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The IDTechEx Awards recognise company development and success. All companies operating within these technologies are welcome to apply. The winners will be announced during the drinks reception which takes place in the Exhibition Hall on Wednesday 11 April.

Toxicant Replacement Hero Award

In the devices and materials used in our industries there are poisons about to be banned such as cadmium in QLED television in 2019 in Europe, toxicants continuing to be used at apparently safe levels and relatively toxicant-free alternatives.

IDTechEx wishes to promote those alternatives such as indium-based QLEDs, supercapacitors unable to produce cyanide, photovoltaics without arsenic, electronic ink without volatile organic compounds VOC such as toluene, 3D printing without carcinogens. Even though these toxicants are usually at very safe levels, the alternatives make more sense as laws tighten, volumes sometimes reach billions and brand enhancement is sought.

Do you have a new non-toxicant or less poisonous material or device?

Do you have a new way of eliminating devices containing poisons in a circuit as with wireless building controls that do not need batteries?

More Award Categories

Award submissions for these categories are now closed!

"We are delighted our industrial MetalFAB1 system has won the award for the Best Development in 3D Printing. This will greatly support the entry of our industrial 3D printing systems for series production on the US market."

2016 Winner: Additive Industries b.v.

Best Development in 3D Printing Award

Award Description
"This award will recognize an important innovation in the 3D printing industry. This could be a development of 3D printing equipment, such as an improvement in speed, volume, precision, productivity, quality, reliability, or uniformity. It could also be research into a completely novel technique; progress in developing a new material for 3D printing; or an innovative and useful purpose for 3D printing."


The independent panel of judges for the 3D Printing Awards include:

Jonathan Rowley - Digits2Widgets

Frank Cooper - Birmingham City University

"We are happy to receive these awards from such an important firm like IDTechEx. This award is completely dedicated to our team, our passion and the important investment that has led us to achieve our goals in these years."

2017 Winner: Energica Motor Co

Most Significant Innovation Award

Award Description
This award will be given to the most significant new innovation in hybrid or pure electric vehicles whether by land, water or air. Its focus will be the components and systems within the vehicles whether mechanical, electrical, electronic or combined.


The independent panel of judges for the 3D Printing Awards include:

François Savoye - Renault Trucks

Dr Malte Jaensch - Porsche Engineering

Winning the Technical Development Materials Award for our supercooled metal particle technology was the highpoint of IDTechEx's exceptional conference which was packed full and a great opportunity for us to get introduced to the printed electronics community!

2016 Winner: SAFI-Tech

Technical Development Manufacturing Award

Award Description
This award will be given to the most significant development of a manufacturing device, process or production plant in the industry over the last 24 months. Manufacturing developments optimize the process of lab-scale or mass-scale production by improving productivity, quality, reliability, uniformity, or scale.

Technical Development Materials Award

This award will be given to the most significant technical development over the last 24 months in the field of material development. A material is defined as any consumable used in the manufacturing of a printed electronic device, for example substrates and fluids/inks.

Best Institute/Academic R&D Award

Award Description
This award will be given to an academic research organisation that has made a significant contribution over the past 24 months to the understanding of the principles and accrued knowledge behind printed electronics.

Best Product Award

Award Description
This award will be given to a company who has launched a new integrated product based on printed electronics and is either in the process of bringing it to market or it has already been launched. The category will be assessed on the technical development of the product, its potential market, and benefits it brings over alternatives. For this award, a product is defined as two or more materials integrated through a manufacturing process. Judges will focus on the innovation of the product development.


The independent panel of judges for the Printed Electronics Awards include:

Dr Alexander Mityashin - Program Manager, Cartamundi

Dr Natasha Conway - Technology Networking & R&D

"We are delighted to have won the IDTechEx Award in recognition of our Freevolt technology."

2016 Winner: Drayson Technologies

Best Technical Development within Off Grid Energy Independence Award

Award Description
This award will be given to a company that has launched a new product based on Off Grid Energy Independence / Energy Harvesting (in the last 24 months) and is in the process of bringing it to market. The category will be assessed on the technical development of the product, its potential market, and benefits it brings over alternatives.


The independent panel of judges for the Off Grid Energy Independence Award include:

Maikel van Hest Ph.D. - National Renewable Energy Laboratory

"We are honored to have our XLM supercapacitors recognized by IDTechEx. The need for 'always on' reliable power is critical for everyone. Eaton's XLM supercapacitors are designed to save companies from power and data losses. A power drop from milliseconds to 10 seconds can cause a 2- to 4-hour power outage and cost millions of dollars."

2017 Winner: Eaton

Best Technical Development within Energy Storage Award

Award Description
This award will be given to a company that has launched a new product based on Energy Storage (in the last 24 months) and is in the process of bringing it to market. The category will be assessed on the technical development of the product, its potential market, and benefits it brings over alternatives.


The independent panel of judges for the Energy Storage Awards include:

David Merchin - Umicore

Andreas Warta - Varta Microbattery

"IDTechEx Show offers a high-caliber speaker lineup and a professionally organized event and the award ceremony. InterDigital and the Chordant team were truly honoured to be recognized for the 'Best IoT Technology Development Award' and look forward to the future events."

2017 Winner: InterDigital/Chordant

Best IoT Technology Development Award

Award Description
Entrants should have made a significant development in improving and enabling IoT, either hardware, software or system based. The judges will look at the merits of all entrants to judge which has the most significant impact on moving forward the application of IoT.


The independent panel of judges for the Internet of Things Awards include:

Gustaf Landahl - City of Stockholm

Jayant Thomas - GE Digital

"We are extremely pleased and honored to have received the award for the Best New Material or Component Development... solid-state and customized batteries are going to help revolutionize the next stage for wearables and IoT Technology."

2016 Winner: BrightVolt

Best New Wearable Technology Device Award

Award Description
This will be awarded to the entrant that the judges decide as having developed the most useful and/or innovative wearable technology device. The device should be relatively new (launched within the last 12 months).

Best New Material or Component Development Award

Award Description
This award will recognize the most significant development of a material or component which will have a large effect on enabling wearable technology devices, overcoming prior limitations of wearable technology devices.


The independent panel of judges for the Wearable Awards include:

Dr Akira Sakaigawa - Huawei Technologies Japan KK

Matthew Heasley - GSK

Best Poster

Award Description
This award will be judged at the show and all organisations displaying a poster in the exhibition will be entered for this award.
This award will be given to the company or academic organisation for the most promising advances in this technology area. The category will be assessed on the technical development of the work, its potential for market entry, and the benefits it brings to the body of work in the given area.

Best in Show Award

Award Description
IDTechEx celebrate the brightest, busiest and most innovative booth at the IDTechEx Show!

The Judging process
On the opening day our panel of judges will assess every stand at the exhibition.

What the Judges will be looking out for:

  • An eye catching booth with unusual/creative design
  • The best use of space available - irrespective of booth size
  • Inviting from a visitor perspective
  • Outstanding presence in the hall engaging visitors to the booth
The winners will be announced and presented with an Award at our Awards Ceremony on Wednesday 10 May 2017.

For more information contact Chris Clare

Good Luck!


Award Submissions have now closed

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