IN FOCUS

For the first time, SMC is featured in Forbes Magazine’s Top 50 Most Innovative Global Companies. Every year, the magazine presents the companies that have a particularly strong culture and ability to innovate.

Leybold UK, based in Chessington, UK, has made it onto the shortlist for the Composites UK 2022 Industry Awards in the Social Impact category. The industry association aims to recognise those companies whose results improve people’s lives and support society. The award honours companies active in the composites industry across the UK.

The Association of Electrical & Mechanical Trades (AEMT) is delighted to be returning to the West Midlands on the evening of Thursday 17th November for the staging of its 5th Annual Awards Ceremony. With a record number of submissions across the seven categories, this year’s programme has again produced some truly exceptional entries from right across the electro-mechanical arena.

Annabelle M. Rayson from Canada receives the prestigious 2022 Stockholm Junior Water Prize for her research on how to treat and prevent harmful algae blooms. HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden announced the winner during a ceremony at World Water Week in Stockholm.

On 18 August 2022, Dr.-Ing. h. c. Jochen Opländer was ceremoniously awarded honorary citizenship of the City of Dortmund. During the ceremony at the Konzerthaus Dortmund, Mayor Thomas Westphal presented him with an honorary citizenship certificate and a ring of honour from the city.

The digital art installation “Wilo Connected” at the headquarters of the multinational technology group Wilo has won the renowned Red Dot Design Award in the category “Brands & Communication Design 2022”.

The rating provider Ecovadis has awarded the Wilo Group the platinum medal for sustainability. Following silver (2019 and 2020) and gold (2021), this is the first time the multinational technology group has received the rating agency’s highest award. Only one percent of the 90,000 companies assessed worldwide by Ecovadis achieve the platinum rating.

Expertise, vision, information management, success, ehtical conduct, human competence and diversity: Ayla Busch had convinced the jury in all these categories and therefore received the German Leadership Award 2022.

The UK managing director of technology and business consultancy Isle, Karyn Georges, has been awarded the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) Fellowship, the Institute’s highest membership grade.

The eleventh Leonardo da Vinci award was assigned to Gruppo Pedrollo. Luigi Brugnaro, mayor of Venice, presented the award to Giulio Pedrollo, the Group’s Managing Director.