Deloitte Names Embrionix as One of Canada's Companies-to-Watch in the 2013 Deloitte Technology Fast 50TM Awards

Online, November 12, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Embrionix won a Companies-to-Watch Award, as part of the annual Deloitte Technology Fast 50TM Awards for its innovative technology, management expertise and early stage growth.
The Companies-to-Watch Award honours early-stage Canadian technology companies in business for less than five years. These companies exemplify many of the winning characteristics of Deloitte Technology Fast 50TM ranked companies, which are judged based on the potential they show for future growth.

"Companies-to-Watch are outstanding businesses that show high growth show potential," said Richard Lee, Deloitte's National Managing Partner, Technology, Media & Telecommunications. "Companies-to-watch winners often rank in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 once they have a five-year track record. They are the future technology leaders of Canada."

Embrionix CEO, Renaud Lavoie, gives credit to the team's effort and perseverance during the early stages of development and recognizes how the strong adoption in the market of his new and innovative technology has influenced the company's early success. Lavoie said, "It is an honor to be recognized as a Company-to-Watch. It is an external validation of the effort our team has put in as they work to provide great products with quality and innovation to our clients around the world."

To qualify for the Companies-to-Watch Award, candidates must have been operating less than five years. They must also be headquartered in Canada and devote a significant portion of their operating revenues to creating proprietary technology and/or intellectual property.

About the Deloitte Technology Fast 50TM -

The Deloitte Technology Fast 50TM program is Canada's pre-eminent technology awards program. Celebrating business growth, innovation and entrepreneurship, the program features four distinct categories including the Technology Fast 50TM Ranking, Companies-to-Watch Awards (early-stage Canadian tech companies in business less than five years, with the potential to be a future Deloitte Technology Fast 50TM candidate,) Leadership Awards (companies that demonstrate technological leadership and innovation within the industry) and the Deloitte Technology Green 15TM Awards (Canada's leading GreenTech companies that promote a more efficient use and re-use of the earth's resources in industrial production and consumption.) Program sponsors include Deloitte, Bennett Jones and OMERS Ventures. For further information, visit www.fast50.ca.

About Embrionix
Embrionix provides a new approach in the product interface market for broadcast manufacturers. Embrionix designs and builds innovative, advanced SMPTE VIDEO SFPs to close the gap between fiber optic deployments, coaxial deployments, composite video and emerging technology deployments, such as HDMI, 4K, 8K, Ethernet, etc... By leveraging its core competencies in video broadcast, the company provides SFP modules (emSFPTM) with the highest level of flexibility to major broadcasters in the industry. The company is based in Laval, Canada, and has global design, research and development, and sales offices located in Canada, California, United Kingdom and Japan. For more information on pricing and availability, please visit www.embrionix.com or contact us at [email protected]