Your work and creativity are focused on by the Zambelli Innovations Awards. We want to honor your innovations and clever ideas with this intern competition. Because Zambelli is proud of your engagement. The Zambelli Innovations Award praises now three main prizes with prize money of 1,000€ each.
We know that our staff are full of ideas and are looking forward to your submissions!
Shareholders Marietta Zambelli Sopalù, Constantin Zambelli Sopalù, Florentina Zambelli Sopalù
Holding managers Andreas von Langsdorff, Josef Miggisch
Watch the Award ceremony of the Zambelli Innovations Award online.
When? 09.28.2023, from 5:30 pm
Dedicated to the founder of Zambelli, Franz Zambelli Sopalu‘ (†) as he was a businessman with inventor-gene and a future oriented vision for progress and automatization. New products save our growth and our existence.
Dedicated to the Holding-Manager Franz Grill (†), who always acted up to date with new technologies and ideas for development. Continuous improvements guarantee our high performance.
Sustainability is a very important topic at Zambelli. Our employees think and act sustainably. We honor that in this category.
All employees of the Zambelli Group can take part in the competition, no matter if they compete alone or as a team. You can only submit once, and you must allocate your submission to one category.
All submitted innovations will be judged by a jury with inclusion of the following criteria:
The three winners of each category will be praised in an awarding ceremony on the Zambelli Innovations Day (ZID) by the Zambelli family.
The form in digital and for printing to compete at ZIA can be found on this page. You can compete with your own idea or nominate your colleagues with their idea.
Every submission will be judged by fixed criteria by the Holding Managers, the business division responsible and the marketing director.
The performance of all finalists will be honored by the shareholders family Zambelli Sopalù and family Grill as jury. The participants with the most points will be the winner of the category. They will receive an award and prize money.
The winners will receive their award in a ceremony as part of the Zambelli Innovations Day (ZID) on Thursday 09.28.2023 at Kunst- und Kulturzentrum (KuK) in Schönberg. Their outstanding performance will be included in the Zambelli company history.
The award ceremony of the Zambelli Innovations Award will take place on Thursday 09.28.2023 from 5:30pm.
This evening promises to be an inspiring event. We will honor all finalists of the Zambelli Innovations Award and announce the winners of the categories product innovation, process innovation and sustainability afterwards. Those will be awarded the Zambelli Innovations Award. The winners will receive an award and prize money of 1,000 €.
We are glad to celebrate the innovations which will create our future together!
This year's awarding ceremony of the Zambelli Innovations Award took place on 09.28.2023. The best submissions have been awarded and praised by the jury members in the three categories product-innovation, process-innovation and sustainability. One project also received a special prize.
We would like to extend our warm congratulations once again at this point!
Category
Process innovation
Implementation
implemented
Originator
Reischl Gerhard
Site
Wegscheid
Description
So far, extra tools for clamping the workpieces had to be produced for sanding different sheet metal housings and component geometries, which was laborious and time-consuming. With the new grinding table, on which the clamping elements can be adjusted in the X-Y axis, this can be done very quickly and the clamping elements can be adapted to all components very quickly, easily and without tools. In addition, the height of the grinding tables can be infinitely adjusted to suit the height of any employee.
Jury opinion
Saver working, better-quality safety and healthier manageability for our employees made this idea a winner of the category process innovation.
Category
Process innovation
Implementation
implemented
Originator
Zillner Robert
Team members
Reischl Gerhard, Zillner Robert
Site
Wegscheid
Description
Gefach flaps, which are used by many shelfing systems, are made from two separate parts which get attached together by welding. The welding was made through drill holes. The electrode had to be lead through these drill holes. If this didn´t work, the metal sheet was bent and 20% were not usable anymore. We started to make tests by glueing these parts together, to get rid of the welding process. We brought the glued parts into a climate chamber, where they were put through an artificial ageing process, by alternating temperatures from minus 30°C to plus 70°C and a humidity of 80%, for a week, in order to get the maximum process safety. Afterwards, a destroying test was made, which showed that there were no binding problems.
By using this process innovation, the combining of parts is much faster than before and the unusable parts could be reduced to 0%.
Jury opinion
Due to the technical and procedural advantages, this idea is a winner of the Franz Grill prize.
Category
Process innovation
Implementation
implemented
Originator
Marco Müller
Team members
Team Versand HiW + BUD + GK, Marco Müller (IT), Thomas Geier
Site
Haus im Wald, Budweis / CZ, Györköny / HU
Description
In all 3 roof drainage locations the same digital storage system is used now, which works completely paperless.
