JA Europe: EIT Manufacturing awards the Green Manufacturing Award 2024

JA Europe: These are the winners of the Green Manufacturing Award 2024 by EIT Manufacturing!

Gen-E 2024 is Europe’s largest entrepreneurship event, where thousands of young entrepreneurs, 15 years old onwards, showcase their cutting–edge business ideas and compete for the titles of best Company and best Start-Up of the year.

The jury members Dr. Gerhard Russ (Innovation Manager, EIT Manufacturing East), Elena Odysseus (Vice President, European Parents Association) and Natascha Rohe (Project lead CSR Reporting and Sustainable Innovation, respACT – Austrian Business Council for Sustainable Development) evaluated all applications based on their level of innovation (to what extend the company uses novel application of materials and resources and/or new manufacturing processes) and sustainability (to what extent the company considers the entire value chain and life cycle of their product or service, including conception, supply and/or manufacturing as well as responsible consumption and/or disposal).

These JA companies are the winners of the Green Manufacturing Award 2024 by EIT Manufacturing:

Upper-Secondary Level: EM-PAX-Bulgaria from Bulgaria – for their E-MOSS solution, an innovative chimney filter made from living organisms which aims to decrease carbon dioxide levels in the air! 

University Level: Arctech Robotics from Norway – for their exceptional solution combining an x-ray sensor and a delta robot, to efficiently and safely remove batteries from the conveyor belt!

Congratulations to the winners and a big *thank you* goes to all the participating teams for their work, ideas, and passion for creating solutions for more sustainable manufacturing!