TOKYO--(Marketwire - July 12, 2011) - Frost & Sullivan today honoured and recognized Japan's best at the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Japan Excellence Awards banquet.
Held at the Tokyo American Club, the Awards aim to recognize companies that have demonstrated outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service and strategic product development.
Mr. Robin Joffe, Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan Japan said that the Awards seek to recognize best practices and outstanding performance by Japan-based companies in local and regional sectors of Environment, Energy, Healthcare, Electronics, Aerospace & Defense, Automotive and Information & Communication Technology.
He added that award recipients for the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Japan Excellence Awards were identified based on an in-depth research conducted by Frost & Sullivan's analysts. The award categories offered each year are carefully reviewed and evaluated to reflect the current market landscape and include new emerging trends.
"The recipients of the Frost & Sullivan Japan Excellence Awards clearly demonstrated outstanding leadership in their own market segments," Mr. Joffe said.
Frost & Sullivan also celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year. Frost & Sullivan is proud to be among the top 25 companies with a history of over 50 years that participates in the Information and Consulting Industry worth US$366 billion globally.
Saluting Japan's Best
Frost & Sullivan congratulates all the recipients of the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Japan Excellence Awards.
2011 Frost & Sullivan Japan Excellence Awards Recipients
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Category Award Recipient
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ENVIRONMENT
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Japan Air Purification Company of the Daikin Industries, Ltd.
Year
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ENERGY
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Japan Standby Power Vendor of the Yanmar Co., Ltd.
Year
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HEALTHCARE
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Japan Pharmaceutical Company of the Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.
Year for Branded Generics
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Japan Ultrasound Company of the Year Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
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Japan Hospital Information System Fujitsu Limited
Provider of the Year
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ELECTRONICS
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Japan Video Surveillance Company of Panasonic System Networks Co., Ltd.
the Year
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DEFENSE
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Japan Defense Manufacturing Company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
of the Year
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AEROSPACE
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Japan Aerospace Manufacturing Company Panasonic Avionics Corporation
of the Year
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Asia Pacific Space Research Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Organization of the Year
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AUTOMOTIVE
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Asia Pacific Product Innovation Award Honda Motor Co., Ltd. for Honda
for Hybrid Electric Vehicles Insight
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Asia Pacific Technology Innovation Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Award for Electric Motors for
Electric Vehicles
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Asia Pacific Product Innovation Award Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. for Nissan
for Electric Vehicles Leaf
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ICT
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Japan Market Leadership Award in the P&W Solutions Co., Ltd.
Workforce Management Market
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Japan Unified Communications Vendor Microsoft
of the Year
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Asia Pacific Fixed Broadband Service Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Provider of the Year Corporation
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Asia Pacific Wireless Data Service SoftBank
Provider of the Year
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Asia Pacific Most Promising Service eAccess Ltd.
Provider of the Year
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For more details on the 2011 Japan Excellence Awards log-in to http://www.frost-apac.com/japanawards
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