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Awards

December 2010
- Good Design Award 2010
  
  This year Scholtès picked up Good Design Awards for its S³ Big Capacity oven and its decorative S3 hood thanks to their contemporary design and advanced technologies.
  Such are the qualities and functions that fully convinced the jury panel of the brand’s capacity to combine innovation, style and high quality, thus enriching the showcase of awards won by Scholtès products.
  The 2010 Good Design Awards received submissions from over 48 countries worldwide and the jury, meeting in New York in November, selected over 500 products of outstanding design. The S³ Big Capacity oven and the Jewel hood received the Chicago Athenaeum’s prestigious awards for being ranked among the most innovative and best designed products of the year.
  The S3 Big Capacity oven and Jewel hood will be on display at the Good Design Show in Chicago in June 2011
June 2010
- Prize of Prizes and the 2010 Innovation Prize
  
  Two prestigious awards for Indesit Company in the field of innovation. In the Large Enterprise category of the 2010 "Premio Imprese x Innovation", organized by Confindustria in collaboration with Associazione Premio Qualità Italia, the Company was acclaimed "for the systematic and integrated innovation management," reads the citation, "used as a competitive lever for the improvement of quality and customer satisfatcion that it is successfully carrying forward".
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May 2010
- Mediastars
  
  Indesit Company's corporate website – www.indesitcompany.com – has won Mediastars awards in 4 categories:
  - a Special Star in the internet section for structural design: the jury cited its web design capacity in terms of structuring information at both page and site tree levels;
  - a Special Star in the internet section for usability, as "best site" in terms of usability;
  - equal 2nd in the overall rankings in the Internet & Multimedia category;
  - 1st in the Corporate ranking in the Internet & Multimedia category.
  Mediastars is an Italian Award that reached its 14th edition this year.
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February 2010
- Confindustria Award for Excellence
  
  Indesit Company awarded with the prestigious Confindustria Andrea Pininfarina Award for Excellence, in the “Champion of Innovation” category. The Company was ranked second amongst outstanding developers of innovation: with its 16 production facilities and 24 commercial branches, is a company with a strong vocation for innovation, as shown by its extraordinary number of patents (400 families), its massive investment in the research and development of new products, and its ongoing commitment to innovation in pioneer sectors with a high impact on society (domotics).
- Product of the Year® 2010
  
  Technological innovation, design and sustainability: these are the winning strengths which have distinguished the Openspace oven as “Elected Product of the Year” ® 2010. The innovative 70 litre Hotpoint-Ariston oven has received a positive evaluation from 88% of the 8014 customers surveyed.
  
  GPMI© market research on a pre-selection of innovative products available on the Italian large-scale retail sector, carried out between September and October 2009 by TNS Italia on 8014 consumers over 15 years of age. www.prodottodellanno.it.
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January 2010
- 2009 Good Design Award
  
  With its Quadrio fridge-freezer, Indesit Company has won the 2009 Good Design Award, the prestigious prize established in 1950 by Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames and Edgar Kaufmann Jr., for the best industrial design concepts as judged by the Chicago Athenaeum-Museum of Architecture and Design together with the European Centre for Architecture and Art Design and Urban Studies.
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December 2009
- 2009 European Excellence Award
  
  With its new corporate intranet, Insight, Indesit Company has won another European Excellence Award (for 2009), a prestigious international award promoted by the trade magazine "Communication Director".
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- 2009 Ecohitech Award
  
  Indesit Company has won a prestigious Ecohitech Award, for 2009, and earned itself “eco-virtuous enterprise” status. It was the entire range of Hotpoint-Ariston’s eco-efficient appliances and their high energy-efficiency standards and consequent reduction of CO² in their use that decided the Ecoqual’It Consortium panel of judges.
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November 2009
- Environmentally Friendly Innovation 2009
  
  Indesit Company received a mention at the “Premio all’Innovazione Amica dell’Ambiente 2009” (Environmentally Friendly Innovation Awards 2009) for “policies, strategies and action that reconcile ecological and economic competitiveness”. This acknowledgement by Legambiente refers in particular to Hotpoint-Ariston’s range of products designed specifically to guarantee minimum consumption of resources (electricity, detergent and water) and identified by the Ecotech label.
October 2009
- The 2009 Sustainable Development Award
  
  Indesit Company was given a President of the Republic medal at the Ecomondo-Rimini Fiera for the high energy efficiency of its new home appliances and innovations in the recycling process.
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February 2009
- Superbrands Award
  
  Hotpoint was voted one of the strongest brands in the UK and entered the "Superbrands" ranking. Superbrands groups brands that achieve the best reputation in their sector in terms of quality, reliability and personality.
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- Product of the Year
  
