Taoglas Award Shortlist 2010
Taoglas Recognised for Outstanding Innovation in the SFA National Small Business Awards 2010
2009-12-23 05:15:49
Taoglas Short Listed for Innovator of the Year Award
Enniscorthy – December 22, 2009 – Taoglas, (www.taoglas.com) the leading M2M antenna provider, announced that it has been short listed for the Small Firms Association’s (SFA) National Small Business Awards 2010. Taoglas is one of the finalists in the Enterprise Ireland sponsored category “Innovator of the Year Award”. Taoglas was recognised for its outstanding innovation in the area of surface mount antenna solutions for the automotive and machine-to-machine (M2M) industry. Taoglas’ range of antennas for GPS, cellular, Zigbee and WiFi have seen tremendous success globally.Taoglas makes a range of embedded, external and base station antennas covering the M2M market for automotive, telemedical, smart metering, tracking and remote monitoring. Taoglas’ antennas build on the company’s strong product line and experience with cellular antennas and merge the best of Taoglas’ strength in world-leading antenna designs with innovative manufacturing practices. In only four years, since Taoglas was founded by Dermot O’Shea from Enniscorthy and Ronan Quinlan from Dublin, the company has grown from a small two-person company to become an international manufacturing and consultancy company for the M2M market with design and development headquarters in Enniscorthy and the U.S. and manufacturing in Taiwan.“Since Taoglas’ inception, we’ve been focused on building our reputation as a provider of top quality and high efficiency embedded and external antennas,” said Dermot O’Shea, co-founder and director from Taoglas. “We use unique materials and innovative market designs to bring out products that make sense for the market. Going forward we see a strong market growth in the M2M sector and will continue to supply a total mesh network solution, combining embedded, external and base station antennas, to smart metering, agriculture or any sensor mesh network. We have truly delivered innovation in the area of surface mount GPS and cellular antenna solutions. We are delighted to be short listed for the SFA National Small Business Award 2010.”
“Among this year’s applicants there is an overwhelming sense of resilience and adaptability and in these challenging times it’s great to see so many small companies positively focused on the growth of their businesses which really gives me hope that small business will be the vital force in Ireland’s economy in the coming years”, commented Dr. Aidan O’Boyle, SFA Chairman and Chair of the Awards Judging Panel.
About Taoglas
Taoglas, the leading M2M antenna provider, delivers an extensive range of automotive, utility, telemedical, tracking and remote antenna solutions. Taoglas also provides wireless device services including, antenna and device RF consultancy, custom antenna design, device noise debugging and testing services, and device certification and approval. Founded in 2004, Taoglas has offices in Ireland, Taiwan, South Africa and USA. Taoglas’ antenna design and development is carried out by Taoglas in Ireland, USA and Taiwan with production managed through Taoglas Taiwan. Taoglas customers include top tier automotive, tracking, metering and medical companies worldwide. For more information visit: www.taoglas.com.
For more information contact:
Aoife Kimber Dermot O’Shea
KimberPR Taoglas
Tel: + 1 650 773 7288 Tel: +353 53 916 9500
Email: akimber@kimberpr.com Email: doshe@taoglas.com