Belkin Honored with Five 2012 CES Innovations Awards for Excellence in Design and Engineering

Belkin Kitchen Cabinet Mount Earns Best of Innovations Designation

PLAYA VISTA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Five Belkin products have been honored with prestigious 2012 CES Innovations Awards, including one Best of Innovations Award for the Belkin Kitchen Cabinet Mount. The awards, chosen by the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) panel of independent industry experts and trade media, recognize Belkin’s achievements in innovations, design, and engineering.

“Innovation in design and engineering is at the heart of our Brand and we are proud to be recognized by CEA for achievements in this arena,” said Chet Pipkin, president and CEO of Belkin. “The five products honored speak to the passion we have for creating products and experiences that make people’s lives easier through technology.”

The Belkin products honored are:

• Kitchen Cabinet Mount – Best of Innovations Honoree, Portable Multimedia Accessories category
  The Kitchen Cabinet Mount was created to help free up valuable counter space and keep your tablet in view and securely suspended on any cabinet or shelf. It can be easily installed, removed, and stored.
• Chef Stand + Stylus – Design and Engineering Awards Honoree, Portable Multimedia Accessories category
  Kitchen-safe and made for use with messy hands, the Chef Stand + Stylus allows you to scroll through recipes without getting your iPad 2 dirty. The product features dual angles for easy viewing and a non-slip rubber base, perfect for combatting slippery countertops.
• Advanced Secure DVI-I KVM Switch – Design and Engineering Awards Honoree, Computer Peripherals category
  The Advanced Secure DVI-I KVM Switch is designed specifically for the defense and intelligence communities and allows access to multiple systems and different classes of networks from a single user console.
• ScreenCast TV Adapter for Intel® Wireless Display – Design and Engineering Awards Honoree, Home Networking category
  Belkin’s ScreenCast TV Adapter for Intel® Wireless Display eliminates the need to crowd around a small laptop screen to share photos, stream HD videos, or watch Blu-ray™ movies with friends and family by wirelessly transferring personal or online content from any WIDI-enabled laptop to any HDTV with an available HDMI® port.
• ScreenCast AV 4 Wireless AV-to-HDTV Adapter – Design and Engineering Awards Honoree, Home Theater Audio/Video Accessories category.
  ScreenCast AV 4 wirelessly connects your home theater equipment to your HDTV via a transmitter connected to the device’s HDMI connection. The powerful transmitter enables you to locate AV equipment up to 100 feet away within a room, or hide them in a closet or adjacent room at a reduced distance.

Winning entries will be displayed during the 2012 International CES, January 10–13, 2012, in Las Vegas at the Innovations Design and Engineering Showcase in the Grand Lobby of Las Vegas Convention Center.

Sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the Innovations Design and Engineering Awards reflect innovative design and engineering. All entries were judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, independent engineers, and members of the trade press. For more information, please visit: www.CESweb.org/Innovations.

To learn more about Belkin International, Inc. visit http://www.belkin.com/aboutus/.

CONTACT:

Belkin International, Inc.
Leah Polk
Sr. Global Public Relations Manager
310-751-2738
leah.polk@belkin.com
or
Orquidea Ramos
PR Coordinator
310-751-2894
orquidear@belkin.com

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