SylvanSport Named Edison Awards Finalist

BREVARD, N.C. - Feb. 16, 2015 - PRLog -- The GO – Mobile Adventure Gear, Camping Trailer by SylvanSport has been named a 2015 Award Finalist by the internationally renowned Edison Awards™. The distinguished awards, inspired by Thomas Edison’s persistence and inventiveness, recognize innovation, creativity and ingenuity in the global economy.

“It’s exciting to see companies like SylvanSport continuing Thomas Edison’s legacy of challenging conventional thinking,” said Frank Bonafilia, Edison Awards’ executive director. “Edison Awards recognizes the game-changing products and services, and the teams that brought them to consumers.” Award winners will be announced April 23, 2015 at the Edison Awards Annual Gala, held in the historic Ballroom of The Capitale in New York City.

“We are truly honored to be selected as an Edison Awards finalist. To be in the same distinguished company as innovative past winners like Tesla, IDEO, Ford, Nike and Apple is truly an honor” said Tom Dempsey, President of SylvanSport.

Edison Award nominees are judged by more than 3,000 senior business executives and academics from across the nation whose votes acknowledge the Finalists’ success in meeting the award’s stringent criteria of quality. The voting panel includes members of:

Chief Marketing Officer Council (CMO)

Design Management Institute (DMI)

American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Georgia State Marketing Roundtable (GSU)

Product Development and Management Association (PDMA)

Assoc. of Technology Mgmt & Applied Engineering (ATMAE)

Past Edison Award winners

Marketing professionals

Scientists

Designers

Engineers

Academics

About SylvanSport

SylvanSport (http://www.sylvansport.com) is the US-based manufacturer of the award-winning GO Camping trailer (http://go.sylvansport.com/) and the revolutionary ‘GO Easy’ (http://easy.sylvansport.com/) Adventure Trailer. GO is the Swiss Army Knife of camping trailers and has been called the Coolest. Camper. Ever. by National Geographic Adventure. The all new ‘GO Easy’ is the most innovative and feature-packed bike, boat, and cargo hauling, utility/camping trailer on the market. For more information, visit our website www.sylvansport.com.

The Edison Awards is a program conducted by Edison Universe, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to fostering future innovators. For more information about the Edison Awards, Edison Universe and a list of past winners, visit www.edisonawards.com.