Nominees 2007
In 2007, 40 innovations had been submitted for application, 15 of them made it to the final round. These were the nominees:
Category 1: machinery
- KS-press for variable element sizes
Lasco Umformtechnik GmbH, Coburg - Cold milling machine W 100 F
Wirtgen GmbH, Windhagen - Crane-conveying system
Bilfinger Berger AG Ingenieurbau Maschinentechnik, Mannheim
Category 2: machinery component
- SH steady endhose
Putzmeister AG, Aichtal - HydacLab with multisensor
Hydac Filtertechnik GmbH, Sulzbach - HWS-integrated winch system
Bauer Maschinen GmbH, Schrobenhausen
Category 3: construction process/construction work
- High-rise concrete conveying at Burij Dubai
Putzmeister AG, Aichtal - Taiwan High Speed Railway: installation of precast bridges
Bilfinger Berger AG Ingenieurbau, Wiesbaden - New asphalt-laying method „compact asphalt“
Hermann Kirchner Bauunternehmung GmbH, Bad Hersfeld
Category 4: research
- Dynamic load plate test
Mechanische Werkstätten Gerhard Zorn, Stendal - Image-based rating procedures for fair faced concrete
Dresden University of Technology, Dresden - Mixer with intelligent control
Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co KG, Hardheim
Category 5: design
- Wheeled loader generation 6
Liebherr-Werk Bischofshofen GmbH, Bischofshofen - Stationary concrete pump BSH
Putzmeister AG, Aichtal - Innovative paver generation
Joseph Vögele AG, Mannheim





