PRESS RELEASE
European users and the media pay tribute to the products of the German market leader.
Glinde, February 27, 2014: be quiet!, market leader of PC power supplies in Germany for eight consecutive years*, has received several "Manufacturer of the Year" awards from all over Europe. In addition, the brand's products "Silent Wings 2," "Pure Power L8 530 Watt," "Shadow Rock Top Flow" and "Power Zone 650 Watt" all finished first in various "Product of the Year" categories.
Readers of German magazine PC Games Hardware have voted be quiet! "Manufacturer of the Year 2013" in the category "Power Supplies" for the eighth time in a row. In the same survey the brand finished first in the category "Case Fans" and third in the category "CPU Coolers." Readers of German magazine Hardwareluxx have also voted be quiet! "Manufacturer of the Year 2013" in the category "Power Supplies" for the second time in a row. In the Netherlands, be quiet! came first in the annual survey by Hardware.info and awarded "Product of the Year" for the "Silent Wings 2" brand. Meanwhile, "Pure Power L8 530 Watt" was voted "Best Product of 2013" at KitGuru in the United Kingdom. Poland's website benchmark.pl included "Shadow Rock Top Flow" and "Power Zone 650 Watt" in their "Product of the Year 2013" list and Polish magazine PurePC voted "Shadow Rock 2" and "Power Zone 850 Watt" each second in different "Product of the Year" categories.
"We are most gratified and very happy when our products obtain such a big and positive recognition by the media and users," said Stanislav Minkin, General Manager of Listan GmbH & Co. KG. "We are looking forward to an equally exciting year in 2014 with more innovative product updates and new product categories."
Last, but not least, GfK has confirmed be quiet! as market leader* of power supplies in Germany for the eighth time in a row. GfK is one of the world's largest research companies, with around 13,000 experts working to discover new insights into the way people live, think and shop, in over 100 markets
* Source: GfK Panel Market Germany, sales units internal computer power supplies, January 2014
Awards
Manufacturer of the Year 2013 - Power Supplies [Link, pcgameshardware.de]
Manufacturer of the Year 2013 - Case Fans [Link, pcgameshardware.de]
Manufacturer of the Year 2013 - CPU Coolers [Link, pcgameshardware.de]
Product of the Year - Silent Wings 2 [Link, hardware.info]
Best Product of 2013 - Pure Power L8 530 Watt [Link, kitguru.com]
Product of the Year 2013 - Shadow Rock Top Flow [Link, benchmark.pl]
Product of the Year 2013 - Power Zone 650 Watt [Link, benchmark.pl]
Product of the Year - Shadow Rock 2 [Link, purepc.pl]
Product of the Year - Power Zone 850 Watt [Link, purepc.pl]
Manufacturer of the Year 2013 - Power Supplies [Link, hardwareluxx.de]
About be quiet!
be quiet!'s track record of offering technology enthusiasts products which focus on silence and innovation has earned them the honor of being the best selling power supplies in Germany for seven straight years according to market data from GfK.
