„best-Award 2025“ – Application portal for the innovation award now open!

The “best-Award 2025” starts a new round! On the first day of Blechexpo/Schweisstec, Tuesday, October 21, 2025, the winners of the international trade fair duo’s innovation award will once again be recognized and honoured in a festive ceremony.
The strategic partnership with Vogel Communications Group (VCG) has been successfully renewed and further expanded with the introduction of an English version of the application portal. VCG’s trade media MM Maschinenmarkt and Blechnet are once again on board as strong and important award partners.
The “best Award 2025” honors technological industry innovations and their development teams in five categories with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. The categories of the submissions correspond to the thematic hall layout of Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2025. Participation in the award is only possible for exhibitors of the international trade fair duo.
To ensure the high quality of the award, organiser Schall and media partner VCG are once again bringing together a high-calibre jury of experts. They will carefully evaluate the submitted applications, assess them thoroughly and select the winners with professional expertise.
Let’s go! The landing page for applications is now open. There you will also find all information on the categories, evaluation criteria and much more:

Take advantage of this unique opportunity to present your products and solutions to an interested specialist audience and emphasise your innovative strength!

• Exclusive visibility: Winners and finalists will be prominently presented as part of the international trade fair duo Blechexpo/Schweisstec 2025.
• Industry recognition: The ‘best Award’ enjoys a high level of attention in the industry and in the media.
• Networking opportunities: Use the stage to make new contacts and exchange ideas with industry experts.

We look forward to your innovative contributions and are excited to see the forward-looking solutions. #bestAward2025 #bepartofthebest #Blechexpo2025 #Schweisstec 2025

The ‘best Award 2023’ showcased the impressive diversity and innovative strength of the industry in many facets. Pioneering technologies, creative solutions and sustainable approaches set new standards and reflected the dynamism and potential of the industry. Numerous submissions emphasised how important innovative spirit and collaboration are for the world of tomorrow!
The announcement of the nominees was already celebrated in the last session and received excellent media coverage from the VCG trade media blechnet and MM Maschinenmarkt, e.g. here in the link (German Content):
Redaktion im Fachportal blechnet

In addition, the finalists were published on the trade fair website and presented in the Blechexpo/Schweisstec social media with a classy nominee badge and tagged for clicking on their own channels:

And this is what the happy winners of the ‘best Award 2023’ looked like in picture and film: