HANNOVER MESSE 2025 - Award Ceremony
SIEMENS wins the HERMES AWARD 2025 - The award was presented by Cem Özdemir, Federal Minister of Education and Research, during the opening ceremony of HANNOVER MESSE on March 30, 2025
Hannover Messe will be held in Hannover from March 31 to April 4, 2025 - Canada is the partner country (Nederlands, English, Deutsch, FRANÇAIS)
Hanover. This year, the prestigious HERMES AWARD goes to Siemens. The company receives this coveted innovation prize for AI-supported industrial copilots that comprehensively cover the industrial value chain. An independent jury headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Hanselka, President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, selected the winner from among three nominated companies. For more than 20 years, Deutsche Messe AG has honored one company with the HERMES AWARD annually at HANNOVER MESSE. This is the most important international industry award. It recognizes a product or solution with a particularly high degree of technological innovation. Market readiness is an important criterion.
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| Monument to Ernst-August of Hanover in front of the main station, photo: Helga Waess - Pressearchiv |
The award-winning solution is AI-powered Industrial Copilots, which increase workforce efficiency by eliminating repetitive tasks and boosting productivity
For example, the Industrial Copilot for the Siemens engineering framework TIA Portal, which has more than 120,000 users worldwide, enables engineers of all experience levels to write precise, trustworthy code much faster. Siemens offers an industrial-grade suite of Industrial Copilots that comprehensively covers the industrial value chain – from design and planning to engineering, operations, and service. This solution makes generative AI accessible to many companies. Both cloud and on-premises versions are available, operating locally on the shop floor to meet different requirements.
"Artificial intelligence offers great opportunities for industry.
Many companies recognize this and want to integrate AI into their processes because, when used correctly, it is a valuable tool for increased productivity," says Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hanselka. "The Industrial Copilots, with their integrative approach, innovatively combine AI-based assistance functions for management processes with the control of production processes. The solution developed by Siemens also includes quality assurance and real-time documentation. All in all, a compelling overall package for the industrial value chain that is highly relevant to many current issues facing our economy. On behalf of the entire jury: Congratulations on the HERMES AWARD 2025!"
HANNOVER MESSE is the world's leading trade fair for industry.
Under the theme of "Industrial Transformation," around 4,000 exhibiting companies from the mechanical engineering, electrical and digital industries, and the energy sector will gather to present solutions for the production and energy supply of today and tomorrow.
The main exhibition areas in 2025 are Smart Manufacturing, Digital Ecosystems, Energy for Industry, Compressed Air & Vacuum Technology, Engineered Parts & Solutions, Future Hub, and International Trade & Investment.
A conference program with around 1,600 speakers complements the program.
