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Here you can find the press material for the bauma Innovation Award.
We will publish press releases on the individual innovations in the course of the competition.
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Fifteen ideas are competing for the top spot
Of the original 208 entries, 52 made it to the final round. The jury has now selected the fifteen nominees for the bauma Innovation Award.
Frankfurt am Main, 18 February 2025 - This is the 14th time that Messe München and VDMA, together with the construction industry associations HDB, ZDB and bbs, will award the prize. The competition started again on May 2, 2024, with the categories Climate Protection, Digitalisation, Mechanical Engineering, Building and Research.
Trade visitors to the Media Dialog on February 18 and 19 in Munich will have the opportunity to cast their votes on the spot, which will be included in the overall evaluation. All nominees will be presented at the ICM in Munich on the eve of the opening of bauma on April 6, and the five innovations with the highest number of votes will receive the award.
The jury evaluates the entries according to criteria that are crucial for the future of the industry. Key factors include the practical relevance of a solution and its economic potential. In addition, the judges consider the progress of digitalisation, environmental aspects, sustainability, resource efficiency, and the humanisation of the workplace.
The following entries have been nominated for the Award in 2025:
Category 1 Climate Protection
- Local zero emissions construction site, Wirtgen Group
- ROTHO ProCarbonCure, Robert Thomas GmbH & Co KG
- H2 Excavator with fuel cell drive, Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe
Category 2 Digitalisation
- WOLFF High-Speed-Positioning-System, WOLFFKRAN GmbH
- Smart Automation in Roadbuilding, Wirtgen Group
- Liebherr Autonomous Operations, Liebherr-Werk Bischofshofen GmbH
Category 3 Mechanical Engineering
- Positioning Pilot assistance system, Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH
- Tunnel Enlargement System, Herrenknecht AG
- S1 Vision – Liebherr Single-Axle Truck, Liebherr Corporate Ventures AG
Category 4 Building
- Dive Drill Method, BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH
- New composite bridge construction method, Adam Hörnig Baugesellschaft mbH & Co KG
- SITE DEPOT material flow management software, N1 Circular GmbH
Category 5 Research
- ExtendedExcavatorHMI, Technische Universität Dresden
- MAXX - Mobile Assembly X-System, Center Construction Robotics (RWTH)
- Muck measuring system for EPB tunnel boring machines based on AI (MEGA), Technische Hochschule Köln
The international bauma Innovation Award has its roots in the German Construction Equipment Day, which until 2004 honored cutting-edge technologies from Germany. Since 2007, it has been awarded every three years in this form and is organized jointly by VDMA, VDMA Services GmbH, bauma and the German construction industry's central associations, HDB, ZDB and bbs. The VDMA is responsible for the organisation.
The Media Dialogue in February gives the international trade press the opportunity to conduct interviews with exhibitors and find out about new products and processes at "table talks" a good month and a half before the start of the fair.
Beaming winners at the award ceremony
The secret of this year's award winners was revealed on Sunday at the Munich Residence.
Munich, 23 October 2022 - For the thirteenth time, numerous companies and institutes from Germany and abroad competed for the award in five categories at the world's leading trade fair bauma in Munich. Following a multi-stage selection process, five lucky winners were presented with their awards on Sunday in the Max Joseph Hall of the Munich Residence.
They are in the categories
- Climate protection: Liebherr France SAS with its crawler excavator with hydrogen engine,
- Digitalisation: MiC 4.0 Machines in Construction with a standardised digital language for construction sites,
- Machine technology: Herrenknecht AG with the continuous drive,
- Building: Holcim (Deutschland) GmbH with prestressed CPC concrete elements,
- Research: TU Freiberg Institute of Mechanical Engineering with Deep Sea Sampling.
A total of 133 applications were received, of which 41 finalists made it through to the next round. The expert jury and task force selected their favourites in two rounds of voting. The trade journalists attending the bauma media dialogue in Munich also had the opportunity to cast their vote in the final round.
The competition is a joint project led by VDMA Construction Machinery and Building Material Plants, Messe München, the German Construction Industry Federation (HDB), the Central Association of the German Construction Industry (ZDB) and the Federal Association of Building Materials - Stone and Soil (bbs).