Schreiner Group (Oberschleißheim, Germany) received the special jury prize at the Bavarian Innovation Award for an outstanding innovative and technologically complex product development. Dr Ulrike Wolf, ministerial director at the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, presented the prestigious award for the medical product "Coldplasmapatch", also known as CPTpatch. This is a high-tech pad for the treatment of wounds that is based on printed electronics. It generates cold plasma that kills multi-resistant bacteria, promotes cell regeneration and can thus heal chronic wounds – even if they were previously considered incurable. Schreiner Group realised the innovative product together with the medical technology company Coldplasmatech.
LG Display (Seoul, Korea), a world leading innovator of display technologies, has developed the Thin Actuator Sound Solution, a new sound technology for automobiles. This innovative solution will be commercialised in the first half of 2023, ushering in a new era of vehicle infotainment.
Effective June 2023, Claude Nicollier will step down from his position as CSEM’s chairperson of the board of directors during its annual general meeting. "CSEM is well-prepared for the future, meaning I can pass the baton over next year with gratitude for the past 16 exciting years," says the 78-year-old astronaut and honorary professor at EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne). Since he took over as chairman in June 2007, CSEM has experienced major growth. Under his guidance, the technology innovation centre’s turnover grew from 53.1 to 96.9 million Swiss francs, and its employee count rose by over 75%.
