Cambridge Display Technology won the Research and Development award for its development of Total Matrix Addressing (TMA). The judges were particularly impressed by TMA because: 
         - it is an innovative solution to a challenging problem 
         - it has the potential to alter the economics for driving high-resolution passive-matrix
         - it will benefit both small molecule and polymer devices

Prestigious European award for outstanding scientific and technological achievement resulting from collaborative research.  The other team members, who share the award with CDT, are the Cavendish and Melville Laboratories at Cambridge University, UK, University of Mons-Hainaut, Belgium, University of Linköping, Sweden, Philips Electronics, The Netherlands and Covion Organic Semiconductors GmbH, Germany. 

2 December 2002

4th place overall and the highest placed UK Company in the top 500 companies in Europe with the largest increase in revenue for the year.

Wall Street Journal Europe: INNOVATION AWARDS

November 2002

Bronze award in 'Overall Technology' category and runner up in 'Materials and Base Technologies'

Deloitte and Touche: 2002 FAST 50 EASTERN REGION

20 November 2002

Technology Fast 50 Eastern Region Winner

Scientific American Magazine: SCIENTIFIC AMERCIAN 50

11 November 2002

Leader in the General Technology category for work over the last year in the development and commercialisation of PLEDs

Royal Academy of Engineering: MACROBERT AWARD

8 July 2002

Britain’s top engineering award for developments in engineering the rapid commercialisation of PLED technology and its contribution to establishing the UK as a hot bed for innovation in science and engineering on the world stage.

TIME Magazine: EUROPE'S 50 HOTTEST TECH FIRMS

3 July 2002

For laying the ground work for lighter weight, thinner, higher image quality and less power consuming displays for display-based products that range from mobile phones and eventually to TVs.

East of England Business Awards: PRIVATE COMPANY OF THE YEAR

28 February 2002

For the private business, which in the opinion of the judges has made most commercial progress in the last year