ContiTech, Eaton, Gerotor and MWK Bionik have taken out the inaugural Industrial Energy Efficiency Award. Offered in two categories, “Industrial Manufacturing” and “Energy Industry”, the award was presented on 2 April in a special ceremony at HANNOVER MESSE 2019.
Hannover. The awards ceremony took place on 2 April 2019 at HANNOVER MESSE’s Digital Energy Forum. There were four winners in all, comprising an SME and a large corporation in each of the award’s two categories, Energy Industry and Industrial Manufacturing. “Efficient energy use is a matter of importance for all industries, but it is especially important for the industrial manufacturing and energy industries,” said Basilios Triantafillos, Global Director Energy at Deutsche Messe. “We are therefore delighted to be able to honor leading innovators of energy efficiency with this new award. The HANNOVER MESSE Industrial Energy Efficiency Award gives energy efficiency the platform that its importance merits.”
The winners are:
ContiTech: Conti® Thermo Protect
One of the big challenges of minimizing heat loss in industrial production processes is installing appropriate thermal insulation in places with problematic geometries or poor access. The winner in the corporate section of the Industrial Manufacturing category has developed a special silicon-rubber compound that solves this challenge. Conti® Thermo Protect, developed by ContiTech Elastomer-Beschichtungen GmbH, Germany, received an emphatic thumbs-up from the expert jury of the Industrial Energy Efficiency Award 2019.
Eaton: Wadeville Microgrid
Eaton, a global industrial company based in Ireland, has won the Industrial Energy Efficiency Award 2019 in the corporate section of the Energy Industry category for its Wadeville Microgrid project in South Africa. The microgrid in Wadesville includes the first-ever deployment of Eaton’s xStorage energy storage system in Africa. This innovative solution strengthens the energy supply for Eaton’s Wadeville site, thereby reducing demand on the national grid and on regional infrastructure.
Gerotor: Active energy management with intelligent energy storage
Gerotor GmbH, Germany, has been awarded this year’s Industrial Energy Efficiency Award in the SME section of the Industrial Manufacturing category for its Gerotor HPS solution – a high-performance electricity-storage system based on state-of-the-art flywheel technology. The Gerotor energy storage system reduces energy consumption by manufacturing plant and machinery, thus also enabling the use of lower-rated grid connections.
MWK Bionik: bioSol – Increased PV efficiency with eco-friendly cleaning and bioactive protective coating
MWK Bionik GmbH, Germany, has taken out the Industrial Energy Efficiency Award in the SME section of the Energy Industry category. The award is for bioSol® Clean, a biodegradable cleaning liquid, and bioSol® Protect, a protective microbiological coating. Together, the two products clean and protect photovoltaic panels, thereby increasing their efficiency.
“From a business perspective, energy efficiency combines social and environmental responsibility with commercial endeavor,” commented Markus A.W. Hoehner, founder and CEO of EuPD Research, which handled the organizational aspects of this year’s award on behalf of HANNOVER MESSE.
Deutsche Messe, the owner and organizer of HANNOVER MESSE, the world’s leading trade fair for industrial technology, has a special interest in energy efficiency in industry. Its objective in offering its newly developed Industrial Energy Efficiency Award is to identify and give recognition to outstanding industrial energy efficiency processes and applications based on them.
HANNOVER MESSE – Get new technology first!
HANNOVER MESSE is the world’s leading trade fair for industrial technology. With its core focus on “Integrated Industry – Industrial Intelligence”, it covers the full range of digitization solutions for tomorrow’s manufacturing and energy systems. HANNOVER MESSE will next be held in 2019, when it will feature six parallel shows – IAMD (Integrated Automation, Motion & Drives), Digital Factory, Integrated Energy, Industrial Supply, ComVac and Research & Technology – as well as special showcases for startups and career starters, plus over 90 conferences and forums. HANNOVER MESSE 2019 will run from 1 to 5 April 2019 in Hannover, Germany, and will put the spotlight on Sweden as its official Partner Country.
Deutsche Messe AG
As one of the world’s foremost organizers of capital goods trade fairs, Deutsche Messe (Hannover, Germany) stages a rich array of events at venues in Germany and around the globe. With 2017 revenue of 356 million euros, Deutsche Messe ranks among Germany’s top five tradeshow producers. The company’s portfolio features such world-class events as (in alphabetical order) CeMAT (intralogistics and supply chain management), didacta (education), DOMOTEX (carpets and other floor coverings), HANNOVER MESSE (industrial technology), INTERSCHUTZ (fire and rescue services, civil protection, safety and security), LABVOLUTION (lab technology) and LIGNA (woodworking, wood processing, forestry). Deutsche Messe also stages trade fairs at other German venues, for example parts2clean (industrial parts cleaning) and SurfaceTechnology (surface treatment). The company also regularly hosts a number of internationally renowned events by third parties, among which are AGRITECHNICA (agricultural machinery) and EuroTier (animal production), both of which are staged by the German Agricultural Society (DLG), EMO (machine tools; staged by the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association, VDW), EuroBLECH (sheet metal working; staged by MackBrooks) and IAA Commercial Vehicles (transport, logistics and mobility; staged by the German Association of the Automotive Industry, VDA). Deutsche Messe’s portfolio also comprises events in Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey and the USA. These include shows in the following fields: Automotive, ICT & Digital Business, Manufacturing and Processing & Industries, Energy & Logistics and Metal Processing. With more than 1,200 employees and a network of 58 sales partners, Deutsche Messe is present in more than 100 countries.
