In the run-up to the awards, held on January 29, 2013 at the Amsterdam Convention Factory, hopeful systems integrators and manufacturers from across the professional AV industry were battling it out to top product and project categories.

Project awards entries were deliberated over by a team of judges who had the tough job of selecting winners from a host of strong entries from each of the eight categories. Further, judges choice awards were presented to RH Consulting, Consultant or Project Manager of the Year and Polymedia, winner of the InAVative Futures Award.

Polymedia had already grabbed the gong for the most InAVative Retail Installation with other project awards handed to ALA, hartmann+mathias, DJ Willrich, TechnoQ, Wilhelm & Willhalm, ETC Paris and Prase Engineering for outstanding projects across the EMEA region.

InAVate readers turned out in force to vote for twelve technology categories and saw the HDBaseT Alliance pick up an award for Breakthrough Technology of the Year

Dan Jago, founder of InAVate and a director of IML Group, thanked InAVation Awards sponsors and everyone who attended to contribute to a "fantastic evening of networking and celebration".

"We extend special thanks to a number of attendees who extended stays in Amsterdam or even travelled long distances just to be here tonight," he said on the evening. "We already have our sights set on next year’s event with the teams from InAVate and IML Events working to ensure we continue to grow and develop the high standard of this much-anticipated industry event"

Results can be found on the InAVation Awards website and full winners details will be published shortly in new publication, What’s new Pro AV.