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ICIS Innovation Awards 2009 - we reveal the winners

The panel of five judges has now chosen a winner in each of the four categories in the ICIS Innovation Awards for 2009, and selected an overall winners from these four.

The results can be seen by clicking on the image (left) and in the October 19 issue of ICIS Chemical Business.

The overall winner of the ICIS Innovation Award 2009 was the CECA division of France's Arkema, with its innovative formulation for "greener roads". This also won the category for Best Product Innovation.

You can view details of all the winning entries, and shortlisted runners-up in each category, here:

• Best Product Innovation - sponsored by CRA International

• Best Innovation by a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)

• Best Business Innovation

• Best Innovation in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Or, you can read the full article from ICIS Chemical Business.

The Awards are sponsored once again this year by Dow Corning as the lead sponsor. This year ICIS is pleased to welcome CRA International as the sponsor for the Best Product Innovation category.

The importance of innovation? See what Dow Corning and CRA International have to say on this topic and the ICIS Innovation Awards.

The ICIS Innovation Awards are designed to recognise those companies that have made significant steps forward in technological and business innovation, with tangible results emerging during 2008 and the early part of this year. The Awards are open to companies around the world, reflecting ICIS's global coverage of the industry.

The judges were looking for innovative projects that solve problems / provide solutions, or a demonstration of an innovative approach to an R&D project by the company entering and / or its customers. Read about previous winners here.

Benefits for the winners

• A company profile in a special 12-page supplement in ICIS Chemical Business in October. This gives your company excellent visibility and recognition as a leader of innovation, with a highly targeted audience of 21,500 senior executives and key decision makers. Plus, online news coverage on ICIS.com.

• The winners of each category will be invited to an exclusive lunch in London, where the awards will be presented on 11 December.