Automotive Engineering Excellence Awards 2007

Award Winners Announced

The 2007 Automotive Engineering Excellence Awards were presented at the RACV Club, Melbourne on Friday 24th August 2007. Recipients of the awards were:

		Thompson Coupling for their "Constant Velocity Joint Shaft Coupling"
L - R: Glenn Thompson of Thompson Coupling. Award presented by Max Gillard, SAE-A President
proudly sponsored by:		Schefenacker Vision Systems for their "Power Trailer Tow mirror"
L - R: SAE-A Executive Director Manny Stamatopoulos, Martin Schuurmans and Simon Belcher of Schefenacker Vision Systems, SAE-A President Max Gillard
proudly sponsored by:		Injectronics for the "Virtual Automotive Simulator for Testing of Automotive Electronic Components"
L - R: Mr Michael Case of RACV, Bob Hailer of Injectronics SAE-A President Max Gillard
proudly sponsored by:		Olga Diaz-Gutierrez of Siemens VDO for the Young Engineers Award
L - R: Mr Greig Connell of Australia Wide Personnel, Olga Diaz-Gutierrez of Siemens VDO, SAE-A President Max Gillard
		Not awarded in 2007.

In addition to the above awards the judges also presented a Special Commendation Award

Mr Max Gillard, President SAE-A presenting the Special Commendation Award to PBR Australia

Mr Max Gillard, President SAE-A presenting the Special Commendation Award to Simon Watkins and Jacob Rayner of RMIT Racing

For more information on the 2006 winners download the media release (63KB PDF)

Historical List of Recipients for the Automotive Engineering Excellence Awards (31KB PDF)

The presentation of the Excellence Awards is an annual event aimed at recognising excellence in automotive engineering, manufacturing, design and quality to help raise the standards and public perception of the Australian automotive and related Industries.

Three awards are presented annually at a prestigious Black Tie dinner to Gold, Silver and Bronze recipients. On occasion, judges may also nominate an applicant for the “Outstanding Contribution to Advancing Technology” Award.

The awards are open to entries covering services, manufacturing processes or innovations as well as specific products.

Entries and nominations are invited from all organizations and individuals who directly or indirectly provide products, processes or services to the Automotive and related Industries. The 2006 Call for Entries brochure is available below for reference.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsorship Opportunities currently exist for the 2008 Awards, for further information on the packages available please contact the SAE-A office on Tel: 03 9326 7166.