Picon and Mathys & Squire have been confirmed as the headline sponsors of this year’s Innovation Excellence Awards. The Stationers’ Company recently announced the return of the awards, with entries now open and judges announced

Awards co-chair Linda Drew commented on the news, ‘It is excellent to be able to confirm headline sponsors for 2022 will again be Picon and Mathys & Squire. In 2022, each Award will receive £3000 worth of consultancy from intellectual property specialists Mathys and Squire, a service which has been used very successfully by past winners. The company is extremely grateful for their continued support, especially as we move the awards back into our refurbished hall.’

Fellow co-chair Jill Jones added, ’The company is also delighted to confirm there will also be an accompanying exhibition, ahead of the awards luncheon. Due to Covid-19, it will be three years since the last exhibition took place, so we are really looking forward to this wonderful opportunity for shortlisted companies to gain even more exposure, and we thank our sponsors for enabling this to happen’.’

Finally, Bettine Pellant, CEO at Picon, said, ‘Many of our members have entered these awards in past years and we have seen no let-up in breakthrough technologies. The Innovation Excellence Awards provide a really valuable platform for companies to shout about the latest products and applications.”’