German Business Innovation Prize
The German Business Innovation Prize annually honors the most important scientific, technical, entrepreneurial and intellectual innovations in the German economy. Established in 1980 by Ernst Gloede , the prize is legally protected as the “First Innovation Prize in the World”. The patronage alternated between the Federal Minister of Education and Research and the Federal Minister of Economics .
From 1983 onwards, the award was announced together with Wirtschaftswoche in the categories of large companies , medium-sized companies and start-ups . The prize has been advertised together with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung since 2011 and expanded to include the innovative personnel concepts category .
Categories
| category | conditions |
|---|---|
| Start-up | The company must not be older than 5 years (reference date January 1st). |
| Middle class | older than 5 years; group-independent; Turnover <500 million euros; no more than 5000 employees |
| Large corporations | larger than the middle class category |
| Innovative HR concepts (since 2011) |
Award
The award is presented to the winners during an annual gala night (in January - for the previous year) in the Alte Oper in Frankfurt am Main . It consists of a certificate and a sculpture designed by the artist Bernd Fischer as a challenge prize for one year. Each new award winner is engraved by name on this sculpture . In 2009 the Patent Award 2008 was presented for the first time during the event, which honors patents with great market potential.
The idea
The German Business Innovation Prize was initiated in 1980 by Ernst Gloede , today Honorary President of the Rhein-Main Business Club. The considerations that led to the foundation of this award were the largely lacking raw material resources in Germany and the resulting realization that Germany can remain competitive in global competition solely through constant research and further development of its technological and industrial patents, findings and constructions, i.e. through innovations can. The award is intended to attract the attention of the recognized innovation and thus contribute to its marketing and dissemination.
Committees, calls for proposals, participants and award winners
The announcement begins on the day the previous year's prize is awarded and ends on the first Friday in September of the year.
Award winners
The previous winners are:
| year | Award winners | reason |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Schott AG (large company) | Extremely thin glass that can be bent |
| 2016 | TRUMPF (Industry 4.0) | Concept that maps and networks all processes along the value chain in one application |
| 2016 | Wittenstein AG (SME) | High-performance gear with dynamized individual teeth |
| 2016 | Hydrogenious Technologies (start-up) | Storage process with which normal tank trucks can safely transport hydrogen |
| 2016 | Utz Claassen (CEO) | Because it helps disruptive business models to succeed through advice and funding. |
| 2015 | KUKA AG | Robots with feeling |
| 2015 | Merck KGaA | "Innovation Cup" ideas competition |
| 2015 | ISRA VISION AG | "Plug & Automate" automation system |
| 2015 | Terranove Energy GmbH | Hydrothermal carbonation of sewage sludge |
| 2015 | Marijn Dekkers , CEO of Bayer AG | Special award for the most innovative CEO International |
| 2014 | BMW AG | For the BMW i3 |
| 2014 | AFB Gemeinnützige GmbH | As Europe's first non-profit IT company |
| 2014 | DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA | Special adhesive for bonding LCD and cover glass to reduce reflection on displays |
| 2014 | Abberior Instruments GmbH | RESOLFT microscopy , which reveals objects that are one-thousandth of a human hair in diameter |
| 2014 | Jeff Bezos , managing director and founder of Amazon | Special award for the most innovative CEO International |
| 2012 | MTU Aero Engines Holding AG | High-speed low-pressure turbine for quiet, fuel-efficient and low-emission aircraft engines |
| 2012 | Deutsche Post DHL | Generational contract to cope with demographic change and to design age-appropriate work |
| 2012 | ibidi GmbH | Cell biochips made from high-performance polymers |
| 2012 | Syntellix | metallic implants that dissolve on their own |
| 2011 | Siemens AG | SGT5-8000H gas turbine |
| 2011 | Trumpf GmbH & Co KG | "Tailor-made working hours" |
| 2011 | Wacker Neuson GmbH | "Remote-controlled vibration platform" |
| 2011 | Saperatec GmbH | "Environmentally friendly raw material recovery from photovoltaic modules" |
| 2010 | Infineon Technologies AG | Development of the Integrity Guard |
