MM MaschinenMarkt from Vogel Business Media, Würzburg, presented the "MM Award for EMO 2011" innovation prize in Hanover. At the world's leading trade fair for metalworking (EMO), which took place in Hanover from September 19 to 24, 2011, this award was presented to the most innovative products and innovations at the trade fair.
The awards ceremony took place on the evening of the first day of the trade fair at the exhibition center. Ken Fouhy, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of MM MaschinenMarkt, praised the large number of innovative new products and the enthusiasm with which the companies presented themselves at EMO. "EMO Hannover triggers an avalanche of innovations in metalworking. We have honored the best with the MM Award," says Ken Fouhy.
EMO exhibitors had the opportunity to enter their innovations in eleven categories for the MM Award at EMO 2011.
The winners of the MM Award at EMO 2011 are:
- Turning category: MAG IAS GmbH, Göppingen
- Milling category: GROB-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG, Mindelheim
- Grinding category: J. G. Weisser Söhne Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik in cooperation with KAPP GmbH, St. Georgen and Coburg
- Tools category: CERATIZIT Austria GmbH in cooperation with
Gebr. HELLER Maschinenfabrik GmbH, A-Reutte and Nürtingen
- Tools category: LMT Tool Systems GmbH, Oberkochen
- Category clamping devices: MPC Automation Systems AB, SE-Stockholm
- Controls and drives category: OKUMA Europe GmbH, Krefeld
- Peripherals category: OTT-JAKOB Spanntechnik GmbH, Lengenwang
- Measurement category: m&h Inprocess Messtechnik GmbH, Waldburg
- Software category: STEP-TEC AG, CH-Luterbach
- Category Construction Elements: WITTENSTEIN alpha GmbH, Igersheim
This year, the trade medium MM Maschinenmarkt also published the thickest trade fair newspaper in EMO history with 72 pages.
About MM Maschinenmarkt: With a circulation of 44,300 copies, the weekly industry magazine published in Germany offers business news, industry news, management topics and practical technical information for decision-makers in management, production, automation and construction in the entire manufacturing industry. MM is published internationally in nine countries with a total annual circulation of more than 6 million copies. The specialist portal maschinenmarkt.de is aimed primarily at managers and specialists in the core sectors of the manufacturing industry. Professional users can find solutions for their daily tasks in seven topic channels. 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.
