Winner in the “Cables, reels and hybrids” section: Zoller + Fröhlich.
Christoph Fröhlich, CEO, Zoller + Fröhlich: “As one of the first exhibitors at productronica, our father, Hans Fröhlich, recognized the importance of this trade fair from the very beginning. As the second generation to lead the company, my sister and I are very honored to accept the Innovation Award as part of this event. We are proud that by combining the traditional values of a family business with high-tech production in Wangen im Allgäu, we have been able to achieve a level of innovative expertise that puts us in a leading position in the market. We strive to increase added value for our customers, now and in the future. The AM 04 Duomatic is yet another example of this, replacing two machines with one. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the judging panel for this award, as well as our employees for ensuring our continued success.”
Winner of the "Future Markets" section: F&S BONDTEC Semiconductor.
Siegfried Seidl, MAS, Managing Partner, F&S BONDTEC: “We are delighted to receive the productronica 2019 Innovation Award. It is a recognition of our successful collaboration with TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology) on reliability diagnostics for power electronics: our revolutionary BAMFIT Tester is almost like a 'time machine' as it reduces traditional lifetime testing for heavy cable links from months to minutes, thus expanding the range of diagnostic possibilities. This is a huge advantage, especially in the era of electric mobility where power electronics is becoming increasingly important.”
Winner of the "Inspection and Quality" section: Vision Engineering.
Joachim Glaab, Manager, Vision Engineering Central Europe: “Indeed, as a Munich-based office of a long-established British company, we have been exhibiting at productronica for 30 years and, of course, we are still committed to participating and showcasing our company at all major national and international events.
This award confirms that we have struck the right chord with the industry by developing innovative technology for the future that is already capable of providing added value in terms of quality assurance, manufacturing, and development. All our employees are delighted with the award. It will also encourage us in the future to continue providing users with the best and most ergonomically convenient way to inspect and view images digitally or optically.”
Winner of the "PCB and EMS" section: Limata
Matthias Nagel, co-founder of Limata GmbH: “It took four years to develop LUVIR – a truly outstanding team achievement! Numerous significant obstacles were overcome one by one with a genuine sense of teamwork and motivation, from the conceptual stage to technical implementation and final integration into production lines. Outstanding levels of efficiency have been seen and achieved on these production lines worldwide for almost a year now, and hearing how excited our customers are is a wonderful reward for all the hard work. And winning the Innovation Award for LUVIR at the world's largest electronics trade fair is truly the icing on the cake.”
Winner of the "Semiconductor" section: ASM AMICRA Microtechnologies.
Johann Weinhändler, Managing Director, ASM AMICRA Microtechnologies GmbH: “The development of our new die bonder for chip mounting relies heavily on the development synergies available to us due to our successful integration within the ASMPT Group. The result is a CoS die bonder that achieves optimal bonding accuracy thanks to AMICRA's dynamic alignment concept and, thanks to ASMPT's assemblies, also increases productivity. We are proud to receive the Messe München productronica award, which will further motivate the entire ASMPT team to support the rapid developments in the advanced enclosure sector with innovative and powerful technologies and products.”
Winner of the “SMT” section: SEHO Systems.
Markus Walter, Managing Partner of SEHO Systems GmbH: “SEHO is proud to receive the Innovation Award from productronica 2019. Thanks to continuous research, in-depth discussions with our customers and partners in industry and science, and, importantly, our highly motivated team, SEHO can translate trends in electronic production into series-ready processes from the outset.
Our goal is to create added value for our customers by developing our processes and systems, optimizing them to meet future requirements, and implementing innovative ideas. We have brilliantly achieved this with the new SelectLine-C.”
The individual applications were evaluated by an independent panel whose members included:
• Thilo Brückner, VDMA
• Klaus-Dieter Lang, Fraunhofer IZM
• Andrej Novikov
• Lothar Pfitzner, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
• Rolf Winter, ZVEI
• Heinz Wohlrabe, Dresden University of Technology.
