Ansell takes product award

MASSILLON, Ohio (Feb. 5)—Ansell Healthcare Products Inc. has won Frost & Sullivan´s 2000 Market Engineering Award for Product Line Strategy. The Massillon, Ohio-based maker of protective barrier products earned the honor for its ability to "optimize its product line by leveraging products with the various price, performance and feature points required by the market," Ansell said. Frost & Sullivan presents its market engineering awards annually to companies representing various industries. Criteria for its Product Line Strategy award include successful new product introduction, diverse market segment accommodation, value-added product optimization and strategic technological or marketing acquisitions and alliances.