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The 2009 Frost & Sullivan Green Excellence through Product Value of the Year Award for Gear Drives and Gear Motors Market is presented to Sumitomo Drive Technologies for its Hyponic Gear Technology. This award is in recognition of the Hyponic Gear Technology's unique gear design that transmits torque efficiently and delivers the industry leading energy efficiency (80 to 90 percent) across its entire span of gear ratios (30:1 to 1,440:1).

Rising energy costs have significantly impacted the customers' business and the need for energy optimization to remain highly competitive is forcing the customers to seek for products that can maximize their profitability and minimize total cost of ownership. Sumitomo's Hyponic Gears have an uniquely designed tooth geometry made of resilient steel material that significantly minimizes the wear losses, while maximizing mean time to failure (MTTF). Augmented with the products durability, Sumitomo's Hyponic Gears are completely enclosed and use food-grade "eco-friendly" lubrication. This type of lubrication has an added advantage of zero leakage over other traditional oil lubrications for applications or processes where contamination cannot be admitted, such as food handling, medical and pharmaceutical manufacturing or chemical processing. Grease lubricated and tightly sealed Hyponic Gears have the flexibility to be mounted in any direction, unlike most other products that have limited mounting positions due to potential lubrication leaks. The greater flexibility in operations and the improved operational efficiency associated with Sumitomo's Hyponic Gears ensures significant performance and productivity benefits for its end-users.