The Series 09 Rugged Keypads receive the world-renowned design price.

Olten, Switzerland, April 2022 - EAO wins this year’s iF DESIGN AWARD with its robust, modular Series 09 Rugged Keypads, and is thus one of the winners of the world-renowned design prize. The world’s oldest independent design organization, iF International Forum Design GmbH, has awarded the Rugged Keypads in the discipline «Product», in the category «1.01 Automobiles / Vehicles».

The robust control units with intelligent, flexible illumination convinced the 132-member jury, made up of independent experts from all over the world, with its intuitive, reliable function and the ergonomic, modular design. As a result, from the record-breaking number of almost 11’000 project and product submissions from 57 countries, the prestigious award was given to selected winners - including EAO’s Rugged Keypads.

With the reception of the iF DESIGN AWARD, the winning series of the Series 09 Rugged Keypads can be continued - We are extremely pleased to receive after the UX Design Award and the GOOD DESIGN AWARD now also the iF Award for this innovative product. 

For more information on the Series 09 and the Rugged Keypads please visit our website at  The presentation of the award winning project you may found at the