| 2010 | Paravan GmbH | Invention of the drive-by-wire system |
| 2010 | PEPperPRINT GmbH | Production of biochips with the laser printer |
| 2008 | Infineon Technologies AG | Development of an E-GOLDvoice mobile phone chip |
| 2008 | Jungtec GmbH & Co. KG | Revolution seals |
| 2008 | immatics biotechnologies GmbH, Tübingen | "For working on cancer vaccines" |
| 2007 | Concentrix Solar GmbH, Freiburg | Concentrator photovoltaic technology |
| 2007 | LIMO Lissotschenko Mikrooptik GmbH, Dortmund | Beam shaping systems based on free-form microlenses |
| 2007 | MAN Diesel Augsburg | Gas engine with a new ignition process |
| 2007 | Infineon Technologies AG, Munich | Decade Award for Sustainability: Handy - Chip E-GOLDvoice |
| 2007 | ifm electronic GmbH, Essen | Decade award for sustainability: 3D image sensor efector pmd3d |
| 2006 | Cytonet GmbH & Co. KG | Innovation in liver therapy |
| 2006 | VARTA Microbattery GmbH | super flat PoLiFlex batteries |
| 2006 | Carl Zeiss SMT AG | Immersion lithography for chip production |
| 2006 | Carl Zeiss AG | Decade award for most of the innovations submitted over the past ten years |
| 2005 | Fresenius Medical Care | Renal replacement therapy |
| 2005 | Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | high resolution fluorescence microscope |
| 2005 | Cairos Technologies AG | 3D real-time localization system |
| 2004 | Siemens AG | New high-performance X-ray tube for computer tomography |
| 2004 | Villeroy & Boch GmbH | New Wave Caffe - or why should dishes always be round |
| 2004 | PEMEAS GmbH | fuel cell membranes coated with precious metals (Celtec) |
| 2003 | BMW AG | Active steering for variable steering ratio |
| 2003 | Schollglas | Window emergency exit for rail vehicles and buses made of special lightweight glass |
| 2003 | NaWoTec GmbH | Repair device for masks for the production of semiconductor chips |
| 2002 | MTU Aero Engines | Turbine compressors for aircraft engines |
| 2002 | Leica Microsystems AG | Highest resolution lens for semiconductor testing |
| 2002 | Solvent Innovation GmbH | Liquid salts ( ionic liquids ) |
| 2001 | Infineon Technologies AG | Power semiconductors for new concepts in the power supply of electronic circuits and electric motors |
| 2001 | Merz Pharma KGaA | Effective anti- dementia drug |
| 2001 | febit AG | The world's first DNA analyzer with a DNA processor |
| 2000 | Audi AG | Introduction of aluminum bodies into large-scale production |
| 2000 | Sartorius AG | Premium analytical balance GENIUS |
| 2000 | Impella Cardiotechnik AG | intracardiac pump system for cardiac surgery |
| 1999 | Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace Airbus AG | Laser welding in aircraft construction |
| 1999 | Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG | AudioBeam - Directional sound reinforcement |
| 1999 | November AG | immunological ear tag |
| 1998 | Hoechst Marion Roussel AG | Novel anti-cancer drug flavopiridol |
| 1998 | Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG | Optical microphone |
| 1998 | Tecoplan Informatik GmbH | Software for building virtual prototypes |
| 1997 | Isad GmbH | Integrated starter alternator damper |
| 1997 | Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG | Laser television |
| 1997 | GeSiM GmbH | Nanoliter pump |
| 1996 | Daimler Benz Aerospace AG | Radar device for automatic distance control of cars |
| 1996 | Sto AG | Transparent thermal insulation composite system |
| 1996 | Center for Neuroinformatics | Facial recognition system |
| 1995 | Boehringer Mannheim GmbH | Rapid heart attack test |
| 1995 | Effing GmbH | Stripping of paint from printing cylinders by laser |
| 1995 | Nanosensors Dr. Olaf Wolter GmbH | Silicon sensors for force microscopy |
| 1994 | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG | Neurocomputer |
| 1994 | Lambda Physik GmbH | Maintenance-free excimer laser |
| 1994 | Daum GmbH | Rostock Endohand |
| 1993 | Opticon Society for Optics and Electronics mbH | 3-D video endoscope for minimally invasive surgery |
| 1993 | VARTA Batterie AG | Nickel-metal hydride button cell |
| 1993 | Batelle Ingenieurtechnik GmbH | Paper preservation |
| 1992 | Nukem GmbH | MIS inversion layer solar cell |
| 1992 | Gottlob Auwärter GmbH | Coach with four-axle steering |
| 1991 | IBM Germany GmbH | External workplaces |
| 1991 | Robert Bosch GMBH | Controller Area Network |
| 1991 | Philips | Comscan |
| 1991 | Optical works G. Rodenstock | High refractive plastic lenses |
| 1990 | KHD Humboldt Wedag AG | Superconducting magnetic separator |
| 1990 | Research Institute Kurt Schwabe Meinsberg | Isfet measuring system with electrochemical sensors |
