China’s Pumps & Valves Innovation Awards - Energy efficiency is the future
Date Published：6/16/2015 12:06:00 上午
A six-month long search for the winners of the 2015 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards - Pumps & Valves Industry culminated in 22 winners announced on June 10th in Shanghai, held alongside FlowEx China 2015. Among the winners were Grundfos China, Liberty Pumps, KSB and Nanfang Pump Industry Co., Ltd., who shared their big moment with the panel of judges, experts from industry associations and media representatives at the 4th edition of this annual event.
Award-winning products were highlighted atan innovation zone during the 3-day show, China’s largest Pumps & Valves event, which attracted many buyers and visitors. Winners also shared the technology behind their solutionsduring a well-attended seminar held to further their promote innovations. Significantly, almost all the winning entries offered energy-saving solutions.
Pumps are among the largest consumers of electricity, accounting for nearly 20% of total electricity consumption. Even slightest increase of pump's energy efficiency can bring enormous benefits to both business and society.
With the government strengthening environmental standards, energy savingswill be the long-term focus of future developments in the pump industry. Therefore this year, the awards emphasized energy savings and high operating efficiency as a very important criteria.
After 6-month nationwide Entry & Nomination stage, 34 products from 32 companies in total participated in the final competition. Products consist of four categories which are ①Centrifugal Pumps, ②Positive Displacement Pumps, ③Jet Pumps & Other Pump Types, ④Valves, Seals, and Ancillary and Other Products. Final results were decided by the independent panel of judges from industry associations and research institutions.
Meanwhile many submissions and ultimately winners were selected from local companies. This says a lot about how the domestic industry is raising its standards not only to satisfy domestic consumer needs but to compete globally.
Honesty, fairness and transparency have won Ringier Technology Innovation Awardswide attention and recognition, according to award organizer Ringier Trade Media Limited.
“The most important elements in any awards program is that it must be honest, it must be fair, and it must be transparent, and in our case, that it truly identifies ‘Innovation’,” noted Mike Hay, president of Ringier Trade, during the ceremony. “Thus it is the independent panel of experts – the judges who play the key role in the selection of the winners, which is the one important feature that make this award special and different from other programs in China.”
About Ringier Technology Innovation Awards
Organized by Ringer Trade Media and its industry-leading industry trade magazine, World Pumps China, these Awards are presented to a select group of innovators each year in China. The purpose of the Awards is to encourage, acknowledge and reward those individuals and companies who have introduced and developed a new idea, a new methodology, a new product or a new technology for manufacturing production efficiency, cost effectiveness, user convenience, which might result in energy saving and more responsible clean manufacturing in the Pumps & Valves industry.
The Ringier Technology Industry Awards Series have been established since 2006 and cover nine different industries. They are recognized as being the most honest, transparent and fairest of such industry awards in China.
*Full list: Winners of 2015 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards - Pumps & Valves Industry (CLICK to VIEW)
