Christophe Timmermans of SolarCleano, Mathieu Weber of Cargolux) and Pierre Jadin of Goodyear were presented with Fedil innovation awards, 24 November 2022. Photos: Fedil; montage: Maison Moderne

Christophe Timmermans of SolarCleano, Mathieu Weber of Cargolux) and Pierre Jadin of Goodyear were presented with Fedil innovation awards, 24 November 2022. Photos: Fedil; montage: Maison Moderne

SolarCleano’s photovoltaic plant cleaning robot, Cargolux’s real-time pricing project and Goodyear’s methodology for predicting the best tyre performance were recognised by the business federation Fedil during its annual innovation awards.

14 projects were in the running to win the 2022 Innovation Award. The jury, composed of experts from the public and private sectors, selected three of them. The winners of this 25th edition were presented with a trophy and diploma during a ceremony hosted by Fedil, the trade group for Luxembourg’s industrial sector, on Thursday 24 November.

And the winners are:

- SolarCleano in the “products” category, for its “Solar panel cleaning robot - SolarCleano B1” project.

After marketing a cleaning robot for medium-sized photovoltaic installations (500 kw to 100 MW), the company has launched a new model dedicated to large-scale power plants of over 200 MW.

- Cargolux in the “digital” category, for its “Dynamic Pricing and Digital Sales” project.

The cargo airline has implemented a real-time pricing engine that defines a “price corridor” for each customer request thanks to an algorithm that takes into account various parameters, such as available capacity, the fill rate or the type of goods. This is done to optimise prices.

- Goodyear Innovation Center Luxembourg in the “process” category for its “Ultra-High Performance (UHP) product development optimization process” project. For its methodology to develop new tyres with the best performance, it combines different techniques in a matrix approach, through a statistical model. This makes it possible to predict the best combination and to simulate the overall performance of the product.

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