| 1990 | Dürr GmbH | Reduction of solvent emissions |
| 1989 | MLS Munich Laser Systems GmbH | industrial rod laser |
| 1989 | German research institute for aerospace | Computer support for air traffic controllers |
| 1989 | Maho AG | Laser machine tool |
| 1988 | Aixtron GmbH | Gas phase epitaxy system |
| 1988 | Traub AG | Programming system for lathe |
| 1988 | Rupp + Hubrach KG | Scratch-resistant plastic lenses |
| 1987 | German Thompson-Brandt GmbH | Magneto-optical disc recorder |
| 1987 | Applied Digital Electronics GmbH | Contactless chip card |
| 1987 | Hoechst AG | X-ray resist |
| 1987 | Werner & Mertz GmbH | antiallergic Acarosan |
| 1986 | S + G Implants | Tumor prosthesis that grows with the child |
| 1986 | Friedrich-Wilhelm Freiherr von Rotenhan | Cultivation of an oil plant |
| 1986 | Geers hearing acoustics | In-the-ear hearing aid |
| 1985 | Carl Zeiss Oberkochen | Simultaneous spectrometer |
| 1985 | Boehringer Mannheim GmbH | Reflotron blood analyzer |
| 1985 | Daimler Benz AG | Driving simulator |
| 1985 | Stapla Ultraschall-Technik GmbH | Ultrasonic welding machine |
| 1984 | Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH | Acoustic microscope Elsam |
| 1984 | Audi AG | Permanent four-wheel drive |
| 1984 | JUWÖ Poroton works by Ernst Jungk and Son | Brick ceiling production |
| 1983 | Dornier System GmbH | Kidney stone lithotripter |
| 1983 | Ludwig Scheer GmbH & Co.KG | Non-combustible material |
| 1983 | DFVLR e. V. | Force / torque sensor |
| 1983 | Intermetall GmbH | Digital signal processing on TV |
| 1983 | Polytechnic Institute Karlsruhe | Underground irrigation system |
| 1983 | Josef Heim KG | Video recorder as measured value memory |
| 1982 | AEG Telefunken Nachrichtenentechnik GmbH | House emergency call |
| 1982 | Dürr Anlagenbau GmbH | Electron beam hardening |
| 1982 | Heinz Kerber | Spiral screens |
| 1982 | Metawell GmbH | Lightweight panel |
| 1981 | August Hohnholz KG | Acrylic foam sheet |
| 1981 | Menzel GmbH & Co | Orbital dentrification |
| 1980 | Hoechst AG | Flame-retardant Trevira fiber |
See also
- Innovation award from the state of Baden-Württemberg
- Berlin-Brandenburg Innovation Prize
- Innovation award from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
Remarks
- ↑ The hardened ultra-thin glass is scratch-resistant and bendable up to a radius of a few millimeters and shows no signs of fatigue when bent. It could be used e.g. B. in flexible smartphones and in fingerprint sensors, for which the thinnest and most robust cover possible is necessary. Source: Ultra-thin glass for the smartphone of the future , Schott AG, October 16, 2015
- ↑ Instead of using gears, the torque is converted using dynamized individual teeth that are guided along the internal teeth of a ring gear. Due to this principle, almost all teeth are involved in the meshing of the teeth. Source: Galaxie drive system from Wittenstein revolutionizes high-performance mechanical engineering , Wittenstein AG, April 16, 2015, functional principle: Logarithmic spiral instead of involute , (advertising-heavy) video, Maschinenmarkt, April 21, 15
- ↑ Hydrogen storage using liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC). LOHC can be stored or transported in normal fuel tanks and tankers under ambient conditions without the need for high pressures or low temperatures. (Source: The Revolution in Hydrogen Logistics , Hydrogenious Technologies GmbH)
Individual evidence
- ↑ First innovation award in the world - innovation award of the German economy. Archived from the original on November 8, 1999 ; accessed on February 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Chronology: Innovation Prize of the German Economy. Retrieved February 16, 2017 .
- ↑ :: Innovation Award 2007 :: pro-physik.de. Retrieved February 16, 2017 .
- ↑ :: German Business Innovation Award 2008 :: pro-physik.de. Retrieved February 16, 2017 .
- ↑ »The winners of the“ Innovation Award of the German Economy 2010 - First Innovation Award in the World® ”have been announced! positive magazine. Retrieved February 16, 2017 .
- ^ Science4Life Venture Cup. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017 ; accessed on February 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Excellent: ibidi is the winner of the German Business Innovation Prize 2012/13 - IZB Martinsried - Freising DE. Retrieved February 16, 2017 .
- ↑ FOCUS Online: The winners of the German Business Innovation Prize 2012/13: MTU Aero Engines Holding AG, Deutsche Post DHL, ibidi GmbH and Syntellix AG (BILD) . In: FOCUS Online . ( focus.de [accessed on February 16, 2017]).
- ↑ Innovation award of the German economy for Carl Zeiss