Elcogen has been named ‘National Winner’ in the 2019 European Business Awards, one of the world’s largest business competitions.

It was chosen from 2,753 businesses named as ‘Ones to Watch’ in a list of business excellence published in July and selected as a National Winner by a panel of independent judges including business leaders, politicians and academics. It is the best business in Estonia in the category of Innovation with Turnover of €0-25M and will now go on to represent Estonia in the final stage of the competition.

Founder and CEO of Elcogen, Enn Õunpuu said:” Fuel cells have the potential to reshape how the world is powered, allowing efficient, clean, and reliable off grid energy generation. And most importantly the fuel cells are the key technology enabling the hydrogen economy”

Adrian Tripp, CEO of the European Business Awards said: “This is a significant achievement and Elcogen is an outstanding leader in their field. To be chosen as a National Winner means you show great innovation, ethics and success and are one of the best businesses in Europe. We wish Elcogen the best of luck in the final round.”

Elcogen will head to Warsaw, Poland on the 3rd and 4th of December to complete a final round of judging and attend both a Summit to engage in business issues, and the Gala Ceremony where the overall category winners for the 2019 European Business Awards will be announced.

The European Business Awards is now in its 12th year and its primary purpose is to support the development of a stronger and more successful business community throughout Europe. This year it considered over 120,000 businesses from 33 countries. Sponsors and partners include Inflexion, Germany Trade & Invest and Cision PR Newswire.

For further press information or for case studies/interviews, please contact:

• Elcogen: Marek Roostar +372 634 6752 or e-mail marek.roostar@elcogen.com
• EBA: Vanessa Wood on +44 (0) 796 666 6657 or email vanessa.wood@businessawardseurope.com;

About the European Business Awards:
The European Business Awards is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious cross border, cross sector business competitions. Its primary purpose is to support and develop a stronger, more successful, innovative and ethical business community in Europe, as it believes businesses play a key role in addressing major issues faced across the world.

For more information about the competition please go to www.businessawardseurope.com