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Celebrating the Food Changemakers of tomorrow at the INNOVEIT EIT Awards

On 15 October, two of EIT Food’s nominees were recognised at the 2019 EIT Awards in Budapest at the annual INNOVEIT ceremony.

17 Oct 2019

INNOVEIT promotes innovation and encourages entrepreneurs by putting the most innovative ventures, entrepreneurial graduates, innovation teams and women from the EIT Community in the spotlight. The Awards celebrate the role models making innovation happen.

Congratulations to the Winners

From EIT Food we would like to congratulate Rudolf Sollacher from Siemens and his cross-industry team for taking second place in the EIT Innovators Award for their Digital Twin Management project. This award recognises teams from across EIT’s Innovation Communities that develop high-impact products and services for a sustainable future. Rudolf and his team have won a cash prize of EUR
20 000 as a placed winner for this award.

Rudolf Sollacher (right), Siemens

Rudolf Sollacher is a Senior Research Scientist from Siemens. The Digital Twin Management System wants to make food production more transparent and more sustainable by giving an overview in the production and logistic processes. Consumers can gain more insights into the content and production of a food product.

The Digital Twin management Project Team is made up EIT Food partners from Siemens, Givaudan, Fraunhofer, Strauss Group and the Technische Universität München

From EIT Food we would also like to congratulate Lynette Kucsma from Natural Machines for taking third place in the EIT Public Award for her startup’s Foodini 3D food printer. This award is a recognition from the public of overall excellence and is awarded to one of the Nominees from the other Award categories. Here, Lynette was originally nominated for the EIT Woman Award.

Lynette Kucsma, Natural Machines

Lynette Kucsma is the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer for Natural Machines. Natural Machines produce a full range of innovative kitchen solutions that improve the quality and enjoyment of food, enable greater control of food and drive a positive environmental impact by lessening food waste.

Natural Machine’s first released product is Foodini: a 3D food printing kitchen appliance

Celebrating the EIT Community

Now in its 5th year, the EIT Awards are helping to promote the most successful startups, innovative projects and young entrepreneurial talent in Europe, drawn exclusively from the EIT Community.

Congratulations to the winners of all of the 2019 EIT Awards:

  • EIT Change Award: Michael Dittel, LeafTech (1st), Kristapps Krafte, Vigo (2nd), Eirik Eide Pettersen, Seaborg (3rd)
  • EIT Woman Award: Sara Guimares Goncalves, Trigger Systems (1st), Karoline Beronius, Addressya (2nd), Maria Sievert, Inveox (3rd)
  • EIT Venture Award: Matthew Dickinson, CorPower Ocean (1st), Max Sieghold, Sleepiz (2nd), David Pistoni Perez, Zeleros (3rd)
  • EIT Innovators: Marc Julien, Diabeloop (1st), Rudolf Sollacher, Digital Twin Management (2nd), Tim Houter, Hardt Hyperloop (3rd)
  • EIT Public Award: David Pistoni Perez, Zeleros (1st), Luca Giovannini, SMASH Project (2nd), Lynette Kucsma, Natural Machines (3rd)

Each winner of the EIT Awards was selected for tackling global challenges with ground-breaking innovations in the fields of food, climate, energy, digitalisation, health and raw materials. Their products and services are driving Europe’s ability to innovate and creating jobs and growth across the region.

Congratulations to Rudolf Sollacher and Lynette Kucsma for being placed winners in their respective Award categories. We are proud of their successes as part of the EIT Food Community and their continued commitment to transforming the food sector.

For more information, and a list of the EIT Awards 2019 winners, please go to the EIT website.

About the author: Laura Elphick is a Communications and Events Assistant at EIT Food. She holds a First-Class Bachelor’s Degree in Consumer Behaviour and Marketing and is passionate about promoting a sustainable food environment to consumers.

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