Reifen to host innovation awards in June

Reifen 2012 at Messe Essen on between 5 and 8 June next year will once again honour pioneering solutions with its bi-annual innovation awards. Messe Essen and German tyre association BRV will honour particularly pioneering products and services and are now calling for nominations.

Up until 31 March exhibiting companies will be able put themselves forward as candidates in the following categories: “Technology and Products”, “Service Concepts and Process Optimisation” as well as “Environmental and Resource Conservation”. According to the exhibition’s organisers, a manufacturer-independent expert jury will evaluate the submissions according to the criteria of environmental compatibility, sustainability, resource savings, innovation content, economic viability, user benefits, safety, potential for winning over and binding customers as well as optimisation potential for the value added chain.

The awards will be handed over within the framework of the festive opening ceremony on the evening before the fair, 4 June. During Reifen, the innovations will be presented to the trade visitors on a separate booth in the Galeria.

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