EURODIS HB Electronics Ltd, which is based in Lever Street, Bolton, has received new recognition from software giants Microsoft. The company -- a pan-European distributor of electronic components -- is the inaugural winner of Microsoft's UK Embedded Distributor of the Year award. Microsoft also highlighted the fact that Eurodis has enjoyed more design wins in the UK than any other distributor over the last 12 months. Eurodis marketing director Jezel Hardern said: "Technology is moving rapidly and software is playing a bigger and bigger role in customers' design.

"We recognised this trend early on and have been able to dedicate considerable resources to ensuring that we are now a technological leader in this field."