Three teams were honored in the Innovation category. One team received the award for developing the new generation of EcoBell4 paint atomizers. The jury was also impressed by a team from Dürr Assembly Products, who developed a test stand for the automotive industry. In addition to testing conventional vehicle functions, it can also test the entire sensor environment and thus driver assistance systems for the first time. The third award in this category went to an international Schenck team for the development of a modernization package for balancing systems in which rotors are balanced horizontally.
Unlike last year, two teams received awards in the Customer Experience category this year. Employees from Korea received the award for planning and constructing one of the world’s largest exhaust air purification systems in the automotive industry. The second award went to an international project team that planned the most modern paint shop in the world to date for a new electric vehicle manufacturer, thereby winning the customer order. The Sustainability Award recognized the development of the EcoQPower concept, which optimizes the networking of components and energy flows in paint shops, enabling energy savings.
The Dürr founding family, which holds almost 30% of the shares in Dürr AG, was also represented at the award ceremony. Karoline Dürr, daughter of award’s initiator, Heinz Dürr, honored the winning teams together with her mother, Heide Dürr, and Dr. Lars Friedrich, Head of the Automotive Division. Each winning team received a prize money in the amount of 7,500 euros.
Some winning teams introduce themselves and their projects in short videos → here.