Americas Region
FIRST Place
W.L. Gore & Associates
For its Gore® OMNIBEND™ Fiber made from a specially engineered form of Teflon® PTFE which dramatically extends the life of high strength synthetic fiber ropes.
Second Place
Perma Pure
For FC™ -Series fuel cell humidifiers made using DuPont™ Nafion® fluoropolymer quench resin.
Third Place
MADICO
For the use of TEDLAR® in TPE bright white and TPE HD bright white backsheet laminates for Photovoltaic Modules.
Asia Pacific Region
FIRST Place
Pialex Technologies Corp.
For developing Purecoat AN, an anti-fouling exterior coating made of a photocatalyst with Nafion® fluoropolymer, which demonstrates superior self-cleaning functionality.
Second Place
Japan Gore-Tex Inc.
For using Teflon® PTFE in a stress-relieving film called FLEXIBOND® which is used to bond electronic components.
Third Place
Cosmosound Technology Co.
For using Teflon® AF in Electrect Condenser Microphones used in high-end mobile telephone applications.
EMEA Region
FIRST Place
Varioptic
For its innovative Artic Liquid Lens, a miniature auto-focus lens for mobile camera phones, webcams and barcode readers made with Teflon® PTFE.
Second Place
Elring Klinger
For its new spiral-shaped solid propellant with Teflon® PTFE which is used to power instationary pulsed magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters (I-MPDS).
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