Winning Products Demonstrate the Importance of Consumer Products that Balance Performance, Function and Design
Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) and Altec Lansing today announced the two
companies won a combined six 2009 Innovations Design and Engineering
Honoree Awards from the Consumer Electronics Association. The awards
highlight leadership in developing innovative audio communications and
entertainment solutions across numerous categories including headsets,
gaming, and digital audio.
The winning products will be showcased under the banner theme “The
Fusion of Voice, Music and Life” in the joint Plantronics and Altec
Lansing booth #20908, South Hall 1, during the 2009 Consumer Electronics
Show in Las Vegas, January 8-11, 2009.
“Plantronics and Altec Lansing share a high standard for acoustic and
design excellence,” said Clay Hausmann, vice president of Corporate
Marketing, Plantronics. “Technical ingenuity delivered in the Voyager
835 and Expressionist BASS alongside audio and design breakthroughs like
the Plantronics Discovery 925 and Orbit MP3-237 demonstrate our
commitment to products that harmoniously combine performance, function
and style.”
Plantronics Sound Innovation® for all Lifestyles
Plantronics took home three Innovations awards, demonstrating its
expertise in Bluetooth and gaming technology. Following is the list of
award-winning Plantronics products and categories in which they were
recognized.
• Plantronics’ signature Discovery 925 Bluetooth Earpiece – Wireless
Handsets Accessories product category.
• Plantronics’ first dual-mic with windscreen Voyager 835 Bluetooth
Headset – Headphones product category.
• Plantronics GameCom 777 Surround Sound Headset with Dolby technology –
Electronic Gaming product category.
Altec Lansing Professional Audio Performance & Premium Design
Altec Lansing was also awarded three Innovations awards for three new
audio systems that exemplify the company’s legendary stereo ingenuity
and digital music leadership. Following is the list of award-winning
Altec Lansing products and categories in which they were recognized.
• The industry’s first 2.2 combined speaker and subwoofer system, Altec
Lansing Expressionist BASS FX3022 – Computer Peripherals product
category.
• Altec Lansing’s first portable “Works with iPhone” system, the
inMotion MAX iMT702 – Audio Components product category.
• Altec Lansing’s latest edition to its highly popular Orbit line, the
inMotion Orbit iM237 – Personal Electronics product category.
About the Innovations Design and Engineering Award
The Innovations Design and Engineering Awards is an annual competition
which honors consumer technology manufacturers’ and developers’
outstanding design and engineering in CE products. It is sponsored by
the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the producer of the
International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow,
and endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the
voice of industrial design, committed to advancing the profession
through education, information, community and advocacy. A full list of
the 2009 Innovation Design and Engineering Award winners can be seen
here: www.CESweb.org/Innovations.
About Plantronics
In 1969, a Plantronics headset carried the historic first words from the
moon: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Since
then, Plantronics has become the headset of choice for mission-critical
applications such as air traffic control, 911 dispatch and the New York
Stock Exchange. Today, this history of innovation is the basis for every
audio product we build for the office, contact center, personal mobile,
entertainment and residential markets. The Plantronics family of brands
includes Plantronics, Altec Lansing and Clarity. For more information,
go to www.plantronics.com or
call (800) 544-4660.
About Altec Lansing
For more than 70 years Altec Lansing has been viewed among audiophiles
as the world’s most valuable and innovative audio brand and boasts a
unique history of innovation that includes the introduction of first
talkie film speakers, the first iPod docking station and the first
“Works with iPhone” speaker system. Altec Lansing makes a wide range of
audio systems for the home and office; a line of headphones for personal
listening; and the popular line of inMotion speaker systems for portable
digital players. Altec Lansing, a division of Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE:
PLT), is headquartered in Milford, PA.
Plantronics, Altec Lansing, Discovery, Voyager, GameCom, Expressionist
BASS and inMotion are trademarks of Plantronics, Inc. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners. More information
can be found at www.plantronics.com
and www.alteclansing.com.
Altec Lansing and Plantronics
Jennifer Elyse Shanks, 831-458-7084
jennifer.shanks@plantronics.com