MEET THE 2025 FINALISTS!
Congratulations to all the companies and individuals who have been chosen as finalists for the 2025 Elektra Awards!
This year’s finalists represent the very best in innovation, leadership, and excellence across the global electronics industry. Being named a finalist is an outstanding achievement and a true reflection of the talent, creativity, and hard work driving this sector forward.
We look forward to celebrating with you on Tuesday 9 December 2025 at Hilton Bankside, London, where winners will be announced in front of industry peers, partners, and leaders. It promises to be an inspiring evening of recognition and networking.
Please note that Brightsparks finalists and winners will be announced on the night.
Automotive / Hi-Rel Semiconductor Product of the Year
- Barrot Technology, Smart cockpit wireless turnkey solution
- Menlo Microsystems, MM5230 high power RF switch
- Microchip Technology, PIC64-HPSC microprocessors
- Nordic Semiconductor, nRF9151 SiP module
- NXP Semiconductors, S32R47 imaging radar processor
- NXP Semiconductors, Trimension NCJ29D6 ultra-wideband (UWB) IC
- SemiQ, Gen3 MOSFETs
- Semtech, SurgeSwitch transient diverting suppressors
- Socionext, Automotive PCIe switch SC1900AR3
- Spacechips, Spacechips Edge 1
- Vicor, BCM6135, DC-DC bi-directional power converter module
Best Electronics Workplace Award
- Cambridge GaN Devices
- Rochester Electronics
- Saras Micro Devices
- TTI
Consumer Semiconductor - Energy-efficiency
Sponsored by
- Diodes, AP33771C and AP33772S: USB Type-C PD 3.1 extended power range (EPR) sink controllers
- Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC), EPC2366 40V GaN power transistor
- Nanopower Semiconductor, nPZero power supervisor IC
- Nexperia, NEH71x0 energy harvesting power management ICs
Consumer Semiconductor - Microprocessors & Digital Support ICs
Sponsored by
- DeepX, DX-M1
- Infineon Technologies, EZ-USB FX20
- Innatera, Spiking Neural Processor Pulsar
- Kioxia Europe, QLC UFS Ver. 4.0 device
- MediaTek, Dimensity 9400+
- Nordic Semiconductor, nRF54L15 wireless SoC
- NXP Semiconductors, NTAG X DNA
- Octavo Systems, The OSD62x-PM system-in-package (SiP)
- Renesas Electronics, RA0 MCU series
- Silicon Labs, SiXG301 and SiXG302
- SiTime, Symphonic SiT30100 mobile clock generator
- Synaptics, Astra SR100 series
Consumer Semiconductor - Sensing and Displays
Sponsored by
- ams Osram, TMF8806 direct time-of-flight sensor
- ams Osram, Mira 016 CMOS image sensor
- FlexEnable Technology, FlexiOM organic TFT materials for curved displays and AR optics
- NXP Semiconductors, Trimension SR250
- Omnivision, OV50X50
Design Team of the Year
Sponsored by
- Celestia UK – Satellite Gateway design team
- EECL design team
- Red Pitaya
- SIemens EDA - Tessent Embedded Analytics UK R&D team
- STMicroelectronics MEMS design team
Design Tool and Development Software Product of the Year
- Buckingham Magnetics, AI-driven navigation for magnetic design solutions
- Innatera, Talamo SDK
- Lattice Semiconductor, Lattice Radiant
- Mach42, Discovery platform
- Neumonda Technology, Octopus DRAM tester
- Percepio, Detect
- Pico Technology, PicoScope 3000E series PC-based oscilloscopes
- Renesas Electronics, R-Car Open Access (RoX) platform
- Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente, Adapter board RAB7 for AI-powered sensorfusion
- Siemens EDA, Tessent in-system test
- Taoglas, antenna integrator
Educational Support Award
- Academy Achievers
- Advanced Rework Technology
- Axiom Manufacturing Services
- Rapid Electronics
- Red Pitaya
- RISC-V International
Manufacturer of the Year
- Axiom Manufacturing Services
- Custom Interconnect
- Incap Electronics UK
- Kioxia Europe
- OMC
- Trio Engineering Company
Medical Semiconductor Product of the Year
- ams Osram, AS5920M photon counting module
- Innatera, Spiking Neural Processor Pulsar
- Nanopower Semiconductor, nPZero power supervisor IC
- Nordic Semiconductor, nRF54L15 wireless SoC
Passive/Interconnection/Electromechanical Product of the Year
- Microchip Technology, HSAutoLink C
- Panasonic Industry Europe, ZVU series conductive polymer hybrid aluminium electrolytic capacitors
- Pickering Electronics, Series 125 ultra-high density 5mm² reed relays
- Same Sky, AMT25 absolute encoder series
- Saras Micro Devices, STILE module
- Smiths Interconnect, Cat5e and Cat6A high-speed data transmission modules
- Smiths Interconnect, Mini-Lock connector
- Vishay Intertechnology, SGTPL-28 Series space-grade planar transformers
Power System Product of the Year
- Cambridage GaN Devices, Combo ICeGaN
- Dukosi, Dukosi Cell Monitoring System (DKCMS)
- Itech Electronics, IT2700 multi-channel modular power system
- Navitas Semiconductor, Bi-directional GaNFast power ICs
- Navitas Semiconductor, 12kW AI server power reference design
- Power Integrations, BridgeSwitch-2 with MotorXpert v3.0 BLDC motor drive hardware/software bundle
- Power Integrations, InnoMux-2 multi-output switcher IC with 1700 V GaN
- Pulsiv, 65W standard assembled modules for USB-C applications
- SemiQ, Gen3 MOSFETs
- TT Electronics, Altitude DC power conversion technology
Rising Star Award
Sponsored by
- Cole Parry, Axiom Manufacturing Services
- Dr. Feiyuan Yang, Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD)
- Sam Simpson, Ensilica
- Tom Bowman, Metasphere
- Maxwell Ballot, Pragmatic Semiconductor
- Alice Kay, Pragmatic Semiconductor
- John Sinclair, Pragmatic Semiconductor
- Ben Hannity, Taoglas
Smart Building Product of the Year
- Eskan Electronics , Eskan - Lica 4
- Morse Micro, MM8102 Wi-Fi HaLow SoC
- NeoCortec, Dual band and dual mode NeoMesh wireless network module using LoRa® modulation
- Qorvo, QPG6200 series
- Semtech, LR2021 LoRa transceiver
- Sensata Technologies, Resonix RGD gas leak detection sensor
Start-up of the Year
- Buckingham Magnetics
- Circuits Integrated Hellas
- CyberWhiz
- Ethicronics
- Innatera
- Nanopower Semiconductor
- Phlux Technology
- QPT
- Tropic Square
The Futurist Award
- Advantech, MIC-743 based on Nvidia Jetson Thor
- Forefront RF, Foretune technology
- Innatera, Spiking Neural Processor Pulsar
- Kaytus, MotusAI AI DevOps platform
- Kioxia Europe, PCIe 5.0-compatible broadband optical SSD
- Navitas Semiconductor, 12kW AI server power reference design
- PQShield, UltraPQ-Suite
- Pragmatic Semiconductor, NFC Connect
- QPT, qIPM 1MHz sine wave motor drive
University Research Readers’ Choice Award
- Bristol University
- Edinburgh University
- Glasgow University
- Teesside and Edinburgh universities
- Wolverhampton University