Prizes and awards

Presented by: German-Norwegian chamber of commerce

Argumentation of the jury:
Hydro-Elektrik with its headquarters in Ravensburg and a subsidiary in Bergen represents an exciting and extraordinary technology. Innovative processes and exciting products open up new paths in water treatment. "Water is the most important solvent and therefore also the most important component of all life", is the motto of Hydro-Elektrik.....

Presented by: Wirtschafts- and Innovationsförderungsgesellschaft Landkreis Ravensburg mbH

From the prize documentation:
The award-winning innovation is a special process for economic on-site manufacturing of cylindrical large-scale tanks made of stainless steel. The tanks are manufactured seamlessly using the winding method. In the process the metal is unwound directly from the coil and simultaneously welded from the inside and outside. The automatic welding process developed to this purpose allows tension-free and continuously even welding seams ....

Presented by: Finanzverbund der Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken

From the prize documentation:

The medium-sized company is awarded the special prize of the Finanzverbund der Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken for the development of a special process for economic on-site manufacturing of spiral-welded large-scale tanks made of stainless steel. Hydro-Elektrik GmbH has brought together the very latest manufacturing methods and the most modern hydrotechnics in its innovative drinking-water storage system ....