Industry Trailblazers Honoured at Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards Banquet

-- Exceptional performances across industry recognised at Frost & Sullivan's prestigious awards ceremony

LONDON, May 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan presented accolades to thirty-eight industry leaders and innovators during last Wednesday's 2014 Growth, Innovation & Leadership Awards Banquet at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London.

Addressing the audience, composed of decision-makers and visionaries from a broad spectrum of industries, Gary Jeffery, Partner & Director at Frost & Sullivan, explained: "Our long-established awards programme recognises companies that have demonstrated a unique approach towards doing business in their respective markets. Frost & Sullivan celebrates these ideas and strategies that drive corporate growth."

The evening highlighted superlative achievements across information and communications technologies; industrial automation; automotive; chemicals and materials; healthcare; energy and environment as well as aerospace, defence and security.

Some of the areas of excellence that distinctions were bestowed in featured product innovation, customer value leadership, technology innovation, entrepreneurial spirit as well as market share and breadth of penetration.

"This elite list of companies has demonstrated innovation, competitiveness and leadership in meeting the demands and challenges inherent in their particular sectors," remarked Jeffery. "Frost & Sullivan acknowledges their products and services as best-in-class examples of how to effectively optimise strategies, performance and processes."

The following companies were honoured during the night's black-tie ceremony.

• PathXL - 2014 European Automated Image Analysis for Digital Pathology New Product Innovation Award
• Zinc Ahead - 2013 Global Medical Compliance Software for Life Sciences Customer Value Leadership Award
• Arkadin - 2013 European Conferencing Services Growth Leadership Award
• Ericsson - 2013 Global Stratecast CSP Billing - Rating & Charging Market Share Leadership Award
• IBM – 2014 Global Mobile Identity and Access Management Customer Value Leadership Award
• Interoute - 2013 European Conferencing Services Customer Value Leadership Award
• Interoute - 2014 European Telecoms Provider in IaaS Company of the Year Award
• Intersec - 2014 African Big Data Solutions Customer Value Leadership Award
• LoopUp - 2013 European Conferencing Services Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award
• Wyplay - 2014 Global Pay TV Middleware Customer Value Leadership Award
• Asymptote - 2014 European Cryopreservation Technology Innovation Leadership Award
• BlinkSight - 2014 European Real-Time 3D Indoor Positioning Solution New Product Innovation Leadership Award
• DecaWave - 2014 European RTLS ICs New Product Innovation Leadership Award
• Fabasoft – 2014 European Cloud Computing New Product Innovation Leadership Award
• GREENTECH - 2014 European Natural Active for Dandruff New Product Innovation Leadership Award
• Maxeler Technologies - 2013 European Multiscale Dataflow Computing Technology Innovation Leadership Award
• Oncovision - 2014 European Breast Cancer Imaging Technology Enabling Technology Leadership Award
• Polyphor Ltd. - 2014 European Macrocycle-based Drug Discovery Technology Innovation Leadership Award
• WheelRight Ltd. - 2014 European Remote Tyre Pressure Monitoring New Product Innovation Leadership Award
• Gemalto - 2014 Global Border Control and Biometrics Customer Value Leadership Award
• Intergraph – 2014 Global First Responder C3i Software Solutions Market Penetration Leadership Award
• Optimized Systems and Solutions (OSyS) - 2013 Global Aviation Equipment Health Monitoring Customer Value Enhancement Award
• DSM Food Specialties - 2014 European Enzyme New Product Innovation Leadership Award
• JSP Ltd. - 2014 European Head Protection Market Leadership Award
• Sederma - 2013 European Personal Care Active Ingredients Company of the Year Award
• Univet - 2014 European Eye Protection Technology Leadership Award
• Victrex plc - 2013 European Automotive PEEK Compounds Customer Value Leadership Award
• Arad Group - 2014 Global IT-Based Water Management Solutions Emerging Market Innovation Award
• Minkels - 2013 European Racks and Cabinets Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award
• Samsung SDI - 2014 European Energy Storage Company of the Year Award
• Alfa Laval - 2013 European Pumps for Food and Beverages Company of the Year Award
• STOBER – 2014 Global Gearboxes for Automation and Machine Tools Customer Value Leadership Award
• Winergy - 2013 Global Gearboxes for Wind Energy Product Differentiation Excellence Award
• Blakell Europlacer - 2014 Global Flexible SMT Placement Equipment Company of the Year Award
• Microlease - 2013 Global Test and Measurement Rental and Leasing Services Company of the Year Award
• Plant Integrity Ltd – 2014 Global Guided Wave Testing Product Leadership Award
• Polystar – 2014 Global Customer Experience Management Customer Value Leadership Award
• TUV Rheinland - 2014 European Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing Sevices Customer Value Enhancement Award

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