manus® award 2025

Martina Birk

Head of sustainability, Krones AG

Hubertus von Monschaw

Global Director Hannover Messe, German trade show

Alexander Gölz

Editor-in-Chief, Industrieanzeiger

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Boos MBA 

Managing Partner, WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie GmbH

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Krug

Managing Director, Institute of Automotive Engineering (IFK) Cologne University of Applied Sciences

Paul J. Heney

Editor-in-Chief, WTWH Media

Dr.-Ing. Andreas Gebhard

Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH

Tobias Vogel

CEO Plain Bearings & linear technology, igus® GmbH

2023 gold manus

Bringing liquid nitrogen fertiliser to the field: For this job, the US company is developing J&M Manufacturing Co. a so-called para-linkage flock. To keep the coulter maintenance-free and, even more importantly, to prevent lubricants from getting into the soil, J&M Manufacturing uses iglidur plain bearings.

2023 silver manus

People who work with high-pressure cleaners in industry know the problem: the devices are often so heavy that back pain is inevitable. Relief is provided by Aufratech. The French company has developed EXO N, an exoskeleton for high-pressure cleaning tool users. The device uses iglidur plain bearings and drylin linear technology.

2023 bronze manus

For the cleaning of dirty streets, pavements and squares, the company builds Fiedler Maschinenbau und Technikvertrieb GmbH a high-pressure cleaner for municipal vehicles It uses side nozzles, a middle section and electronically switchable high-pressure underfloor nozzles with high water pressure. What makes it special is that the high-pressure cleaner's working area can be changed at the touch of a button. To achieve this, Fiedler uses drylin linear technology.

2023 green manus

No more greasing: For balers, loader wagons, manure spreaders, tippers and field sprayers, the Rockinger Agriculture GmbH Ball couplings called KS80 with a high-performance plastic from the iglidur® series, which igus® developed especially for the company. The coupling consists of a coupling ball and claw installed in the height adjustment system.