Awards

I3A recognizes leadership in several areas significant to the imaging industry:

I3A Leadership Award

Awarded annually since 1989, I3A’s Leadership Award was instituted to recognize those individuals in the international imaging community who have exhibited the exemplary qualities and innovative vision of a leader.

It is bestowed upon those who have exercised leadership traits that we all admire and strive for: judgment, imagination, knowledge, skill, hard work, initiative, decisiveness, loyalty and courage, to name a few.

This year’s prestigous award was presented to Makoto Kimura, President, Nikon Corporation. . To view previous recipients of Leadership Award, click here. An engraved crystal Captain’s decanter - a symbol of leadership - is given to each awardee.

Annual I3A Achievement Award

The I3A Achievement Award recognizes, encourages and celebrates outstanding accomplishments by individuals who have provided significant contributions to the advancement or growth of the imaging industry, through their participation in I3A, in the following two major categories:

  • Standards and Initiatives:

    Contribution to the success of national or international standards through participation in the accredited national standards developing program of I3A’s Image Technology committees or in ISO/TC42 Committee on Photography; or contribution to the success of an I3A Initiative Group.

  • Advocacy

    Contribution to the success of an I3A advocacy or government affairs program resulting in significant benefit to the industry in areas such as environmental protection, resolution of trade barriers, or positive consumer education.

Nominations
Nominations for the I3A Achievement Award may be submitted by any member representative of the Association or its boards, councils, and committees.

Award Presentation
The I3A Achievement Award is presented annually at the I3A Annual Conference. The recipient of the 2007 Award was George Lynch of HP.

For more information contact I3A at i3ainfo@i3a.org.

Safety Excellence Awards

The Safety Excellence Awards program was established to recognize occupational and health activities among the Association’s member companies. The awards, which are presented each year at the I3A Annual Conference, are given to I3A company sites that demonstrate the highest levels of safety performance and leadership. The major purpose of the awards is to assist member companies in bringing about sustainable improvement in all areas of health and safety in the workplace.

The "Best in Class" awards recognize the companies with the safest workplaces, as determined by injury and illness case rates for the year, in four different areas: manufacturing, warehousing, R&D/administrative, and photo finishing. The company in each category that meets all the I3A Safety Excellence Award Program criteria and has the lowest OSHA Recordable Incidence (ORI) with the most hours worked during the calendar year is recognized as being best in its class among I3A member companies.

To view the Safety Award recipients, see below: