22nd September 2008

Cambridge Consultants presents best breakthrough product to Wideblue at the 2008 IDEA Awards

Cambridge Consultants has presented the best breakthrough product to Wideblue, provider of solutions in photonics and complex electro-optic systems, for its Breastlight product. The Breastlight, developed by Wideblue for client PWB Health Ltd, is a personal handheld health device that can help women identify the early signs of breast cancer. Russell Overend, Operations Director at Wideblue, accepted the award.

Duncan Smith, Head of Consumer Products at Cambridge Consultants, presented the award to Wideblue at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in Central London on Friday 19th September. He comments: “Cambridge Consultants sponsor the breakthrough product category of the IDEA Awards to encourage up and coming concepts and companies. Our reputation has been built on our ability to create new and innovative products for clients to take to market, and so this award is particularly appropriate to us. Wideblue’s work on the Breastlight is both impressive and important, and I was proud to present them with the breakthrough product award.”

Brandon Medical was also awarded a highly commended in this category.

For more information on Wideblue, see www.wide-blue.com

For more information on the Breastlight, see uk.breastlight.com

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Notes for editors:

Cambridge Consultants develops breakthrough products, creates and licenses intellectual property, and provides business consultancy in technology critical issues for clients worldwide. For nearly 50 years, the company has enabled its clients to turn business opportunities into commercial successes, whether launching first-to-market products, entering new markets or expanding existing markets through the introduction of new technologies.

With a team of over 270 engineers, designers, scientists and consultants, in offices in Cambridge (UK) and Boston (USA), Cambridge Consultants offers solutions across a diverse range of industries including medical technology, industrial and consumer products, automotive, transport, energy and wireless communications. For more information visit: www.CambridgeConsultants.com

Cambridge Consultants is part of the Altran group. Altran Technologies, which is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (FR:003463), employs over 16,000 consultants in 20 countries around the world. In 2007 the group generated a turnover of €1,591.4 million. For more information visit: www.altran.com

About the IDEA awards
Eureka and New Electronics magazines joined forces with Cranfield School of Management to create the Innovation and Design Excellence Awards, the single-minded aim being to recognise and celebrate the critical role played by both engineering and electronic product design teams. Using the same formula as the well established Best Factory Awards, the judging standards are equally rigorous and the winners really are the best of the best. These are businesses that have recognised that creativity and design innovation are the critical elements of continually improving and reinvigorating themselves to stay ahead of the competition

Photo caption - Duncan Smith of Cambridge Consultants presents the best breakthrough product award to Russell Overend of Wideblue.

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