With this competition, the federal state of Baden-Württemberg awards prizes to companies who are already developing and implementing innovative solutions for the intelligent networking of production and value creation processes in their daily activities. In addition to the level of innovation, the assessment primarily considers practical relevance with regards to Industry 4.0. As a prizewinner, GEMÜ will receive an honorary certificate for being named one of the "100 places for Industry 4.0 in Baden-Württemberg". In addition, the companies receiving awards will be listed on the Allianz website (www.i40-bw.de) and recorded in the Competence Atlas for the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. "CONEXO translates the buzzword "Industry 4.0" into genuine customer benefits. We are delighted that this approach is attracting interest," explains Marco Becker, Head of Sales Marketing.

GEMÜ presented the future of intelligent valve technology under the name of CONEXO last year. Through the interaction between valve components equipped with RFID chips and an IT infrastructure, comprising a mobile and a stationary software solution, the CONEXO system is actively improving process reliability. GEMÜ CONEXO helps customers to understand and interpret the procedures in their systems even better and always with a higher-level objective in mind – to increase system availability.