  In the UK, Hotpoint-Ariston’s 4-door Quadrio fridge was judged "Product of the Year" by Get Connected, a consumer electronics and home technology magazine.
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- Most Trusted Domestic Appliance Brand
  
  For the 9th time running, Hotpoint was elected "Most Trusted Domestic Appliance Brand" in the UK by a Reader’s Digest Survey.
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January 2009
- Product of the Year 2009
  
  The Quadrio was voted Product of the Year 2009 in the Large Home Appliances category of the “Gran Premio Marketing e Innovazione”. The prize was given in recognition of Indesit Company’s commitment to innovation and design. The Quadrio was voted by a panel of over 8,000 Italian consumers for its characteristics of flexibility and eco-efficiency.
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- The Chicago Athenaeum
  
  The Chicago Athenaeum - Museum of Architecture and Design assigned the Good Design Award 2008 to the Multiplo, the new cooking vessel designed by Marco Fagioli and Emanuel Gargano for Indesit Company's Scholtès line. The Multiplo was chosen from amongst the winners in the "Kitchen" category.
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November 2008
- Movi&Co
  
  Indesit Company took a prize in the TV commercial category with a video entitled "Noise makes confusion" by Giuseppe Carrieri. The prizes were assigned by a panel of experts including Gerry Scotti and director Fausto Brizzi.
  Written and directed by Giuseppe Carrieri, a media and communication technology student at Milan's Università IULM, the 30" video presents Indesit's idea of the future and innovation using the language of stars from oriental philosophy. The jury singled it out for its creativity, the efficacy of its message and the production technique.
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- H&H Webranking Special Award
  
  Hallvarsson & Halvarsson, a firm that analyses the online financial communication of companies listed on the Milan stock exchange, gave Indesit Company the Special Award for its "Join In" on-line recruitment and employer branding portal.
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- Intellectual Capital Value 2008
  
  Peterborough City Council's Electrical Appliance Recycling Project (EARP), which is a partnership between Peterborough City Council, Indesit Company and other key organisations, was awarded the prestigious Electrical and Electronic Recycler of the Year and was shortlisted for the Best Partnership Project for Recycling at the National Recycling Awards 2008 at the Telford International Centre.
  The aim of the project is to increase the city's recycling rates, encouraging regeneration of used electrical goods and providing a supply of affordable electrical appliances back into the community. Used or damaged white goods and computers are recycled either by repairing the items where possible or dismantling them and recycling the individual components.
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October 2008
- 2008 Intellectual Capital Value Award
  
  Indesit Company won the overall 1st prize at the Intellectual Capital Value Awards, which are given to companies that show outstanding commitment to promoting and developing intellectual capital. The prize ceremony took place in the headquarters of Assolombarda in Milan.
  Indesit Company was also ranked top in the Industry category for the second year running "for its proven capacity to manage change and its commitment to developing intellectual capital," reads the citation, "and for the courage it shows in innovating, through its design and production of unique, avant-garde products".
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- ERT Product of the Year
  
  The Moon washing machine won the White Goods Product of the Year title at the first ERT Industry Awards in the UK.
  In its citation, the panel of experts mentioned the Moon's innovative characteristics and design and underlined how "it has really simplified the concept of a washing machine without compromising its functionality. It is clear that the company focused on the essential, thereby producing a simple and at the same time innovative solution".
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July 2008
- Motor Transport Awards 2008
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May 2008
- ISO 9001:2000 Certification
  
  Indesit Company obtained worldwide ISO 9001:2000 certification for its Quality Management System from the Swiss certification organization SGS. Indesit Company’s quality system complies with ISO standards “sans frontières” and the “multi site” certification issued by SGS is proof of the maturity of a quality culture established uniformly throughout the entire Company.
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- Sodalitas Social Award 2008
  
  Indesit Company won an award at the 6th “Sodalitas Social Awards”, promoted by Sodalitas and recognized by the President of the Republic. The awards go to enterprises, employer associations and industrial districts actively engaged in social initiatives through the development of ethical conduct and the day-to-day application of their declared values.
  Indesit Company was given its award in the “human capital development programme” category for its implementation of the most significant and socially effective project: the International Framework Agreement with the trade unions, and within it, the Refrontolo Agreement, which saw the involvement of the company, trade unions and local authorities.
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April 2008
- Academy of Management & Institute of New Technologies
  
  Indesit Company was judged as the company most sensitive to equal opportunities issues within the framework of "Knowledge, motivation, work – women and careers in the city of Lodz", a programme co-funded by the European Union and the European Social Fund to boost women's employment levels in the region, support equal opportunities and combat the social and professional exclusion of women from the labour market. Indesit was given a special mention for its active and innovative role in the project, involving 80 unemployed women who took part in seminars, training courses, workshops, work groups and counselling in the various professional sectors – all aimed at helping them find jobs. In this way, over 1,000 women were able to access useful information.
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- EiD award
  
