Schmalz honored with the Baden-Württemberg Environmental Technology Award

"The GCPi electrical compact pump is an absolute game changer in terms of vacuum generation and a milestone for energy efficiency," says Dr. Kurt Schmalz, Managing Partner. "The award is an incentive for us to keep going: To develop vacuum solutions that are not only innovative, but also help to protect the environment, resources and the climate."

Since 2009, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector has awarded the Environmental Technology Prize every two years to companies in the state that make a significant contribution to protecting the environment or conserving natural resources with their innovative products, technologies and processes. State Secretary for the Environment Dr. Andre Baumann presented the awards to the winners and nominees from over 120 applications at the Schwabenlandhalle in Fellbach on 24 October 2023. "This year's award winners and the extensive list of nominated companies show how imaginatively Baden-Württemberg's industry is working to manufacture its products in a sustainable and resource-saving manner," said Dr. Andre Baumann. "With the Environmental Technology Award, we want to make these innovations visible."

In 2022, Schmalz presented the Compact-Pump GCPi, a powerful vacuum generator with a purely electrical suction cup and ventilation function. The application receives a compressed air-free vacuum system with the performance of conventional ejector solutions. Schmalz has thus created a technology that does not require energy-intensive compressed air and is still on a par with existing vacuum generators in terms of power. Schmalz is thus revolutionizing vacuum generation and ensuring that energy consumption in the application is drastically reduced.