bauma Innovation Award 2025
24.02.2025Of the original 208 entries, 52 made it to the final round. The jury has now selected the 15 nominees for the bauma Innovation Award.
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This is the 14th time that Messe München and VDMA, together with the construction industry associations HDB, ZDB and bbs, will award the prize. The competition started again on May 2, 2024, with the categories Climate Protection, Digitalisation, Mechanical Engineering, Building and Research.
All nominees will be presented at the ICM in Munich on the eve of the opening of bauma on April 6, and the five innovations with the highest number of votes will receive the award.
The jury evaluates the entries according to criteria that are crucial for the future of the industry. Key factors include the practical relevance of a solution and its economic potential. In addition, the judges consider the progress of digitalisation, environmental aspects, sustainability, resource efficiency, and the humanisation of the workplace.
The following entries have been nominated for the Award in 2025:
Category 1 Climate Protection
- Local zero emissions construction site, Wirtgen Group
- ROTHO ProCarbonCure, Robert Thomas GmbH & Co KG
- H2 Excavator with fuel cell drive, Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe
Category 2 Digitalisation
- WOLFF High-Speed-Positioning-System, WOLFFKRAN GmbH
- Smart Automation in Roadbuilding, Wirtgen Group
- Liebherr Autonomous Operations, Liebherr-Werk Bischofshofen GmbH
Category 3 Mechanical Engineering
- Positioning Pilot assistance system, Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH
- Tunnel Enlargement System, Herrenknecht AG
- S1 Vision – Liebherr Single-Axle Truck, Liebherr Corporate Ventures AG
Category 4 Building
- Dive Drill Method, BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH
- New composite bridge construction method, Adam Hörnig Baugesellschaft mbH & Co KG
- SITE DEPOT material flow management software, N1 Circular GmbH
Category 5 Research
- ExtendedExcavatorHMI, Technische Universität Dresden
- MAXX – Mobile Assembly X-System, Center Construction Robotics (RWTH)
- Muck measuring system for EPB tunnel boring machines based on AI (MEGA), Technische Hochschule Köln
The international bauma Innovation Award has its roots in the German Construction Equipment Day, which until 2004 honored cutting-edge technologies from Germany. Since 2007, it has been awarded every three years in this form and is organized jointly by VDMA, VDMA Services GmbH, bauma and the German construction industry's central associations, HDB, ZDB and bbs. The VDMA is responsible for the organisation.
