Sir Hossein Yassaie, CEO of Imagination Technologies, has received the Contribution to Industry award at the 2014 annual NMI Electronic Systems Awards.
Derek Boyd, NMI CEO, presenting the award to Sir Hossein Yassaie, said: “When selecting people for this award, our focus is on someone who goes beyond the call of duty in leading an activity solely for the good of the industry as a whole. This year’s award winner epitomises that.
“Quite often that person is someone we regard as an unsung hero, but, this year, our winner is very highly regarded. This person is one of the busiest men around but still makes time to serve on the ESCO Council.”
Dyson won the award for Company of the Year. Judges commended their plans to double the size of their UK research centre and the success of their 360 Eye robotic vacuum cleaner.
Presenting the award Derek Boyd said, “Tonight we honour a company whose success we can all celebrate in 2014, a company which can be held up as an exemplar – to inspire others and symbolise the ever increasing value of electronics to our economy, industry and society.”
Notable among the other hotly-contested categories was the NMI Young Engineer of the Year Award, which was won by James Pallister from Embecosm
The full list of winners is:
• Contribution to Industry – Sir Hossein Yassaie
• Company of the Year – Dyson
• Young engineer of the year – James Pallister from Embecosm
• Innovation – Cambridge CMOS sensors
• Innovation in Power Electronics – Mentor Graphics
• Semi360 – Imagination Technologies
• Product Excellence – BAE Systems
• Collaborative R&D Achievement – Eltek Semiconductors
• Low Power Design innovation – ARM
• Manufacturing Site of the Year – Landis & Gyr
• Manufacturing Supplier of the Year – Multi-lab
• University Research group award – PEATER group at the University of Warwick
The NMI awards promote practices conducive to the long-term health of the UK’s electronic systems community. 2014 is the Awards’ 13th outing, with this year’s event being held on the 20th November at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in London.
Over 400 guests from throughout the UK and around the world attended the sell-out event. The celebrity speaker was sporting legend, Kriss Akabusi.
