John Munck Award 2024
John Munck Award for technical innovation 2024
The John Munck Award 2024 goes to Jan Vansweevelt, Dennis Scheers, Michael Willemse, and Roel Adriaensen, for the development of the new smarter generation of variable speed compressors, adding increased customer values, beyond energy savings.
The award motivation reads: “Building on a fantastic product the team behind the VSDs have taken a leap forward in compressor design to further enhance the innovative variable speed drive. By integrating new software into a product already focused on delivering energy efficiencies, the VSDs has not only contributed to measurable sustainability benefits but also greatly contributed to increased customer value as every customer gets performance and efficiency optimized for their application, their needs and their conditions.”
Recent John Munck Award winners
2023 Sten Mittag, Patrick Repple and Claus Walter
2022 Oliver Rudge, Nick Hutton, Glen Croft, Gary Lord and Matthew Key
2021 Chiara De Timmermann, Carlo Lammers, Jan Norz and Wouter Van Dijck
2020 Jeroen Hoen, Thomas De Bontridder and Dieter Berteles