With the Heinz Dürr Award, the Dürr Group recognizes outstanding achievements by employees in the areas of innovation, customer focus and sustainability. This year, Prof. Alexandra Dürr presented the prizes to the speakers of the winning teams for the first time. Together with Dr. Lars Friedrich, Head of the Application Technology Division, she honored the winning teams. Each team received prize money of 7,500 euros.
Prizes for teams from Dürr, Homag and Schenck
Three teams were awarded prizes in the Innovation category this year. One of the prizes was awarded for the development of the EcoProBooth paint booth. The jury was also impressed by employees of the Dürr subgroup Homag with a system for the individual printing of edge bands for furniture and a German-Indian team from Dürr subsidiary Schenck with a software solution for wheel production lines. The Heinz Dürr Award for Customer Experience went to Homag employees for the customer-oriented and ultimately punctual handling of a project that was initially severely delayed. The Sustainability Award was presented for equipping the world's largest factory for the serial production of wooden house elements.
Credo "Stay curious!"
"Stay curious!" was Heinz Dürr's advice to his employees. Heinz Dürr, who passed away in November, saw curiosity as the driving force behind innovation and progress. In December 2001, he created the Heinz Dürr Award, an internal competition. In 2019, this was expanded to include the categories of sustainability and customer experience.