Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has announced the winners of the inaugural Global System Integrator Excellence awards for industry. These awards recognize the most outstanding contributors to the Schneider Electric System Integrator Alliance program across four categories.

The winners of the Global System Integrator Excellence awards are:

Business Growth Award – Ektaco (Estonia)

Ektaco has delivered extensive growth in the past 12 months and have truly utilized to the fullest potential the offers of the SI Alliance Partner program benefits to help achieve its results. This includes benefits such as joint project follow up and customer visits with Schneider Electric, employing SI Alliance program exclusive pre-sales tools like our Tested, Validated and Documented Architectures (TVDAs) and specifications, as well as participation in exclusive SI Alliance technical skills and training events.

Business Development Award: Electro 80 (Australia)

Electro 80 has been an overachiever in the SI Alliance Partner program for many years and in 2013, the company’s performance continued to shine. Electro 80 is a Certified Alliance partner, displaying its expertise in delivering solutions for large projects, encompassing the full PlantStruxure offer.

Technical Expertise Award: Artiflex (South Africa)

Global System Integrator Partner of the Year: Artiflex (South Africa)

Artiflex has achieved not one but two Global SI Alliance Excellence awards, which is an outstanding achievement. The company has a highly skilled team of engineers, including two PlantStruxure Certified Engineers, dedicated to delivering the best Schneider Electric solutions to their customers. Artiflex are early adopters of our new offers, such as PlantStruxure PES and are currently working on three conversion projects for this offer.

“Recognizing the companies and individuals within the Schneider Electric System Integrator Alliance program is an important aspect of the program,” says Andrew Brown, Strategy & System Integrator Program Director, Schneider Electric. “These awards distinguish our dedicated partners responsible for the innovations, achievements and great service that help our industrial and infrastructure customers meet their technical and business challenges. These winners should be very proud of their recognition through these awards.”

An awards ceremony will be held in Cannes, France, on June 2 to honour the winners.