LONDON, U.K. – May, 16, 2008 – Frost & Sullivan hosted its prestigious European Best Practices Awards Banquet last night, 15 May, 2008 in London, sponsored by Bosch Rexroth. Top performers from diverse fields ranging from automation, electronics, energy and power systems to aerospace, defence and environmental and industrial building technologies were honoured at the event.

This much anticipated and highly competitive Awards Banquet recognised companies for innovative developments, outstanding performances and business achievements – in essence, for establishing best practice standards that competitors are striving to emulate.

Among Europe’s industry leaders who were commended at the Banquet were SEW-EURODRIVE, ELUTIONS, DSM Engineering Plastics B.V., ChipSensors Ltd., Ansaldo Fuel batteries, MOBOTIX AG, KONGSBERG, Elan Professional software Systems, Ansaldo Energia, InduSoft, BAE Systems Hägglunds, Bioni CS GmbH, Imbera Electronics, Rockwell Automation and ABB Group.

Awards were presented for technology and product innovation, excellence in research, exceptional competitive strategy and overall market leadership. Trail blazers from power stations, electric drives, electronic chip packaging, pharmaceutical manufacturing execution systems, PROFESSIONAL CCTV and video surveillance, turret mounted weapons and process enhanced engineering plastics sectors were lauded for their accomplishments.