This time the competition was bigger than ever: With 110 applications, the Münsterland Innovation Award 2021/22 recorded the highest number of applicants in around 20 years. 16 companies were able to assert themselves this year and have now been nominated for the coveted award with their ideas, projects, products and models. They convinced the jury in the categories “Economy”, “Science Meets Economy”, “Start-up”, “Small and Smart” and “Digital Business Models”.
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The Münsterland Innovation Award is organized by Münsterland eV and this year’s motto is “Together. Consistent. Act. The Münsterland thinks ahead.”. Klaus Ehling, CEO of Münsterland eV: “The motto takes up an issue that affects all companies. No matter how big or in which industry. We are very pleased that so many companies have applied for the innovation award this year, even though times are not easy right now and many companies have had to reposition themselves. The economic players in the region also live two important core brand values of the Münsterland: energetic and aspiring.” According to Ehling, the business development agencies of the districts and the city of Münster also contributed to the high number of applications.
The Münsterland eV presents the award every two years to creative and innovative developments from the Münsterland. Interested companies had from December 2021 to February 2022 to submit an application. The innovation prize is supported by its sponsors: the savings banks in Münsterland, the provincial insurance AG and the energy service and infrastructure provider Westenergie AG. The decision on the nominees is made by an independent jury of six experts from business and science. The winners will be chosen at a ceremony on September 1st in Dülmen in the Coesfeld district and will be rewarded with prize money of 4,000 euros as well as an image or product film produced for their own company.
The nominees and their innovations (in alphabetical order):
Economy category
2G Energy AG (Heek): “Hydrogen CHP agenitor 406 H2”
Concrete works Büscher GmbH & Co. KG, Büscher Group (Heek): “Büscher-Wand”
KRASO GmbH & Co. KG (Rhede): “KRASO® DKM torque control nut”
Langguth GmbH (Senden): GLU|ECO®“
Category “Science meets business”
BETEBE GmbH (Vreden): “VakuSep – filtration for nutrient-rich suspensions”
CLK GmbH (Altenberge): “MultiCheck”
CTS crashtest-service.com GmbH (Münster): „PRIMUS breakable“
Category „Startup“
MYTEK GmbH (Emsdetten): “hoogo flip-flop nozzle”
Predimo GmbH (Münster): “ComputerMyoGraphie”
qubeto GmbH (Münster): “FIMTable, FIMTrack, FIMAnalytics and FIM.AI”
Small and smart category
Deutsche E-Bike Accu Service UG (Munster): “EproSafe Accu Schutzbox”
INDUTAINER GmbH (Count): “CO2 INDUTAINER IBC”
Spreckelmeyer GmbH (Lengerich): “WiLi Windows Lift”
Category “Digital Business Models”
apetito catering B.V. & Co. KG (Rheine): „easy system“
BEUMER Group GmbH & Co. KG (Beckum): “BEUMER Remote Services supported by Smart Glasses”
Cargobull Telematics GmbH (Münster): „TrailerConnect® Data Management Center (DMC)“
“Anyone who didn’t know beforehand will definitely be smarter after the innovation award: The Münsterland is an innovative region with creative entrepreneurs who never run out of ideas even in difficult times,” emphasizes Klaus Richter, Chairman of the Board of Sparkasse Münsterland Ost, on behalf of the Münsterland savings banks.
dr Wolfgang Breuer, CEO of Provincial Versicherung AG, emphasizes: “At the Münsterland Innovation Prize, local companies can show what they can do. They are measured, for example, on the basis of market opportunities, innovative potential or the presentation of the concept. Everything contributes to the future, because when it comes to sustainability, everyone has to think ahead and work together – and that’s how innovations come about.”
Katherina Reiche, CEO of Westenergie AG, adds: “The competition shows that challenging situations can also be a driving force and an incentive to think in new ways. Despite the pandemic, many companies in the Münsterland have given free rein to their inventive spirit and worked to make themselves and the region fit for the future. The nominees can now show that to a broad public.”
Die Jury:
dr sc. nat. dr hc mult. Johannes Georg Bednorz, IBM Research Zurich, Nobel Prize winner for Physics 1987
Prof. Dr. Frank Dellmann, President of the Münster University of Applied Sciences
Hans Hund, President of the Münster Chamber of Crafts
dr Fritz Jaeckel, General Manager of the North Westphalia Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Prof. Dr. Bernd Kriegsmann, President of the Westphalian University
Prof. Dr. Monika Stoll, Prorector of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
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