4 February 2013, 00:00
The nominations for the bauma Innovation Award 2013, which is being presented as part of bauma, the International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment, have been selected (www.bauma-innovationspreis.de
High-ranking international guests from business and politics are expected to attend the award ceremony, honoring the winners and the nominees, on April 14 in the Allerheiligen-Hofkirche (Court Church of All Saints) in the Residenz Palace in Munich. Most of the new developments will also be on show at bauma. The trade show takes place from April 15 to 21, 2013, in Munich.
Category: Machinery components
Tablet PC – transferring the digital workplace to the construction machine, Bauer Maschinen GmbH, Schrobenhausen
Category: Construction process/Construction work
Monopile foundation for tidal engine turbine – offshore site in Scotland, Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH
Category: Research
Online grain size analyzer, Technical University of Clausthal
Category: Design
Liebherr Compact Loader, Liebherr-Werk Bischofshofen, Bischofshofen/Austria
The criteria used by the jury of experts in reaching their assessment of the submissions and innovations include the following: sustainability, practical use, contribution towards environmental protection and humanization of the workplace, economic benefit and performance capability combined with energy- and cost-efficiency, and the contribution towards enhancing the image of the construction, building-materials and mining industries or the sector as a whole.
In 2013 the Innovation Award is being presented for the tenth time. The competition is a joint project by the German Engineering Federation (VDMA – Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.), the German Construction Industry Association (HDB – Hauptverband der Deutschen Bauindustrie e.V.), the Central Association of the German Construction Industry (ZDB – Zentralverband des deutschen Baugewerbes e.V.), the German Building Materials Association (BBS – Bundesverband Baustoffe – Steine und Erden e.V.) and bauma.
Press Contact MMI
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Press Contact VDMA
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Category: Machinery
Further information: www.bauma-innovationspreis.de
Sabine Wagner
Fax: +49 89 9499721478
E-Mail: sabine.wagner@messe-muenchen.
Anja Schnieder
Communikation
E-Mail: anja.schnieder@vdma.org
Source: Messe München; IFAT