Awards – Striving for excellence

Together with the Tübingen-based design agency defortec GmbH, Dürr developed a cover for the carrier of the dip coating system RoDip^® E. The new cover is not only more stable than its predecessor, but also shows more elegance. For this reason, RoDip^® E has won the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2018. The selection of Dürr as a winner proves that there is also room for detailed design in industrial engineering.

FCA honored the entire Dürr de México team with a Supplier Recognition Award for its exceptional performance during the launch of the Jeep^® Compass at the Toluca Assembly Plant. A big part of the award was due to Dürr’s building modifications and expansion. The automaker’s paint booths were equipped with the latest Dürr paint and sealing robots, application technology, paint circulation systems, special paint supply systems and a new two-tone process for the recent Jeep^® Compass model. Dürr also delivered the visualization network. With the award, FCA also recognized Dürr for its continuous production support after the start of operations in Toluca in 2017.

On March 17^th, 2018, the Annual Geely Supplier Conference took place in San Ya, China, where Dürr was rewarded by Geely for the first time. The German systems manufacturer received the "Capacity Increase Award 2018" for its competent and sustained performance in this nature.

Every year, SAIC-GM honors its suppliers for their excellent services and performances. Therefore, on February 9^th, 2018, the 20th Annual Suppliers Conference of SAIC-GM was held in Yan Tai, China. At this event, Dürr was presented with the "Best Supplier Award" from SAIC-GM as a recognition for its continuous and outstanding performance over the course of multiple projects. Dürr has now been consecutively awarded by SAIC-GM since the 14^th Annual Suppliers Conference.

Dürr has received one of the sought-after Volkswagen Group Awards 2017. The award was presented in the "Global Champion" category for outstanding achievements in the global collaboration with Volkswagen. Ralf W. Dieter, CEO of Dürr AG, accepted the award in Berlin: "We are proud to be one of the most important business partners of the Volkswagen Group. The award recognizes the great dedication of our employees and highlights our expertise in the international project business."

The Association of Woodworking & Furnishing Suppliers (AWFS) honored Dürr with the AWFS Visionary New Product Award at the Fair stage in Las Vegas on Friday, July 21^st, 2017. Dürr received the award in the category “Machinery Over $50,000”, sub-category “Product Innovation” for their new ready2spray compact painting robot, designed for the wood, plastics, and metal industries. Dürr’s EcoRP 10 R1100 painting robot system consists of a small six-axis robot equipped with high-end paint application technology. The system is completed and pre-commissioned by Dürr at its manufacturing plant, making it "ready2spray" upon arrival at a customer's site. The technology is available in different configurations, which is tailored to individual customer’s needs.

During its first International Awards Ceremony in China SURCAR presented awards for 13 projects from both Automotive OEMs and suppliers. With three awards, Dürr achieves a great success at the ceremony in Shanghai. In the category Environmental Footprint the new atomizer cleaner EcoBell Cleaner D2 received two awards. Also rewarded was the BMW Brilliance Tiexi Paintshop in the category "Start up and Commissioning – Greenfield Project", which was built by Dürr.

Dürr has modernized an almost 20-year-old paint shop for automaker SAIC-GM – formerly known as SGM (Shanghai General Motors) – in record time while also making the facility more environmentally friendly. In just six weeks, large sections of existing paint shop equipment were removed and replaced with state-of-the-art technology.

For Dürr, this order was the largest conversion project undertaken by the company in China to date and was nothing less than a complete success. The customer was so pleased with the work carried out that it presented Dürr with the “Corporation of the Year Award" in 2016 in Shanghai.

The Volkswagen Group has selected Dürr as a strategic partner in the field of surface technology for its FAST supplier initiative. The newly created initiative is targeted at selected suppliers of the Volkswagen Group and at intensifying the level of exchange and cooperation with them.

Dürr receives the Award for Technique at the SURCAR 2015, the world’s leading biennial congress on Automotive body finishing. With its R&D project “overspray free application” Dürr convinced the jury at the SURCAR congress in Cannes. The SURCAR Technical Board rewards the best presentations with three different prizes: the Award for Innovation, the Award for Technique and the Jury’s Award. In a joint presentation Porsche Leipzig and Dürr presented the R&D project for the very first time in front of an international audience. Every other year the international congress brings together decision-makers and experts in Automotive body painting from over 25 countries.

On January 7^th to 9^th, 2013, the "15^th Annual Suppliers’ Conference" and "2012 Suppliers’ Awards Ceremony" was held in Sanya, Hainan. Dürr was presented the award of "Best Supplier" because of its great support to Shanghai General Motors in 2012 – specially of the contribution on SGM DYIII. This 60 JPH project is a short and unbelievable tough job, however, with good team working and knowledge knowhow Dürr managed in finishing the job successfully.

Peugeot Citroën awarded Dürr with the „Industrial Equipment Performance Award“ for the EcoDryScrubber paint booth system on June 19^th, 2013, at a gala in Paris. The innovative system for dry separation of paint overspray is being used at the Peugeot plant in Sochaux. „Peugeot Sochaux takes a holistic view of the reliability of the paint booth. This is what the EcoDryScrubber stands for. It not only offers energy savings but also high availability, ease of use and maintenace, and low operating costs,“ emphasizes Cristophe Gruat, paint department manager at Peugeot.

Eco+Paintshop from Dürr was awarded for its excellent performance in efficiency while keeping the high quality in the paint process. On September 28^th, 2013, Peter Li, Chief Representative of Dürr China (right), accepted the award in Shanghai from the magazine China Automobile & Parts.

Dürr won first place in the “Energy Efficiency” category of the Baden-Württemberg Environmental Technology Award with the further development of our ORC technology. The competition was inspired by the motto “Award-winning technology. Trend-setting products”. The Environmental Technology Award received a total of 117 applications. Half of these were for the “Energy Efficiency” category, for which Dürr entered the Eco+Energy CPS Suntec oven and was shortlisted.

Over a period of less than 18 months Dürr has designed, fabricated, installed and commissioned. The combined output capacity is over 1,600,000 bumper sets per year. FATY, a joint venture between FAW (First Automotive Works), China and Tong Yang, Taiwan held it’s “first painted part” celebration, in Foshan, Guandong Province in South China. The ceremony was attended by representatives from FAW VW, SVW, FAW, FATY, Tong Yang, Durr, ABB, BASF and PPG. It was during this ceremony that Durr was awarded the ‘Supplier of the Year 2012’ by FATY Foshan General Manager, Mr Zhang.