Among other functions, the following functions are mapped via the PowerPortal, an extension of our ERP system:
- Assign picking orders to teams
- Hands-free working thanks to ProGlove scanner glove
- Call up and processing picking orders
- Splitting picking orders to different teams (e.g. long goods and accessories)
- Products can be picked to different pallets, this information can be transmitted digitally to customers (NVE)
- Delivery bills and shipping labels can be transferred to the printer directly after picking is complete
- Intern storing of goods through QR-Code scan
- Real-time bookings directly via tablet or gun scanner and stock information
- Real-time tracking of pice-goods-shipments
Jury opinion
The use of modern technologies and its usage in more than one of the business divisions of the Zambelli Group makes this idea a winner for process innovation.
Category
Product innovation
Implementation
implemented
Originator
Anders Frank
Team members
Josef Bschlangaul, Aribert Schmid
Site
Stephansposching
Description
The aim was to convert the larger material-stressing surface friction into a smaller stressing rolling friction in order to avoid material overstressing with unavoidably increased loads in the functional interaction of the system components RIB-ROOF and clip.
Jury opinion
The market innovation combined with the technological advantages make this idea one of the winners for product innovation.
Category
Product innovation
Implementation
In realization
Originator
Němec Norbert
Site
Budweis / CZ
Description
Compact solution / innovation of an existing Zambelli Lock mechanism.
The flap is opened by an electric engine after activating the flap lock. This offers the possibility to the customer to have a clean and smooth design on the outside of the caravan without flawing due to outside locks. You can activate the flap with various electronic switches (piezo, push button, remote control, …) depending on the customers wish. Thanks to compact measurements, this solution is mainly suitable for flaps that open on the upper sides, even if the lower loading sill is only 35 mm above the vehicle floor. The loading entrance area will stay the same size and won't be smaller. Of course, you have the possibility to open the flap with a rope pull in case of an empty battery. It´s also possible to build in the lock vertically and to switch an already existing lock mechanism with this compact lock.
Jury opinion
The clean design and the usability of the opening mechanism make this further development of our locks to a winner of this category.
Category
Product innovation
Implementation
In realization
Originator
Donaubauer Johannes
Team members
Blöchl Klaus
Site
Wegscheid
Description
New development of a flatter rail for movable shelves for use on existing flooring. Due to this invention, material and installation costs can be saved.
Jury opinion
Another winner of the prize for product innovation is this new development, it combines appealing appearance and practicability and is also unique on the market.
Category
Sustainability
Implementation
In realization
Originator
Kaufmann Patrick
Team members
Ertl Lena, Lehrieder Jasmin
Site
Haus im Wald
Description
The aim of our project is to make the company more sustainable in various areas. Be it CO2 compensation, electricity reduction, correct waste disposal or the social well-being of our employees. Several small projects combine to make a big project. From organizing a sustainability day, installing motion sensors, sharing sustainable tips through screen films, planting a flower meadow, separating trash to integration of plants in all offices for more productivity. Projects like the sustainable day, the screen films and the integration of plants in the offices are already completed. Right now, we are waiting for the shipment of the motion sensors to complete this project.
We are also currently working on implementing the Zambelli trashcans, to properly recycle the trash.
The flower meadow can be seen as a little CO2 compensation, and we be a new part of Zambelli by the middle of October.
Jury opinion
The committed realisation, the importance of the "little things" for the big picture and the promotion of personal development award this submission the "Einfach machen." Award for sustainability.
Category
Sustainability
Implementation
implemented
Originator
Moser Patrick
Team members
Hauer Fabian, Resch Johann, Miggisch Johannes, Falkner Florian, Stiepani Marcel
Site
Wegscheid
Description
Using two heat exchangers in the power coating process, the exhaust gases of the direct-firing systems are used for energy generation.
Approximately 32 kW can be used to heat the water bath.
Jury opinion
Due to resource-saving thinking and measurable savings, this idea wins in the category sustainability.
Category
Sustainability
Implementation
In realization
Originator
Zambelli Metal
Site
Romania
Description
The actual oven paint has a solvent content of 52.4%. After several meetings and following tests, we have found a solution to change the paint. The new paint has a higher solid content. This has reduced the proportion of solvents required to 33.9 %. In addition, the consumption of paint is reduced by approx. 20 % due to the higher solids content.
Jury opinion
This idea deserves the “Einfach machen.” prize for the significant reduction in material consumption through obvious and long-term sustainable thinking.
Category
Sustainability
Implementation
In realization
Originator
Gsödl Melissa
Site
Haus im Wald
Description
BGF = corporate health management has been at the site in Haus im Wald since 2021.
What are?
BGF = individual measures from employers, employees and the company in order to improve well-being and health in the workplace. For instance, we organized the topics of “Healthy food” and “Active back”.
I want to make this a whole BGM = corporate health management.
Jury opinion
This idea deserves the special prize, because it not only promises a promotion of health for the Zambelli Group employees but can also raise awareness of body and mind.
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