Awards

For the third time MK Technology obtained the "Success Innovation Award" of the ISB bank (Investment and Economic Development Bank of Rhineland-Palatinate).

As already in years 2002 and 2005 the festive award ceremony took place in the atrium of ISB bank. After innovations in the areas of rapid prototyping and investment casting this time the "Autoklav Next Generation" of MK Technology was awarded and comes with prize money of € 17,000.

Prof. Dr. Eckard Minx, the designer of the Smart and founder of Palo Alto, gave an interesting speech on the topic innovation. Minister for Economic affairs, Mr. Hendrik Hering, handed over the certificate and the prize money. It is the 7th award for outstanding technical and commercial performances for MK Technology within 10 years' time.

This time MK Technology was awarded the output orientated prize “Success” for the development of the new high-speed drying technology. In total, 40 companies had applied for this prize at the ISB (Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland Pfalz) GmbH in Mainz.

On the 10th of November 2005 the winners were festively awarded by the Minister of Economic Affairs, Bauckhage. Not only the innovative performances were valuated but also the success on the market, which means the share of the new products in the total turnover.

MK technology was awarded the first prize of € 25.000,00. In total, this was the 6th award which has been achieved by the company.

Press report:

The main objective of the Invention Prize, which awarded yearly since 1998by the ISB Bank, (Investitions and Strukturbank, Rheinland-Pfalz), is the transfer of new ideas to industry and commerce. According to Minister Bauckhage, Rheinland-Pfalz is in an outstanding position with regard to patent applications. This is due to an active technology policy and a good research infrastructure.

MK Technology GmbH with the inventor, Michael Kügelgen (graduate engineer) received the award for the development of the differential pressure system.

Press report:

The Minister, Hans-Artur Bauckhage, awarded the Innovation Prize Rheinland-Pfalz 2002 at the Chamber of Commerce in Koblenz

“At the Chamber of Commerce in Koblenz six companies representing Germany’s most innovative enterprises, were awarded prizes for their creative and future-orientated projects in 2002 by Minister Bauckhage. With 111 applications, the competition had the largest number of participants so far. MK Technology GmbH was awarded the third prize.

Besides the innovation grade and the marketability, the panel of judges also valuated the entrepreneurial performance and the economic success.”

Press report:

“MK Technology was awarded a prize by the Trägerverein Zenit, situated in Mülheim, for a new technology for the production of prototypes.

Nowadays, it is no longer a work of art to make a functioning prototype, based on a master model within one day.The technology of vacuum casting using a silicone mould had already been developed in the sixties but due to the increasing demands on the prototypes, the conventional vacuum casting technology reached its limits.

MK Technology GmbH, situated in Bonn, overcame these limits with the development of the differential pressure system, which it patented in 2002. For this development they were awarded a prize by the jury of the Trägerverein Zenit e.V. This innovation prize supports innovative ideas that demonstrate the great potential in Germany in the field of science, research and inventions. 63 enterprises applied for the prize, five of them reached the final.”