The three trade media PROCESS, PharmaTEC and Schüttgut presented the Innovation Awards for the third time at the industry trade fair "POWTECH/TechnoPharm 2010" on April 27. The most innovative equipment and processes in the chemical, pharmaceutical and process engineering industries were sought. There were seven categories. Six German and one Austrian company were able to take home the coveted award for the best new products this year.



More than 50 exhibitors at POWTECH/TechnoPharm had submitted their product developments to the three trade media PROCESS, PharmaTEC and Schüttgut in advance. The criteria for the award this year were once again the degree of innovation, quality, efficiency and cost-effectiveness for users. The newly developed components, processes and systems could not be older than twelve months and had to be available for purchase.



The expert jury selected the winners at an official awards ceremony on the first evening of the trade fair. "The high number of applications received shows impressively how innovative many process technology suppliers are, even in a difficult economic environment, and how they are securing a good market position with highly interesting further developments and innovations," emphasized editor-in-chief and publisher Gerd Kielburger in his speech.



The winners of the seven categories:



1. apparatus engineering and process components

Plate [molecular] evaporator, GIG Karasek GmbH, Gloggnitz-Stuppach (Austria)



2. basic process for powder and bulk solids

Eddy current screening machine DA with vertical alignment, AZO GmbH & Co. KG, Osterburken (Germany)



3. particle/material analysis and characterization

Mettler Toledo FBRM C35, METTLER TOLEDO GmbH, Giessen



4. environment and safety technology/explosion protection

Explosion pressure relief valve of the SK series, Reitinger Engineering, Dieburg



5. instrumentation and control technology/automation

VEGAMIP, VEGA Grieshaber KG, Schiltach



6. filling/packaging technology

Big bag turret, DERICHS GmbH Verfahrenstechnik, Übach-Palenberg



7. pharmaceutical technology

OSMOTRON®PRO, CHRIST Pharma & Life Science GmbH, Vaihingen/Enz



PROCESS covers the market of the chemical, pharmaceutical and process engineering industries with up-to-date business and application-oriented technical information. Via cross-media channels such as the German-language trade magazine PROCESS, the English and Chinese-language editions PROCESS worldwide and PROCESS China and the industry title PharmaTEC as well as congress events and the online portal www.process.de, specialists and managers in the target groups receive useful content that provides them with concrete solutions for their daily tasks. The parent company Vogel Business Media is one of Germany's leading providers of specialist information with around 100 trade journals and 60 websites as well as numerous international activities. Its headquarters are in Würzburg.