Success at iENA – from research idea to Award-Winning Innovation

Messestand von GFE und LRC auf der iENA Erfindermesse in Nürnberg

For the third time, the GfE - Gesellschaft für Fertigungstechnik und Entwicklung Schmalkalden e.V. - participated in iENA, where it demonstrated how its industry-oriented research, conducted in joint projects with companies, leads to innovative, practical solutions for the tooling and manufacturing industries.

Several innovations in which the GfE played a role attracted significant attention and received awards. Emerging from the startup idea competition managed by the GfE in Southern Thuringia, the projects “Liquid 2 Energy” by the startup Adreniba and the timber construction project by Militzer Stahlbau GmbH & Co. KG / VORWINDSTUDIO were presented. The company was delighted to receive three awards, including an iENA silver medal.

Another award, the iENA bronze medal in the “Invention – Industry” category, was presented for a development enabling the machining of stainless steel without cooling. This GfE development was created in cooperation with a medium-sized company.

This once again demonstrated the successes that can be achieved through the collaboration between industry-oriented research and companies.