Hanover Fair 2017
Hermes Award 2017 announced
Deutsche Messe, organizer of the Hannover Messe, is calling on companies and institutions to apply for the 'Hermes Award 2017'. The condition: Their product should be on display for the first time at Hannover Messe 2017.
Every year since 2004, Deutsche Messe has presented the Hermes Award to a technological innovation that has already been industrially tested and/or is in industrial application. An independent jury chaired by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wahlster(DFKI) assesses the innovative strength of the submitted products based on their technical and economic implementation. The application deadline is February 22, 2017.
The Hermes Award is endowed with a PR package with a total value of around 100,000 euros. According to Dr. Jochen Köckler, member of the Deutsche Messe Executive Board, this industry award not only brings great attention to the winner, but also to the nominated companies: "Anyone who makes it to the nomination stage is one of the most innovative companies at Hannover Messe," says Köckler. The nominees will be presented at the opening ceremony of the trade fair on April 23, 2017 and can be seen with their product in the Research & Technology area in Hall 2 during the trade fair.
The 2016 Hermes Award went to Harting for its 'Mica' product. This is an open and modular platform as a central building block of embedded hardware and software for Industry 4.0. An innovative combination of established Linux technologies enables the virtualization of field devices. Mica' can be used to add intelligence to existing machines and systems.
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