AUBURN HILLS, AUG. 8, 2024 – Alps Alpine North America, Inc. is winner of this year’s iF DESIGN AWARD, the world-renowned design prize. The winning product, the Alpine OPTIM8™ 8-Channel Sound Processor and Amplifier with Automatic Sound Tuning, won in the discipline design, in the product category. Each year, the world’s oldest independent design organization, Hannover-based iF International Forum Design GmbH, organizes the iF DESIGN AWARD.

“Alpine is honored to receive the 2024 iF DESIGN AWARD for a product that is truly the first of its kind in our industry,” said Gregg Thomas Director of National Sales for the Alpine Brand Division at Alps Alpine North America, Inc. “We set out to simplify the complex process of sound system tuning using proprietary technology that brings the tuning time down to a mere five minutes.”

OPTIM8™ won over the 132-member jury, made up of independent experts from all over the world, with its automatic sound system tuning capabilities. The competition was intense: almost 11,000 entries were submitted from 72 countries in hopes of receiving the seal of quality.

This is the second time Alpine has received an iF DESIGN AWARD.

More information about OPTIM8™ can be found in the “Winners & iF Ranking” section on ifdesign.com.

About Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. (“Alpine”)

Alpine is an automotive electronics manufacturer that provides consumers and leading auto makers with audio, video, navigation, and driver assistance products. The company specializes in system integration solutions with innovative vehicle entertainment and information technologies. Alpine’s R&D and manufacturing facilities in Japan, China, Europe, and North America ensure that all products address the real-world requirements of drivers in each market. The company is committed to developing safe, comfortable, and eco-friendly automotive electronics products. For information about Alpine’s aftermarket products, visit www.alpine-usa.com or follow AlpineUSA on social media channels like Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, and Roblox.

About the iF DESIGN AWARD

Since 1954, the iF DESIGN AWARD has been recognized as an arbiter of quality for excellent design. The iF Design brand is renowned worldwide for outstanding design services, and the iF DESIGN AWARD is one of the most important design prizes in the world. It honors design achievements in all disciplines: product, packaging, communication and service design, architecture and interior architecture as well as professional concept, user experience (UX) and user interface (UI). All award-winning entries are featured on ifdesign.com.

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Alps Alpine North America Media Contact 

Allison Saunders  

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Recognition by One of the World’s Most Prestigious Design Awards for Industrial Products

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (Apr. 28, 2022) – AlpineF#1Status, the pinnacle of car audio developed by Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6770; President & CEO: Toshihiro Kuriyama), has won an iF Design Award 2022 in the Product category.

The iF Design Award is one of the world’s most prestigious design awards. This year, a total 10,776 products and projects were entered by 4,179 companies in 57 countries and rigorously evaluated by 132 design experts. As a result, 3,518 products and projects of 1973 companies won an award. This is the first time Alps Alpine has won the award.

More information can be found here: https://ifdesign.com/en/winner-ranking/project/alpine-f1-status/339254.

AlpineF#1Status, the pinnacle of car audio systems, is the first in the industry to achieve 384kHz/32bit high-resolution playback enabling immersive experiences inside the vehicle cabin that emulate a live performance. Besides outstanding performance specs, a dignified elegance comes through in an outward appearance stripped of superfluous decoration, as well as the graphical user interface (GUI), while the ability to take on and rapidly process voluminous audio source data is given expression through the tremendous potential hinted at in solid modeling and depth of the light indicator. Use of custom LEDs for hard-key illumination and other ideas for sound creation established over the years by Alps Alpine are inherited while much attention has been directed into the finer elements of design conjuring up a sense of overwhelmingly good sound in high-resolution playback.

The AlpineF#1Status status system was developed by Alps Alpine, with group company Alpine Electronics Marketing, Inc. launching global sales in December 2021. For more information, visit the product introduction page below https://www.alpine-usa.com/alpineflagship.

Established by Germany-based iF International Forum Design GmbH in 1953, the iF Design Award annually recognizes excellence in design in industrial products from across the globe. Included in the big three design awards with the International Design Excellence Awards and the Red Dot Design Award, it is known as one of the world’s most prestigious design awards. This year, a total 10,776 products and projects were entered by 4,179 companies in 57 countries and rigorously evaluated by 132 design experts. As a result, 3,518 products and projects of 1973 companies won an award.