November has been element14’s most successful month with seven award wins across marketing, product, distribution and sales!
Electronica Supplier Awards
November was electronica month and at the event in Munich, Germany we won three supplier awards for our activity across marketing and product.
Panasonic recognised Farnell element14 for its number one customer base for Panasonic Push Products in 2014. The award recognised NPI commitment and return to sales growth in Europe in 2014.
Photo caption: Chris Breslin from Premier Farnell accepts the award from Panasonic
Bourns also formally recognised Farnell element14 for being best in class for customer acquisition in Europe in 2014. The award is based on the successful increase of its end-customer figures through strong sales and marketing in 2014.
Keysight Technologies named Farnell element14 as Top Performer – Expanding Reach in recognition of the growth in customer numbers throughout the financial year.
Photo caption: Benoit Neel of Keysight with Richard Slee from Farnell element14
Digital Impact Awards
The element14 Community for electronic design engineers and hobbyists, was named a silver winner in Best Community Development at the 2014 Digital Impact Awards in London in November. The annual event recognizes the world’s best corporate digital strategy and marketing campaigns, and element14 earned top honors for supporting its global electronics distribution business via a 275,000-member online forum and Design Center.
Golden Bridge Award
The Liege distribution centre was awarded a Golden Bridge Award for Excellence in Strategic Innovation. The judges praised Farnell element14 for its innovation in products, services, organisation and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders as key to the award win praising its impressive growth and investment.
The awards are a joint initiative of the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain (BLCC), the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium, and the Netherlands-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) celebrating the most successful Belgian, Luxembourg, Dutch and UK companies exporting to or trading in both markets, in either the service or manufacturing sector.
Photo caption: Nick Wilkins, Chief Supply Chain Officer and Pieter De Clerck, Centre Manager for Liege accepting the award
IR Society Awards
The IR Society recognised Premier Farnell in its Best Practice Awards in the Best Digital Reporting Small CAP and AIM category last month.
Individual Awards
Our very own Hollie Lawson, Business Assistant to Alan Paterson, European Sales and Marketing Director won a personal award for PA Business Women of the Year Yorkshire / North East of England.
Photo caption: Hollie Lawson collects her prize at the Women in Business Awards ceremony last month.
My we are a talented lot!
