Amantys named Start Up of the Year Award at the British Engineering Excellence Awards

Award recognises rapid progress in bringing innovative products for power electronics switching

- 26 Oct 2012

Cambridge, England, October 26, 2012 – Amantys Limited (Amantys), the intelligent power switch company, has been presented with the Start Up of the Year Award at the British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs).

BEEA Winners

Presented at an impressive ceremony at London’s new Northumberland House venue, the award recognises the quality of engineering design innovation within the UK, providing a benchmark of excellence from which the industry can learn and build. The Start Up of the Year Award was selected by a panel of technical and esteemed judges chosen from a wide range of electronic and engineering design disciplines.

Presenting the award, the judges noted that "Amantys has the potential to make a significant contribution to power efficiency." 

The Amantys team and their awards.

Earlier this year, Amantys launched its Amantys Power Insight capability for condition monitoring of power electronic systems, adding gate drives for 1200V and 1700V IGBT modules to extend the existing Power Drive product family.

“We’re absolutely thrilled to receive this award, which is great recognition for the level of hard work and ingenuity that we’ve invested over the last couple of years,” said Bryn Parry, Amantys CEO. “We’re very proud to have received this accolade from the prestigious panel of judges, especially considering the strength of the competition present at this year’s awards.”

Richard Ord accepts his award.

This award marks a great month for the company, following on rapidly from the company’s second successive selection to the Global Cleantech 100, and being identified in the EE Times “Silicon 60 start-ups to watch”. Amantys has also been shortlisted for the 'Power System Product of the Year' category at this year’s Elektra Awards, the results of which will be announced on 12th December 2012.

About Amantys

Established in Cambridge in 2010 as a privately-funded power electronics company, Amantys specialises in the delivery of scalable, cost effective solutions to meet the challenges of designing reliable and efficient power conversion in medium and high voltage applications.

For more information please visit www.amantys.com

 

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