  The innovative design of the Indesit Moon continues to reap awards throughout the world. Appliance Design, an American electronics and technology journal addressing industrial designers, gave it a gold Excellence in Design Award for bold and innovative design and the capacity to offer intelligent solutions for the home.
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February 2008
- Good Design
  
  The Chicago Athenaeum - Museum of Architecture and Design gave the Moon the 2007 Good Design Award in the “Bathroom” category, hailing it as a new concept, high-performance washing machine with a strong personality and a striking and innovative design suiting it to any part of the home, an object of furnishing in its own right. Set up in 1950, the Good Design Awards, focusing on the avant-garde in industrial design, are organized by the Chicago Athenaeum – Museum of Architecture and Design, one of Chicago’s most prestigious cultural institutions and the only museum of architecture and design in the United States, in collaboration with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies (Dublin and Athens) and the Metropolitan Arts Press.
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December 2007
- European Excellence Award
  
  Indesit Company’s innovative intranet – Insight – won an award for the Company at the 2008 European Excellence Awards, a prestigious international event promoted by “Communication Director”, a trade magazine. In the Ritz-Carlton in Berlin, an international panel of experts in the field of communication judged Insight the best Intranet in the Corporate Media category.
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October 2007
- Keynes-Sraffa Award
  
  Indesit Company chairman Vittorio Merloni won the Keynes-Sraffa Award, which is granted every two years by the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the United Kingdom to an Italian who has made an outstanding contribution to industrial and business relations between the two countries. Vittorio Merloni’s award was in recognition of Indesit Company’s role in boosting reciprocal investments between Italy and the UK.
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- “Golden Villa” (Złota Villa) Award
  
  The Moon washing machine was awarded the Polish “Zlota Villa”, conferred by the country’s prestigious “Villa” design magazine. Indesit received the main prize in the Large White Goods category. The Moon was acclaimed for its innovative design, clean crisp lines, futuristic control panel and the outstanding blue door placed in a metallic body, as well as for its revolutionary technology and high performance washing. The “Zlota Villa” (Golden Villa) is a well-known annual award for outstanding household products launched on the Polish market.
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- Special Mention 2007 Ecohitech Awards
  
  The innovative content and eco-sustainability of the new Hotpoint-Ariston dishwasher (triple A class), reduction of cardboard used in packaging and workplace health and safety management at the Manisa plant in Turkey were the three aspects that earned Indesit a special mention at the Ecohitech Awards, in the environmentally friendly products category. The Awards, at their 9th edition this year, are organized by Consorzio Ecoqual’It in collaboration with WWF Italia, within the framework of an agreement with Regione Lombardia (regional administration) and the Milan Chamber of Commerce, and address companies in electronics and hi-tech industries which achieve outstanding results in terms of eco-compatibility, energy efficiency and waste management.
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- Design Awards 2007
  
  The Moon washing machine was judged “Kitchen Product of the Year” at the 2007 Designer Awards - a prestigious accolade conferred annually by Designer, the UK’s top magazine for architects, developers and designers. The coveted award was assigned by a panel of experts that chose Moon as product of the year: a real innovation for the consumer and an example of design in which innovative performance and ease of use achieve a perfect balance.
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- Intellectual Capital Value
  
  Indesit Company won an award at the first Intellectual Capital Value Awards for the development of human capital, an initiative that assesses companies’ commitment to developing their human resources, their motivation, skills and attitudes. The value of intellectual capital is enhanced by policies that recognize and foster cultural diversity, that encourage job rotation (also on an international level) and that tend to put young talent in challenging positions, as well as ensuring off- and on-the-job training. All this being part of wider reaching policies to strengthen meritocracy, develop a spirit of belonging to one single company and sharing corporate values.
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- Janus de l’Industrie
  
  For the second year running Indesit Company won the Janus de l’Industrie, the prestigious Institut Français du Design award for companies that achieve outstanding creative results in the field of industrial design. Meeting in the splendid setting of the Palais du Luxembourg, seat of the Senate in Paris, a panel of 50 experts from the design, innovation and advertising sectors awarded the Janus to the Moon washing machine for its simplicity of design and its offering of solutions that combine innovation and immediacy.
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June 2007
- “Mela d’Oro” award – Fondazione Bellisario
  
  Neriman Ulsever, head of human resources at Indesit Company, won the “Mela d’Oro” at the 19th Premio Bellisario. The major award was in recognition of human resources management policy at Indesit Company, which is based on a cross cultural approach and, in fully respecting the cultural and geopolitical diversity of the communities where it operates, seeks to foster a single company identity so that everyone feels part of “one single company”.
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- Sodalitas Social Award
  
