At an award ceremony in London, the independent research company Frost & Sullivan presented HMS Industrial Networks with the "2013 European Industrial Communication Processors New Product Innovation Award." The award recognizes HMS's new network processor, the Anybus NP40, as best in class in a global comparison. The Anybus NP40 is a new network processor from HMS Industrial Networks and the core component in the upcoming Anybus CompactCom 40-series. Anybus CompactCom is a line of communication interfaces which are embedded into industrial devices to enable communication with an industrial network. The Anybus NP40 network processor can be said to be the "brain" of the new Anybus CompactCom 40-series, handling the communication between the host device and any industrial network. The processor handles this communication with very low latency making it very well-suited for modern and demanding industrial applications. After benchmark the available industrial communication processors on the market, Frost & Sullivan has deemed the Anybus NP40 to be the best based on the following key criterias: * Innovative Element of the Product * Leverage of Leading-Edge Technologies * Value Added Features/Benefits * Increased Customer ROI * Customer Acquisition/Penetration Potential Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Emil Lazarski states: "Features such as an innovative design and high functionality, combined with the ability to support various industrial networks in a user-friendly and cost- effective manner, make these chips very attractive to diverse end users, such as equipment manufacturers who will have the possibility to offer universal communication interfaces to their customers. In addition, compared to competing alternatives, all solutions based on the NP40 can gain from having a highly integrated design and being more compact. This beneficial for customers because they can easily integrate HMS Industrial Networks' solution into their final product with a minimal physical footprint." "We are very proud to receive this award," says Christian Bergdahl, Product Marketing Manager at HMS Industrial Networks AB "We have worked with industrial networking for a long time and the Anybus NP40 incorporates this experience into a very competent processor. This award recognizes that we are on the right track for taking this technology even further and that we have the best solution on the market." HMS Contact: Anders Hansson Global Marketing Manager [email protected] P +46 35 172900 Frost & Sullivan contact: Emily Bailey Best Practices Frost & Sullivan [email protected] P: +44 (0)20 7915 7869 www.frost.com [HUG#1702398]