POING, Germany: Forum Corporate Publishing (FCP) awarded EBV Elektronik's knowledge magazine The Quintessence its Best of Corporate Publishing Award on June 18th 2015. The prize is only one of three honours that the magazine has received to date. In addition to Germany's Best of Corporate Publishing Award, The Quintessence has received an ASTRID Award in the US and been nominated for the European Excellence Award.

The Quintessence of Cybersecurityissue was selected as winner of the Cover of the Year Award in Europe's largest corporate publishing contest, FCP's Best of Corporate Publishing Competition. FCP has been honouring the best company publications with awards since 2003. This year a total 729 publications entered the competition.

The Quintessencewas also distinguished with an Honours Award in the Corporate Publishing Magazine category in conjunction with the 2015 ASTRID Awards. Presented by the independent organisation Mercomm of the US, the prize is given to honour outstanding results in the area of international corporate design. More than 550 entries from all around the globe took part in this year's competition.

The journal has also been nominated in the past for the European Excellence Award in the Corporate Publishing category. A European magazine for corporate communications and public relations, Communication Director, presents the award for outstanding PR projects and communications campaigns.

EBV Elektronik's Vice President of Communications Bernd Schlemmer says, "Our aim with The Quintessenceis to publish a high-quality, informative and exciting magazine." EBV has been reporting about the latest in applications, trends and technologies from the world of electronics for eight years. "Every issue of The Quintessenceis dedicated to a different field of application for modern electronics - from Industry 4.0 to medical technology and beyond to smart systems," explains Schlemmer. "Different vertical segments of the market that we have distributed throughout our solution and product portfolio resonate in the publication," he adds.

Written by specialists, the magazine's editorial expertise and particularly its creative presentation are persuasive. The covers of each issue are tailored to suit an actual theme from the world of electronics. On one cover, a lenticular foil uses two varying perspectives to show to different images and give readers a glimpse behind the scenes ( The Quintessence of Cybersecurity). A wafer-thin electronic component was incorporated in the cover of another issue to demonstrate the possibilities presented by today's technology ( The Quintessence of Sensor Technology).

The owner and managing director of the agency IndustryAgents, Eva von Einsiedel, produces The Quintessenceand developed the concept. She says, "The issue topics are right up with the times. We demonstrate opportunities out there that exist thanks to electronics. At the same time, EBV tones down its own PR to leave plenty of space for what really interests the reader."
The current issue - also the sixteenth in the series - is dedicated to Industry 4.0. The magazine appears in English and German throughout the EMEA (Europe - Middle East - Africa) in print runs from 10 thousand to 25 thousand copies. The Quintessencecan be ordered free of charge at www.ebv.com/tqin print form or as an ePaper. Apps for reading on a Tablet-PC are available at the Apple and Android app stores as "TQ by EBV".

About EBV Elektronik
An Avnet Group (NYSE:AVT) company, EBV Elektronik was founded in 1969 and is the leading semi-conductor specialist in Europe. EBV maintains a successful strategy of personal customer loyalty in conjunction with the best of service. A select number of long-term manufacturing partners are the focus of the work of 230 technical production engineers. Furthermore, 110 superbly trained application specialists have at their disposal comprehensive technical expertise and design know-how. With the EBVchips programme, EBV works together with customers to define and develop new semi-conductor products. Targeted support through vertical distribution channels is provided for customers in selected growth markets. Europe's biggest service centre, Avnet Logistics, is the backbone of EBV. Avnet offers warehousing, logistics solutions and value added services such as programming, taping and reeling or laser marking. EBV has more than 62 branches in 28 countries in EMEA.www.ebv.com

About IndustryAgents
IndustryAgents GmbH is a Munich-based, full service agency specialising in industrial companies and start-ups. www.industryagents.de

Media Contact
Bernd Schlemmer
Vice President Communications
Im Technologiepark 2-8
85586 Poing
bernd.schlemmer@ebv.com

Anja Woithe
Senior PR Manager - Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA
Im Technologiepark 2-8, D-85586 Poing
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F:+49 (0) 8121 774 98 439
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