The 2019 EU Product Safety Award recognised businesses with high results in child safety across EU Member States, Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway.

Small sized enterprise winnners

  • Gold award: Remmy an Italian Baby Car Alert system, which warns the driver if a baby is left in a car;
  • Silver: SME Evomove a Danish anti-tilt Nomi highchair;
  • Bronze: Reer a German company with a range of devices promoting child safety in the home;
  • Special Mention: Mippaa a Dutch Stair Trainer, a railing designed to help small children climb stairs safely.

Large company winners:

  • Gold: Reima Oy from Finnland, for developments in the safety of children’s clothes;
  • Silver: Cybex from Germany, for the safety features of its PRIAM pushchair;
  • Bronze: Mega Disposables from Greece, for its developments ensuring chemical safety of its Babylino Sensitive nappies,
  • Special Mention MAM Baby from Austria, for ‘setting and exceeding’ high standards of safety with its range of baby soothers and feeding equipment.

Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, who hosted the award ceremony, said: “I want to congratulate the winning companies for innovating and investing in making products safer and raising the bar for consumer protection across Europe. This award recognises their efforts. I call on all companies to make consumer protection their top priority so that our children, families and friends are safe. There is no better investment than in consumer trust.

Countries this relates to

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