1st Place – TSSD® Thermoplastic Friction Element
| Innovation: | No pre-drilling, automatable, weight reduction |
| Vehicle Manufacturer/Year: | AUDI, BMW, Porsche, and Toyota 2014 |
| Raw Material Manufacturer: | Akro-Plastic GmbH |
| Part Manufacturer: | EJOT GmbH & Co. KG |
2nd Place – In-Mold Assembly (IMA) rotational kinematic linkage
| Innovation: | In-Mold Assembly Linkage |
| Vehicle Manufacturer/Year: | Japanese OEM Prototype 2021 |
| Raw Material Manufacturer: | BASF SE |
| Tool Manufacturer: | Phillips Medisize |
| Machine Manufacturer: | Engel Austria GmbH |
| Part Manufacturer: | Magna Exteriors |
3rd Place – Screw extrusion-based additive manufacturing
| Innovation: | Combination of additive/subtractive manufacturing, processing of standard granules, automatable, scalable throughputs |
| Vehicle Manufacturer/Year: | 2018 |
| Raw Material Manufacturer: | Akro-Plastic GmbH |
| Machine Manufacturer: | Yizumi Germany GmbH |
| Part Manufacturer: | Yizumi Germany GmbH |
| Other Participants: | IKV at RWTH Aachen University |