uvex receives the "Most Innovative Brand Award 2017"

The uvex 2 safety footwear series received the Plus X Award accolade of "Best product 2017" as well as five of the seven Plus X Award quality seals.

The jury members, organisers, partners and ambassadors of the world’s largest innovation award for technology, sports and lifestyle congratulate these outstanding brands on their extraordinary performance.

"Congratulations to all the winners of the Most Innovative Brand Award 2017. As in the past, our jury members have been truly impressed with the presentation of such a number of innovative products, strong brands and powerful product studies. Those brands very much deserve their awards and are proudly taking these impressive, golden trophies back home to their enterprises, bright symbols for the spirit of making innovative ideas and visions become a reality. Many of these innovative products will not only enrich consumers' day-to-day lives but also have the potential to change entire markets or even create completely new ones", says Donat Brandt, President of the Plus X Award.

The most innovative brands of 2017

• ABUS (electrical and media technology)
• adidas (footwear)
• ARAG (insurance)
• Beurer (health and personal care)
• Bien-Zenker (residential buildings)
• BRUDER (toys and hobby items)
• CHIQ (large electrical appliances)
• Fitbit (sport and fitness equipment)
• Grohe (sanitary fittings)
• Hensel (video and photo technology)
• Hyla (small electrical appliances)
• J.W. Ostendorf (construction materials)
• KEF (high-end audio)
• Lässig (families and children)
• Leicht (furniture)
• Magnat (home entertainment)
• markilux (garden products)
• Matrix (sport and fitness devices)
• Medion (IT and digital products)
• MYMIU (pet supplies and accessories)
• Theben (energy and lighting)
• uvex (tools)
• Vestel (telecommunications)
• Volkswagen (the automotive sector)
• Waterkotte (heating and air-conditioning systems)
• Wenko (accessories)
• X-Bionic (sportswear)

About the Plus X Award
With an international, independent panel of specialist judges from 25 sectors, 23 highly skilled strategic partners and more than 600 participating international brands, the Plus X Award is the world's biggest innovation prize for technology, sport and lifestyle today. Entries worthy of a prize include recently developed and innovative technologies, outstanding designs as well as intelligent yet simple operating concepts. Criteria such as good ergonomic and ecological product features, an extensive range of functions as well as the use of high-quality materials and the processing of such materials also result in sustainable products with long-lasting value and are thereby also worthy of distinction. The innovation prize was initiated as a project to protect and strengthen brands, trade and commerce as well as to support customers in their purchasing decisions. In 2017, the Plus X Award is celebrating its fourteenth anniversary.

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