Genevac has been awarded the 2009 Gold Award for Laboratory Equipment Industrial Design for its Rocket Evaporator by Instrument Business Outlook (IBO).
IBO announced the winners of its 16th annual IBO Design Awards for excellence in the industrial design of analytical instruments, portable analytical instruments and laboratory equipment.
The winners of the 2009 Awards demonstrate how industrial design can improve a product's performance and the end-user's experience.
In the Laboratory Equipment Industrial Design section, Genevac's Gold Award was accompanied by a Silver Award for the Metrohm 862 Compact Titrosampler and Bronze Award for HTA's HT800L HPLC Autosampler.
The Rocket Evaporator combines striking industrial design with unmatched performance and ease of use, according to the company.
Technology in the Rocket Evaporator enables it to dry or concentrate as many as six large-volume flasks up to five times faster than conventional rotary evaporators.
Offering true unattended operation capability the Rocket Evaporator requires no training, allowing a beginner to competently use the system in less than five minutes.
To be eligible for an IBO Design Award, a product must have begun shipping between August 2008 and July 2009.
Award candidates are chosen from the new products that IBO monitors through trade shows, trade publications and press releases.
Award winners are selected based on their industrial designs, not on technical capabilities or performance.
Criteria include aesthetics, functionality and features.
