Mauderli AG wins IHZ Innovation Prize
Schachen/Lucerne - Mauderli AG has won this year’s innovation prize awarded by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Central Switzerland (IHZ). The company, which is based in Schachen in the canton of Lucerne, was awarded for its special ultra-high performance concrete known as zeroUltraone.
Mauderli AG has won the 2024 IHZ Innovation Prize, as detailed in a press release issued by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Central Switzerland (IHZ). With this prize, the organization pays tribute to the exceptional achievements of a company from the cantons of Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden and Nidwalden each year. Mauderli AG from Schachen in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland has been awarded for its special ultra-high performance concrete known as zeroUltraone.
Mauderli developed its ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) in partnership with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and Holcim Schweiz AG. ZeroUltraone can be used in prefabricated building elements. Compared with those made from in-situ concrete, the prefabricated components made from zeroUltraone are characterized by thinner wall thicknesses. At the end of its service life, zeroUltraone can be recycled in the normal concrete cycle.
Mauderli has been honored for its determination and entrepreneurial foresight, according to the press release. Within just four weeks, the company managed to set up a new concrete mixing plant and production facility for the UHPC components in Schachen, in addition to establishing a team, as the IHZ writes. “For me, Mauderli AG is a modern Gyro Gearloose factory”, comments Hans Wicki, president of the jury and member of the Council of States, the upper house of the Swiss parliament, representing the canton of Nidwalden for the FDP. The Liberals party. “Christoph Mauderli led this innovation to success with determination and consistency”, he adds.
Bächli AG from Kriens in the canton of Lucerne won the recognition award in this year’s competition. This was awarded in light of the company’s highly efficient and low-noise transformations of the Smart-E-Power series. The awards ceremony is set to take place on November 27th.
