsored by Envirowise
Winner - International Rectifier for iMotion integrated design platform
Runners Up -
Fairchild Semiconductor
Power Integrations
LEM
Medical Advances Award - sponsored by International Rectifier
Winner - AMI Semiconductor for Reconfigurable signal processor
Runners Up -
Analog Devices
Innovision
Toumaz Technology
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