Making sure this works properly

Making sure this works

We opened entries to our Sapphire Awards program at the start of February this year — the month during which we have typically announced the winners at a fantastic Gala. I had a little trepidation about opening nominations. COVID-19 definitely impacted R&D and innovation especially from early March last year up though the fall when the LED and solid-state lighting sectors (SSL) seemed to regain some footing. I’m happy to report that entries are going well about halfway through the nomination period. We are still getting questions about the program and clearly we still need to refine our documentation going forward, although some of the questions have been about the Sapphire Design Excellence Awards, which are new.