2025 Factory Innovation Awards: WINNERS and FINALISTS

The winners of the Factory Innovation Award 2025 are revealed! The award ceremony was held on the Digital Transformation Stage at the Hannover Messe with simultaneous translation. If you missed the event, details of the categories, winners and finalists are available here. You can also watch videos of the pitches and the ceremony. Check out FACTORY INNOVATION Issue 3/2025 (available in June) and find out what the judges had to say about which solution won, and why.

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Watch the Videos

Award Ceremony German
Jury Statements
Typical Jury Questions
Digital Pitch 2025

Winners 2025

COMPANIES SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING SMART FACTORY SOLUTIONS

• tesa Werk Hamburg GmbH for „Industry 4.0 in Action“
• Anderson Europe GmbH for „Sustainable Factory“

SOFTWARE PROVIDERS

• EDAG Engineering GmbH for „Platforms for the Connected Factory“
• I-care Group for „Digital Transformation of the Factory “
• ISG Industrielle Steuerungstechnik GmbH for „Industry 4.0 in Action“
• PSI Software SE | BU Discrete Manufacturing for “Artificial Intelligence in the Factory“

RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

• Fraunhofer IOSB-INA | SmartFactoryOWL for „Sustainable Factory“
• Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft für angewandte Forschung e. V. for „Connectivity“

TRAINING INSTITUTIONS

• University Potsdam | Industrial Transformation Lab for „Digital Transformation“
• TU Graz, Austria | LEAD Factory for „Training and Further Education“

AUDIENCE FAVORITE

• Industrial Application Software GmbH | Learning Factory | Turkey

All Finalists 2025

All finalists and winners in alphabetical order: Anderson Europe GmbH, EDAG Engineering GmbH, EVO Informationssysteme GmbH, Fraunhofer IOSB-INA | SmartFactoryOWL, Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft für angewandte Forschung e. V., I-care Group, Industrial Application Software GmbH, Institut für Innovation und Industrie Management (IIM) – TU Graz | LEAD Factory, Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik und Digitale Gesellschaft e. V. | Industrial Transformation Lab Potsdam, ISG Industrielle Steuerungstechnik GmbH, JH | Johann Hofmann, Monitor ERP System GmbH, PSI Software SE | Business Unit Discrete Manufacturing, software4production GmbH, SOFTBAUWARE GmbH, SYNERPY GmbH, T.CON GmbH & Co. KG, tesa Werk Hamburg GmbH

About #FIAward

The “Factory Innovation Award” competition is one of the most eminent smart factory software awards in Europe. Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up, and a big thank you to the renowned 16 jury members, and all visitors who were able to be part of #HM25 live on location.

A recording and more information is available on the FI website.
The Factory Innovation Award is organized by GITO Publishing, Berlin (organizer), Hannover Messe (strategic partner), LSWI – University of Potsdam (scientific partner), Center of Enterprise Research (knowledge partner) and the magazine FACTORY INNOVATION (media partner).

Further Links

GITO Hall of Fame
Digitaler Pitch 2024
Sieger 2024
Impressionen 2024
Rückblick 2024
Rückblick 2023

Would you like to take part in 2026?

Eligible participants
Suppliers: Software providers
Users: Companies that have successfully implemented smart factory solutions
Research institutions: Cutting-edge factory software solutions
Training institutions: Innovative training offers and methods as well as Learning Factories

The registration phase starts in October 2025. Would you like to nominate someone?
Write to us at service@gito-verlag.de.

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