IF Digital Award | Premiere at SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN 2025

For the first time, the cooperation between Messe Essen and the IndustryFusion Foundation is awarding prizes for innovative digitalization solutions. Exhibitors can apply now.

IF Digital Award | Premiere at SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN 2025

With the new IF Digital Award powered by SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN and IndustryFusion Foundation, digital innovations will take center stage at this year's international trade fair in Essen. From September 15 to 19, 2025, visitors can vote for their favorite and win attractive prizes. Exhibiting companies now have the opportunity to submit their innovative digitalization solutions for the first IF Digital Award.

 

The IF Digital Award is aimed at exhibitors who are driving the industry forward with their pioneering digital products or processes. The "IF" in the name stands for "Industry Fusion" and the English "if" - a call to shape the digital transformation together.

The jury for the IF Digital Award is made up of trade visitors, who cast their votes via the trade fair app. The three award participants with the most votes will be presented with a trophy in gold, silver or bronze on the last day of the trade fair and will receive a marketing package with an award emblem and image material for their own communication.

"The desire and will for digitalization in the metalworking industry is there. With the new award, we want to make the benefits more visible on the market - and, as we all know, the market gathers at SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN," explains Igor Mikulina, President of the IndustryFusion Foundation. "The conditions for awarding this prize are ideal."

Interested exhibitors can apply conveniently online in the closed exhibitor area of SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN. Further information and the registration form can be found here.