  The Jonathan-Indesit Company project was given a special mention at the 5th “Sodalitas Social Awards” for its outstanding social value. Sodalitas Awards, under the patronage of the President of the Italian Republic, go to companies, employers associations and industrial districts actively engaged in socially oriented programmes that foster declared ethical codes and values. Indesit Company received a special mention in the “best community partnership programme” category in connection with the Jonathan–Indesit Company project.
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- Best Technology Award 2007
  
  For the second year running Indesit Company won a “Best Technology Award” at the Grand Designs Live in London. Hotpoint-Ariston’s new 48 cm oven, designed by Makio Hasuike, received a Grand Designs Magazine award in the “Technology for the home” category in recognition of its new technology for domestic applications. The prestigious awards, set up in 2005, are given to products with outstanding technology and innovation during the Grand Designs Live in London, the most important design and innovation expo for operators in the world of home furnishing.
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May 2007
- Grand Clio Awards
  
  For the first time, an Italian commercial won the prestigious Grand Clio Awards: the coveted awards went to “Mondo Sommerso”, the TV commercial for Indesit Company’s Aqualtis washing machine. In addition to the Grand Clio in the Television category, the Aqualtis film, made for Indesit Company by Leo Burnett Italia, won a Silver Clio in the Animation category and a Bronze Clio in the Visual Effects category.
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- Grand Prix de l’Innovation
  
  Indesit Company won the 4th Grand Prix de l’Innovation (2007). The award for best design went to the Moon washing machine designed by Giugiaro. Set up by the “Institut du Design” in France in 2000, the prestigious awards take place every two years at the Paris Trade Fair and single out products in three categories - Design, Innovation and Technology.
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April 2007
- Best of Trust Brand - Russia
  
  The award ceremony for the Narodnaya Marka, which ranks the best loved brands in Russia, was held in the prestigious venue of the Kremlin. Over 300,000 Russian consumers chose Indesit Company brands (Indesit, Ariston and Stinol) as the best overall. For the third time since the awards were started, Indesit was judged best brand in the “washing machine” and “fridge” categories, while Stinol was second in “fridge” and Ariston third in the “washing machine” categories.
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January 2007
- Superbrands Award
  
  Superbrands is a UK group active in 55 countries. It is recognized as an “Independent Arbiter on Branding” in the United Kingdom and its mission is to identify, award and thereby strengthen leading brands from all over the world.
  Indesit received a Superbrands Award in the 3rd edition of Superbrands Russia. This is the first time Indesit has won a Superbrands Award.
November 2006
- Oscar Bilancio 2006
  
  Indesit Company won the 2006 "Oscar di Bilancio" in the Corporate Governance category for its handling of change required by new legislation and growing awareness of ethical business concepts.
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- Etica & Impresa Award
  
  Indesit Company won the first Etica & Impresa Award, the first Italian competition focusing on corporate social responsibility practice in the field of industrial relations. Indesit Company was awarded in the Territory category for having carried through the most ambitious project.
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- Ecohitech Award Ecohitech 2006
  
  Indesit Company’s Aqualtis won the 8th Ecohitech Award (for 2006). Set up in 1998, the Award is the most important in the field of eco-compatible/low-energy consumption technology.
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- Five stars for Aqualtis
  
  The Aqualtis is the first washing machine to have passed the Australian Standard Tests with five stars in the Water Rating category. Aqualtis brilliantly came through the tests in the Vipac Engineers and Scientists laboratories in Melbourne, an N.A.T.A. (National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia) certification body, thus proving itself the washing machine most sensitive to water resource needs, an issue the Australian government has been campaigning on for years.
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July 2006
- Comet Best Supplier of the Year Comet
  
  Indesit Company's position as a market leader was further validated endorsed as it wonby winning the Best Training and Best Supplier awards at the Comet Awards 2006.
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June 2006
- Gold Lion Cannes 2006
  
  For the first time in 12 years, the Golden Lion was won by an Italian company. At the 53rd Cannes International Advertising Festival, Indesit Company was awarded a Golden Lion for the TV ad of its Ariston brand Aqualtis washing machine.
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- Trade Communication Award - Independent Electrical Retailer
  
  The Hotpoint brand received a best press and TV campaign award from the Independent Electrical Retailer Magazine.
- Plus X Award for "Easy Ease of Use" and "Ecology"
  
  Indesit Company took part in the Plus X Awards and won a prize in the innovation category. The product singled out was the new "drawer" fridge. Following the Home Innovation Award 2005 for the Touch Control oven, this Plus X Award recognized Indesit Company’s exceptional capacity to innovate whilst reconciling technology and design.