HERMES AWARD 2025
On 30 March 2025, on the occasion of the Opening Ceremony for HANNOVER MESSE, we will once again be presenting one of the world’s most coveted industrial awards – the HERMES AWARD, now in its twentyfirstconsecutive season.
And the Winner is... Siemens
HERMES AWARD Winner 2025
This year's prestigious HERMES AWARD goes to Siemens in recognition of its AI-powered "industrial copilots"; these provide assistance covering the entire industrial value chain. An independent jury chaired by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Hanselka, President of the Fraunhofer Society, selected the winner from among three nominated companies. The award was presented during the official opening ceremony of HANNOVER MESSE on 30 March 2025, by Cem Özdemir, Germany’s Federal Minister of Education and Research.
The award-winning solution centers around AI-driven "industrial copilots" designed to enhance workforce efficiency by eliminating repetitive tasks and boosting productivity. For instance, the industrial copilot for Siemens' TIA Portal engineering framework – used by over 120,000 professionals worldwide – enables engineers of all experience levels to write precise, reliable code significantly faster.
Siemens offers a suite of copilots tailored for industrial use, covering the entire value chain from design and planning to engineering, operations, and maintenance. This solution makes generative AI accessible to a wide range of companies. Both cloud-based and on-premises versions are available, with the latter operating directly on the shop floor to meet diverse requirements.
ecoplanet
HERMES Startup AWARD Winner 2025
This year, a young Munich-based company has clinched the coveted HERMES Startup Award. The award-winning product, the ecoplanet Cockpit, is an AI-powered platform designed to help businesses analyze their energy consumption in real time, optimize the use of dynamic pricing, and maximize the integration of renewable energy sources. The platform enables companies to reduce energy costs by up to 20 percent while significantly cutting their CO₂ emissions. Additionally, this comprehensive solution automates energy monitoring, procurement processes, and grid fee optimization, offering businesses greater transparency, improved planning capabilities, and a clear competitive edge.
Additionally, this comprehensive solution automates energy monitoring, procurement processes, and grid fee optimization, offering businesses greater transparency, improved planning capabilities, and a clear competitive edge. Jury Chairman and President of the Fraunhofer Society, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Hanselka, stated: "Intelligent energy monitoring is a crucial component of our energy transition. When companies succeed in optimizing their consumption, they can save substantial amounts of energy, significantly reducing both CO₂ emissions and operational costs.
ecoplanet is a startup company that supports businesses in this endeavor with its remarkable AI-based platform: within just three years, it has demonstrated measurable cost savings for its customers. ecoplanet focuses particularly on small and medium-sized enterprises, helping them reduce greenhouse gas emissions. On behalf of the entire jury, I sincerely congratulate them on their well-deserved award."
Numerous Applications were submitted
An independent jury of top-class experts from politics, business, research and society has nominated three products each for the HERMES AWARD and the HERMES Startup AWARD and will select the winners from this group. The criteria of technological innovation, benefits for industry, the environment and society, economic viability and readiness for implementation will play a key role in the assessment of prize worthiness.
The HERMES AWARD is HANNOVER MESSE's international technology prize and is presented each year at the event. All companies and institutions exhibiting at HANNOVER MESSE are eligible for entry, and the prize goes to the one whose product or solution demonstrates a particularly high degree of technological innovation. The HERMES AWARD is presented at the HANNOVER MESSE opening ceremony.
HERMWES AWARD 2025 - Nominees
The nominated product, Mobile Shore Power Outlet (iMSPO), is an innovation in the shoreside power supply of ports. The system delivers a mobile and flexible solution by precisely positioning power outlets for ships along a berth, reaching distances of up to 400 meters exactly where needed. The power cables are routed in a roller-supported energy conduit specially engineered for long distances and heavy loads. This protects the cables from wear and tear and prevents tripping hazards. The system has both ecological and economic advantages: the fact that no diesel generators need to be used means that emissions of harmful substances are reduced at the ports. At the same time, the durable and low-maintenance system helps to reduce operating costs and maximize economic benefits for port operators.
The newly developed XZU rolling bearing earned its nomination. The innovation is a double-row oblique roller bearing designed with the same connection dimensions as standard cross-roller bearings available on the market, making it a seamless, one-to-one replacement. The arrangement of very small, cylindrical roller-like rolling elements in a double-row configuration means that the bearing increases tilt stiffness by 30 percent, reduces friction resistance by 20 percent, and improves raceway accuracy by 40 percent. These advancements directly enhance the efficiency, productivity, and thus also energy consumption per component. The market offers a wide range of applications for this new rolling bearing. This innovation is particularly valuable in fields such as robotics, assembly automation, and machine tools.
The nominated solution involves AI-supported "Industrial Copilots" that increase the efficiency of the workforce by eliminating repetitive tasks and boosting productivity. The Industrial Copilot for Siemens' TIA Portal engineering framework – used by over 120,000 professionals worldwide – enables, for example, engineers of all experience levels to write precise, reliable code significantly faster. Siemens offers an industrial-grade suite of Industrial Copilots that comprehensively covers the industrial value chain – from design and planning right through to engineering, operations, and service. This solution enables access to generative AI for a great many companies. Both cloud and on-premises versions are available, working locally on the shop floor to meet diverse requirements.
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