‘best-Award 2025’ – innovation award for Blechexpo/Schweisstec
The ‘best-Award 2025’ starts a new round! It will be presented and celebrated in a festive ceremony on the first day of Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2025, Tuesday, 21 October 2025.
Once again, a strategic partnership has been agreed with the Vogel Communications Group. This means that the trade media MM Maschinenmarkt and Blechnet are once again on board as strong media partners.
The ‘best Award 2025’ honours the best innovations and their development teams in five categories. These categories correspond to the thematic hall layout of the international trade fair duo Blechexpo/Schweisstec. A high-calibre jury of experts will select the winners. Participation is exclusively open to exhibitors; the landing page for applications will go live in autumn 2024.
Here you can see the review of the best-Award 2023!
Congratulations to the shining winners of the “best-Award 2023” at Blechexpo/Schweisstec!
Sheet metal, tube and profile processing
- Senodis Technologies GmbH
- J. Schmalz GmbH
- Hans Schröder Maschinenbau GmbH
Press and forming technologies
- Raziol Zibulla & Sohn GmbH
- Schuler Group GmbH
- iLARIZ GmbH
Stamping technologies
- JENOPTIK Optical Systems GmbH
- REA Elektronik GmbH
- Stampack GmbH
Separating, joining and connecting technologies
- TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co KG
- Hugo Kern & Liebers GmbH & Co. KG
- Carl Cloos Schweißtechnik GmbH
Steel, metal service and surface technology
- Peitzmeier Maschinenbau GmbH
- Hans Weber Maschinenfabrik GmbH
- Saint-Gobain Abrasives GmbH
The shortlist for the best-Award 2023 is fixed!
Find out here which companies have qualified for the shortlist of the best-Award 2023!
Sheet metal, tube and profile processing
- ASTES4 SA
- Fröhlich & Dörken GmbH
- Hans Schröder Maschinenbau GmbH
- J.Schmalz GmbH
- Senodis Technologies GmbH
Press and forming technologies
- FF Fluid Forming GmbH
- iLARIZ GmbH
- Raziol Zibulla & Sohn GmbH
- Schuler Group GmbH
- WAHLTEC GmbH – KOSMEK Deutschland
Stamping technologies
- AIDA
- JENOPTIK Optical Systems GmbH
- REA Elektronik GmbH
- Stampack GmbH
- TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KG
Separating, joining and connecting technologies
- Carl Cloos Schweißtechnik GmbH
- fsk industries
- Hugo Kern & Liebers GmbH & Co. KG
- TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co KG
- Weil Technology GmbH
Steel, metal service and surface technology
- Core Industrial GmbH
- Hans Weber Maschinenfabrik GmbH
- Peitzmeier Maschinenbau
- Q-FIn B.V.
- Saint-Gobain Abrasives
You are cordially invited:
7 November 2023 at 5 p.m. In Hall 9
Inspiration for Even More Innovation in the Industry Sector – Be On Hand at the Award Ceremony
- Find out from expert sources which developments and trends are driving the industry forward and familiarise yourself with the latest innovations in the field of sheet metal working in the five award categories.
- Bring inspiration back home from the award ceremony for your professional career and your company! The award-winning innovations generate new ideas and provide new approaches to projects and processes.
- Enjoy the festive atmosphere of the award ceremony. Join the innovators in celebrating the industry’s successes and take advantage of networking opportunities with industry experts, colleagues and potential business partners.
Incidentally, on the second day of the trade fair (8 November 2023) the winners will present their award-winning innovations at the exhibitor forum.
Award Facts and Background Story
Together with the trade magazines Blechnet and MM Maschinenmarkt, trade fair organizer Schall is presenting an Innovation Award at Blechexpo/Schweisstec for the sixth time. This year, the “best-Award 2023” brand was introduced for this purpose, which incorporates the trade fair slogan “Be part of the best”, which in turn follows the initials of the brand of the trade fair duo – Blechexpo/Schweisstec.
The award criteria of the experts remain the same: the innovations submitted must be a completely new development or a further development or improvement that differs significantly from the previous state of the art. The innovation will be shown at the trade fair and is not a prototype. These criteria are included in the evaluation:
- Degree of innovation
- Added value for the user
- Unique selling point of the respective solution
- Economic efficiency
An Outstanding Expert Jury and Five Technical Categories
A key benefit of the “best Award 2023” is the fact that all submissions are individually reviewed and evaluated by an outstanding expert jury from industry, associations, research institutes and the trade press. https://www.maschinenmarkt-awards.de/blechexpo#jury
The declared objective of Schall trade fair promoters and the technical experts is to ceremoniously honour the best innovations in the sheet metal working industry. The five best-Award categories reflect the thematic layout of the nine exhibition halls:
- Sheet metal, tube and profile processing
- Stamping technology
- Separating, joining and connecting technologies
- Pressing and forming technology
- Steel, metal service and surface technology
The “best-Award 2023” Trophy – Made in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
The innovation award for Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2023 was produced directly in the heart of Baden-Württemberg and stands for precision, technological competence and value-creating entrepreneurship. After all, Baden-Württemberg doesn’t just provide an outstanding venue for Blechexpo/Schweisstec, it’s also a centre for excellence and innovation in the industry sector. The trophy is made in Germany for the international world of sheet metal working!
Come to the festive award ceremony on 07 November 2023, the first day of Blechexpo/Schweisstec in Stuttgart!