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PI’s Hannah Gough wins big with portable 60-second syringe sterilization device

Hannah Gough, Associate Mechanical Engineer at Planet Innovation, is gaining international attention by being selected in the Top 20 entrants globally for the esteemed James Dyson Award for her invention SyriSter.

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Mona Elkebir nominated for the 2024 Innovator of the Year Award by the Orange County Business Journal

Planet Innovation’s Mona Elkebir named finalist for Innovator of the Year Awards

Mona Elkebir, Vice President of Business Operations at Planet Innovation, has been nominated for the prestigious 2024 Innovator of the Year Award by the Orange County Business Journal

ASP Health Inc. wins Good Design Award with sample prep platform for cancer diagnostics

ASP Health and Planet Innovation have received a prestigious Good Design Award in the ‘Product Design – Medical and Scientific’ category this year for ASP Health’s innovative sample preparation instrument.

PI wins Best Workplace Flexibility Program Award

Planet Innovation's flexible work offering has been recognized at the 2022 Australian HR Awards, with the company taking home the Best Workplace Flexibility Program Award.

ASP Medical Design Excellence Awards Winner

ASP Health and PI pick up Medical Design Excellence Award for sample preparation platform

ASP Health and Planet Innovation have received the Bronze Award in the Testing and Diagnostic Product and Systems category at the 2022 Medical Design Excellent Awards (MDEA) for their innovative, FDA-registered automated sample preparation system.

PI wins Export Award for resilience and innovation during COVID-19 pandemic

Planet Innovation has been recognized as a leading example of resilience, innovation and excellence at the 41st Governor of Victoria Export Awards (GOVEAs).

Lumos's Leelu Reader wins Good Design Award

PI and Lumos pick up top Medical Design and Engineering Awards for rapid diagnostic development platform

Planet Innovation and Lumos Diagnostics have won two awards at the 2020 Good Design Awards, including a Good Design Award Gold accolade for Lumos’s Leelu Reader.

APAS Independence wins Good Design Award

PI wins top medical design award and digital app award

Planet Innovation took home the Good Design Awards’ top gong for medical design for our work on Clever Culture Systems’ APAS Independence instrument, along with a digital design award for Uniting NSW’s Mosaic app.

Abbott’s VIP2000 recognized at Medical Design Excellence Awards in New York

Abbott Molecular’s VIP2000 was recognized for its innovative product design and engineering as a finalist at the prestigious Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEAs) in New York.

Westpac names PI as a Businesses of Tomorrow winner

Planet Innovation has been selected as one of Australia’s Top 20 Businesses of Tomorrow from more than 1,000 applications.

PI judges Most Innovative Companies list

Planet Innovation has joined the judging panel for The Australian Financial Review’s Most Innovative Companies list after dominating the awards for the past six years.

APAS Independence wins global accolades at Medical Design Excellence Awards

Clever Culture Systems has collected silver at the prestigious Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEAs) for its innovative APAS Independence instrument, which Planet Innovation helped develop.

PI Design team picks up two Good Design Awards

Planet Innovation’s design team won two awards at the 60th Annual Good Design Awards for their work with Cycliq on its Fly CE products and with Dermapenworld on the Dermapen 4 medical product.

Fast Company names Zen Ecosystems in Top 10 Most Innovative Energy Companies

Fast Company, a leading publisher in technology, business, and design, has recognized Zen Ecosystems, a Planet Innovation business, as one of its Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Energy for 2018.

PI wins Biotech Company of the Year

Over the past year, PI doubled its company revenue, created over 100 new jobs for the biotechnology sector, and more than tripled its manufacturing export revenues of biomed and life-science products.

Market-Focus key to PI winning Australia’s ‘Best Innovation Program’

Planet Innovation’s market-centric approach to innovation has again been recognized as the Best Innovation Program in Australia by the AFR.

Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEAs) in New York recognize Planet Innovation with two Gold Awards

Planet Innovation was a standout performer picking up two of the highest honors at this year’s MDEAs for innovation in medical product design and engineering.

PI wins Most Innovative Company Award for the third time

The Australian Financial Review has awarded Planet Innovation four innovation awards, including Australia’s Most Innovative Company.

Planet Innovation recognized for world leading product design

Planet Innovation clients pick up four trophies and Best Overall Product Design at the Good Design Awards.

Planet Innovation again named Australia’s Most Innovative Company

Planet Innovation has been named Australia’s Most Innovative Company for the second time in three years.

Planet Innovation ranks in Australia’s top 10 Most Innovative Company list for 3rd straight year

After debuting on the list in 2012 in eighth place and topping the list in 2013, Planet Innovation is thrilled to once again be named among the top 10 most innovative Australian companies, this year ranking at number three.

Australia’s No.1 Most Innovative Company

It is both rewarding and humbling to be recognized as Australia’s Most Innovative Company for 2013.

Stuart Elliott picks up EY Entrepreneur of the Year regional award

Stuart Elliott, Planet Innovation Managing Director, was named a regional winner in the EY Entrepreneur of The Year awards on September the 5th, 2013.

PI ranked Australia’s 8th Most Innovative Company

Planet Innovation was ranked Australia’s 8th most innovative company by Australia’s premier weekly business publication BRW – and we proudly accept the honor.