AXSOL GmbH from Bleicherode\/Obergebra has been named the state win\u00adner of Thuringia in the nation\u00adwide busi\u00adness com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion KfW Award Gr\u00fcn\u00adden 2017. The award cer\u00ade\u00admony will take place on 12 Octo\u00adber at the Fed\u00aderal Min\u00adistry for Eco\u00adnomic Affairs and Energy in Berlin. This is also the kick-off event for the Ger\u00adman Founders\u2019 and Entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs\u2019 Days (deGUT), dur\u00ading which the award will be presented.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2012 by J\u00fcr\u00adgen Zinecker, the com\u00adpany has been devel\u00adop\u00ading and sell\u00ading mobile, portable power sys\u00adtems under the ARVEY brand for the loca\u00adtion-inde\u00adpen\u00addent and self-suf\u00adfi\u00adcient sup\u00adply of alter\u00adnat\u00ading cur\u00adrent (230V) since 2014. The ARVEY power sys\u00adtems enable regen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtive elec\u00adtric\u00adity \u2014 for exam\u00adple via solar cells or wind tur\u00adbines \u2014 to be gen\u00ader\u00adated, stored and accessed in the form of direct and alter\u00adnat\u00ading cur\u00adrent with high power using a sin\u00adgle handy device. In this way, eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal power gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion is pos\u00adsi\u00adble com\u00adpletely inde\u00adpen\u00addently wher\u00adever there is no elec\u00adtric\u00adity or access to the power grid. AXSOL GmbH cur\u00adrently has two loca\u00adtions within Ger\u00admany, Ble\u00adicherode and W\u00fcrzburg. With the sup\u00adport of its investors, the com\u00adpany plans to expand series pro\u00adduc\u00adtion and tap into fur\u00adther mar\u00adket areas with all device classes. In addi\u00adtion, the OEM busi\u00adness, i.e. man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adtur\u00ading for cus\u00adtomers who sell the prod\u00aducts under their own brand, will be expanded.
\nJ\u00fcr\u00adgen Zinecker, man\u00adag\u00ading part\u00adner of AXSOL, is pleased about the award: \u201cWhen you decide as a small com\u00adpany to take a real prod\u00aduct from devel\u00adop\u00adment to mar\u00adket matu\u00adrity, it takes strength and time. There are many hur\u00addles to over\u00adcome and also prophe\u00adcies of doom to defy. We there\u00adfore grate\u00adfully accept the KfW award as a reward for these efforts and see it as an incen\u00adtive to con\u00adtinue to make the world a lit\u00adtle bet\u00adter with our energy sys\u00adtems, step by step.\u201d
\nAXSOL receives 1,000 euros in prize money and an invi\u00adta\u00adtion to the award cer\u00ade\u00admony in Berlin with hotel accom\u00admo\u00adda\u00adtion and a pro\u00adgramme of vis\u00adits. In addi\u00adtion, the com\u00adpany simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adously qual\u00adi\u00adfies for the national prize, which is endowed with a fur\u00adther 9,000 euros and will be awarded on the evening of 12 Octo\u00adber at the Fed\u00aderal Min\u00adistry for Eco\u00adnomic Affairs and Energy. In addi\u00adtion, an audi\u00adence award (5,000 euros) will be pre\u00adsented by the auditorium.
\nWin\u00adning the award is a qual\u00adity dis\u00adtinc\u00adtion for young com\u00adpa\u00adnies. By award\u00ading the prize, KfW aims both to hon\u00adour the suc\u00adcess\u00adful founders and to con\u00adtribute to greater pub\u00adlic recog\u00adni\u00adtion of the step into self-employ\u00adment. Com\u00adpa\u00adnies in all sec\u00adtors from the year 2012 onwards were eli\u00adgi\u00adble to apply. The win\u00adners were selected by a jury of expe\u00adri\u00adenced rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives from KfW, pro\u00admo\u00adtional insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, busi\u00adness, pol\u00adi\u00adtics and the media. The busi\u00adness ideas were eval\u00adu\u00adated accord\u00ading to their degree of inno\u00adva\u00adtion, cre\u00adativ\u00adity and assump\u00adtion of social respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adity. The award was also based on how envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtally con\u00adscious the imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion was and whether jobs and train\u00ading places were cre\u00adated or preserved.<\/p>\n
As Ger\u00admany\u2019s largest pro\u00admo\u00adtional bank, KfW sup\u00adports its cus\u00adtomers with cus\u00adtomised financ\u00ading offers. In 2016 alone, KfW pro\u00advided a pro\u00admo\u00adtional vol\u00adume of EUR 81.0 bil\u00adlion in Ger\u00admany and abroad. In the Mit\u00adtel\u00adstands\u00adbank busi\u00adness area, the pro\u00admo\u00adtional vol\u00adume amounted to \u20ac21.4bn.<\/p>\n
deGUT is the largest trade fair for busi\u00adness start-ups and entre\u00adpre\u00adneur\u00adship in Ger\u00admany. It will take place on 13 and 14 Octo\u00adber 2017 in the ARENA Berlin. deGUT is organ\u00adised by Investi\u00adtions\u00adbank Berlin (IBB) and Investi\u00adtions\u00adbank des Lan\u00addes Bran\u00adden\u00adburg (ILB). The deGUT is spon\u00adsored by the Sen\u00adate Depart\u00adment for Eco\u00adnomic Affairs, Energy and Indus\u00adtry in Berlin and the Min\u00adistry for Eco\u00adnomic Affairs and Energy of the State of Bran\u00adden\u00adburg. The patron is the Fed\u00aderal Min\u00adis\u00adter for Eco\u00adnomic Affairs and Energy, Brigitte Zypries.<\/p>\n