Three SANYO products received awards from the Indonesia Best Brand Awards (IBBA), presented annually by Indonesia’s prominent business magazine, SWA, in collaboration with consulting institution, Mars.The awards were presented to the winners on 28 July 2009 at a gala dinner held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Jakarta.

IBBA is awarded for Indonesian consumers’ top choice brands from the Brand Equity Survey.The survey was based on Brand Awareness, Ad Awareness, Satisfaction & Loyalty Index, Brand Share and Gain Index.Determination of the award is based on surveys with a number of product categories in seven big cities in Indonesia, including Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Makassar, Medan, Semarang, and Balikpapan.

The three excellent SANYO Best Brand Award winners are the Water Pump, Washing machine, and eneloop batteries. The Water Pump received Platinum for this award. The Platinum Award is presented to brands which has been the consumers’ choice for five consecutive years. It is the 2nd year that the SANYO washing machine has garnered the Best Brand Award, while the eneloop batteries make its debut on the Awards stage this year.

To add to the accolades that SANYO products have received in the IBBA event, "eneloop" also won the consumer category prize in the 2009 Australian International Design Awards on 29 May this year. The awards reward excellence in design and innovation, providing consumers with an independent indicator of quality and value for professionally designed products available on the Australian market.

The awards are an acknowledgement of the SANYO brand, and SANYO will continue to create high quality products for consumers all around the world.