For many years now, the Amsterdam Innovation Award has been granted to the most innovative product, service or solution in the cleaning and hygiene industry. All Interclean Amsterdam exhibitors can compete to win this prestigious award. An international expert jury selects twelve nominees. The category winners and overall winner will be announced during Interclean Amsterdam. One entry receives the ‘Visitors’ Choice’ award.
Categories
Interclean Amsterdam is introducing a new set of categories for the Amsterdam Innovation Award, replacing the existing 4 product-focused categories. The new categories will focus on the impact on the industry the innovative products and solutions entered have.
Sustainability & environment
For those innovations that focus on corporate social responsibility, sustainability and/or environmentally friendly improvements, like reducing waste, using biodegradable resources or products or solutions that decrease the ecological footprint of the product/solution or even the industry itself.
Smart Technologies & Digitalisation
Focussing on all the new digital and smart technologies entering the industry, from planning tools, automated and/or autonomous cleaning, IoT, remote monitoring and management, software and everything in between.
Workforce & Ergonomics
For innovations that focus on improving the experience of the cleaner, make their work easier, safer and better. Think of training and education, ergonomic improvements or solutions, but also innovations that focus on increasing efficiency or productivity can be entered in this category.
Hygiene & Health
Focussing on those products and solutions that increase (personal) hygiene and cleanliness for a more safe and healthy environment in a wide range of settings. It also includes the products that are developed to keep the appeal of premises 100%.
The International Jury of the Amsterdam Innovation Award
Since 1996 the International Jury of the Amsterdam Innovation Award has been working to select and reward the best innovations in the cleaning industry. The Awards were given to the latest and most impressive products and systems, designed to encounter and facilitate customer's everyday lives.
Antonio Borreda
Director of Revista Limpiezas
Chiara Merlini
Chief Editor of Cleaning Community
Michelle Marshall
Chair - Chief Editor of European Cleaning Journal
Pierre Deschamps
Chief Editor of Batiment Entretien
Reinhard Knittler
Publisher of Reinigungs Markt
Rob den Hertog
Special Advisor
Corinne Zudonyi
Editor in Chief at Trade Press Media Group
Ronald Bruins
Chief editor of Service Management
Selection criteria
The entries are judged on four criteria:
Impact
Category fit
Technological Readiness Level
Market Readiness Level
Practicality
User friendliness
Ergonomics user
Health danger users or bystanders
Sustainability
Circularity / CtC
SDG Goals
(Eco)labels or certifications
Profitability
ROI (costsavings enduser)
End user potential
Market Acceptance
Meet all the Amsterdam Innovation Award Winners
Tork - 2022
Leobot - 2020
Kaercher - 2018
Diversey - 2016
Kaercher - 2014
Vermop - 2012
Baudoin - 2010
UltraClean - 2008
Diversey - 2006
Vermop - 2004
Aquaclean - 2002
Diversey - 2000
Diethelm & Co. - 1998
