The awards, distinctions, mentions and/or participation in outstanding events
during the AKABA history are as follows:
Award to the Best Exporting Company of the Year. XI edition Industry Awards granted by the Chamber of Commerce of Gipuzkoa.
"PRÍNCIPE FELIPE" award to the business competitiveness
NATIONAL AWARD FOR DESIGN 2000 for its professional career.
DELTA DE ORO ADI-FAD 1997 with the HOLA chair designed by Jorge Pensi
under licence of Kusch + Co.
PRODUCT DESIGN AWARD 1997 with the GORKA chair by Jorge Pensi given by
the INDUSTRIE FORUM HANNOVER in Germany.
Award GOOD INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 1996 with the APAL program designed by Pascual
Salvador.
Award GOOD INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 1995 in Holland with the Gorka program designed
by Jorge Pensi.
Award NUEVO ESTILO 1994 for the GORKA program designed by Jorge Pensi.
Nomination as Company for the EUROPEAN DESIGN PRIZE 1992, EDP'92.
Award Design Contest for the installation of the Spanish Pavilion during
the EXPO'92 in Sevilla with the program GRUPA/CAPA/COPLA designed by Albert
Bonamusa and Pascual Salvador.
Chosen for the SAO PAULO 1987 biennial exhibition with the FRENESI stool.
Chosen for the catalogue of the DESIGN CENTRE of Stuttgart, with the FRENESI
stool designed by the Transatlantic Group.
Presence in "DOKUMENTA" in Kassel, for which the TRAMPOLIN model designed
by Javier Mariscal and Pepe Cortés was selected.
Presence in the exhibition "NOUVELLES TENDANCES" held in POMPIDOU Centre
in Paris in 1987, where the complete Javier Mariscal furniture collection
was exhibited.
DELTA DE PLATA ADI-FAD 1986 for TRAMPOLIN model, designed by Javier Mariscal
and Pepe Cortés.
DELTA DE PLATA ADI-FAD 1986 for FRENESI model, designed by Transatlantic
(Benedito, Morillas and Puig).