Schweighofer Prize 2011 Presented in Vienna

VIENNA, June 17, 2011 -

Solutions for Energy Efficient Buildings
and Renewable Energy Awarded

On 16 June 2011 Schweighofer Prize, the unique European
Innovation Award for the Forest-Based Sector, endowed with €
300.000 was awarded for the
5^thtime in Vienna. About 450
guests from 20 nations - most notably the Austrian Federal Minister
for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, DI
Niki Berlakovich - celebrated four Innovation Prize winning teams
and the prominent Main Prize winner. The ceremony was dedicated to
the International Year of the Forests and highlighted by a musical
tribute to the woods.

The Schweighofer Prize was funded in 2002 by the Austrian
Schweighofer family owning one of Europe’s leading woodworking
companies. It is presented biannually focussing on innovative
approaches for the Forest Based Sector. It is divided in one Main
Prize (Life Time Award) and several Innovation Prizes.

Main Prize winner 2011 is Dieter Siempelkamp from Germany. His
name and correspondent company is a worldwide synonym for high
class engineering. The most revolutionary development of
Siempelkamp is the continuous press Contiroll®. He receives €
100,000.

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Four Innovation Prize winning teams equally share € 200,000:

• AGEPAN® THD Static: Insulating fibre board with remarkable
  strength properties. Knut Kappenberg and Alfred Pfemeter (Glunz AG)
  Germany

www.agepan.de

• TES Energy Façade: Timber-based renovation system for
  buildings. European scientists team coordinated by Frank Lattke,
  Germany
•  www.tesenergyfacade.com
• Hess Limitless: Technology for fabrication and on-site
  assembling of long-span glulam beams. Mathias Hofmann (Hess Timber)
  and Simon Aicher (MPA Stuttgart), Germany

href="www.hess-imber.com/">www.hess-imber.com

• Glulam Turbine Blades: Blades made of glulam for floating tidal
  power plants. Åge Holmestad (Moelven) and Svein Dag Henriksen
  (Hydra Tidal), Norway

www.moelven.com; href="www.hydratidal.com/">www.hydratidal.com

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Contact:        Dr. Margareta
Patzelt
           Tel.:
+43-1-585-68-6228
         
 info@schweighofer-prize.org
            href="www.schweighofer-prize.org/">www.schweighofer-prize.org

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