Mentor Graphics Announces 21st Annual PCB Technology Leadership Awards Program Winners

Continuing in its tradition of promoting and recognizing printed circuit board (PCB) design excellence, Mentor Graphics Corporation announced winners of its 21st annual PCB Technology Leadership Awards. Started in 1988, this program is said to be the longest running competition of its kind in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. It recognizes engineers and computer aided design (CAD) designers who use innovative methods and design tools to address today’s complex PCB systems design challenges and produce industry-leading products.

Industry experts judged entries from 17 countries in five categories representing a wide variety of industries. The PCB industry expert judges included Happy Holden, Senior Technology Specialist of Mentor Graphics; Gary Ferrari, Technical Support Director, FTG Circuits; Pete Waddell, Vice President of UP Media Group and publisher of Printed Circuit Designs & Fab magazine; Andy Kowalewski, Senior Interconnect Designer, AdvantagePCB; and Rick Hartley, Senior Principal Engineer, avionics division of L-3 Communications.

2009 Technology Leadership Award Winners:

Category: Best Overall Design
Company Name: Tellabs, USA

Category: Consumer Electronics & Handhelds
Company Name: Panasonic, Japan

Category: Industrial Control, Instrumentation, Security & Medical
Company Name: CiBoard Electronic, Germany

Category: Military & Aerospace
Company Name: GE Fanuc, UK

Category: Computers, Blade & Servers, Memory Systems
Company Name: Kontron, Canada

Category: Telecom, Network Controllers, Line cards
Company Name: Alcatel-Lucent, US

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