Thuringian Innovation Award shows: The Free State shapes the future.

15.01.2025

Thuringia is a land of innovation – this was once again demonstrated by the awarding of the most important business prize in the Free State. The "Thuringian Innovation Prize" has been announced since 1994, and the winners were honored in Weimar at the beginning of December. The sponsors of the prize are the Thuringian Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Foundation for Technology, Innovation and Research Thuringia (STIFT), TÜV Thuringia, and the Ernst Abbe Foundation.

The winners of the 2024 Thuringian Innovation Prize. Image: STIFT, Sowinski

The Thuringian Innovation Award is a benchmark for new developments and inventions in the Free State and honors outstanding innovations made in Thuringia. It is awarded in four main categories: "Tradition and Future" (winner: Fliegl Fahrzeugbau GmbH), "Light and Life" (Synantec GmbH/EICMED GmbH), "Digital and Media" (KupTec GmbH), and "Industry and Material" (Schulz & Berger Luft- und Verfahrenstechnik GmbH). The prizes, worth 100,000 euros, were provided by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. In addition, there was the special prize for young companies from the Funke media group worth 10,000 euros, which supports start-ups (DeepEn GmbH). The Ernst Abbe Prize for innovative entrepreneurship went this year to Viktoria Schütz (DEGUMA Schütz GmbH), and the audience award was received by REHA aktiv 2000 GmbH. The criteria for evaluating the 46 applications are degree of innovation, entrepreneurial performance, sustainability, practical value, and economic success. (hw/maa)

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