Mehul Lanvers Shah, MD, Hannover Milano, Fairs India
6. Would you tell us something about the awards to be given away - the Robotics and the Hermes awards? The selection procedure and who might get them this year.
HM 2015 will mark the twelfth consecutive season of Deutsche Messe's Hermes Award technology prize. Objective is to expedite the process of turning new ideas into market-ready products and processes. The coveted prize, which carries an attractive prize package worth around € 100,000, is given in recognition of outstanding innovations being unveiled at HANNOVER MESSE 2015 for the first time. Competition is open to all companies that are exhibiting at Hannover Messe but there are certain criteria for applying for the competition. There is a special Jury that selects the winner. This year, we have five nominated companies: ABB Automation GmbH, ContiTech, Next Kraftwerke GmbH, SCHUNK GmbH & Co.KG and Wittenstein AG.
The Robotics Award is a prize for applied robotics solutions - under the patronage of the Lower Saxony State Minister for Economics, Labor and Transportation, Olaf Lies. Entry is open to all commercial enterprises and institutions in Germany and other countries. The company does not have to be an exhibitor at HANNOVER MESSE. A panel of scientific experts would draw up an initial short list of entries. The prizewinners will then be chosen by an independent jury.
This year we have three nominated companies -
• Goldfuß engineering GmbH, Balingen, Germany
• incubed IT GmbH, Hart bei Graz, Austria
• MRK-Systeme GmbH, Augsburg, Germany
Winners will be announced on 14th April 2015.
7. What are the prominent themes for this edition of the fair?
The central theme for Hannover Messe 2015 is ‘Integrated Industry - join the network'. The message behind the concept is that the key challenges of the fourth industrial revolution - such as achieving universal standards for machine-to-machine communication, maintaining data security and finding new business models that can be mastered only through collective endeavor in networks. Apart from this, focus will be on Partner Country India with its lead them on ‘Make in India'.
8. What is the vision behind the fair and how much have you succeeded so far? What are the future targets and expectations?
The core vision behind the show this year is to establish India as the manufacturing hub on the global map through our partnership with HANNOVER MESSE 2015. This year, Indian manufacturers will get the perfect platform to see and experience the next-gen technologies and showcase their skills to global buyers which will give a fillip to their skills and will attract global buyers from across the globe. Apart from 450 companies participating, we are expecting about 5000+ Indian visitors at the show. A high level delegation from Government of India and CEOs from various top Indian companies will be travelling along with the PMO delegation to the fair.
Specific workshops and conference sessions will be organised under Partner Country programme on various topics such as Electrics and Electronics, Motion Drive Automation, Skill India, Renewable Energy, Smart cities, etc.
With India as a Partner Country this year at Hannover Messe, ‘Make in India' campaign will be majorly highlighted and promoted at the exhibition and at various city points.
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