SHOW REPORT
The IF Digital Award ceremony. In the fast lane at S & S 2025.
Hub, which brought international expertise onto the stage. Industry representatives exchanged views on the opportunities and challenges of a transforming sector, presented current projects and looked ahead.
Highlights included the lively panel discussions and presentations on automation processes and the use of artificial intelligence. At the DVS Congress, held on the Tuesday and Wednesday of the trade show, science and research met practice and application. Topics included shipbuilding, additive manufacturing, manual laser beam welding and quality assurance.
A premiere at this year’ s event was the IF Digital Award, organised by IndustryFusion Foundation( IFF) in cooperation with Messe Essen and DVS. Visitors voted for their favourites via the SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN app. The bronze award was awarded to Novoflow for its compact, air-cooled, laser cleaning system. Silver was awarded to Fronius for a simulator for complex welding processes. The gold prize went to SWANTEC for industrial software designed to digitally optimise spot-welding processes.
Competition delivered thrilling moments with participants from twelve countries, including a premiere: for the first time, an all-female team from India competed, sending a strong signal for the industry’ s future,” added the show organiser.
The gold medal in MMA welding went to Diego Huegenell Lopes from Switzerland. In GMAW welding, Vedad Habibovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina claimed first place. Philip Lokow from Germany secured the top spot in gas welding while, in TIG welding, Simon Schudel from Switzerland was the best in his category.
In addition to the two individual first-place wins, Switzerland also took the gold medal in the team competition,” confirmed the tradeshow organiser.
The DVS Youth Day offered apprentices and students the chance to discover the industry’ s diverse career opportunities and to connect with potential employers. n
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IF Digital Award at SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN.
SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN 2029
The 21st edition of SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN will take place from 17-21 September 2029 at Messe Essen.
“ Around 94 per cent of visitors intend to attend the event in four years’ time,” Messe Essen told ISMR.
Young talent in the spotlight
The DVS International Welding Competition was held at S & S 2025.
“ Promoting young talent was an integral part of the trade fair. As part of the DVS national competition‘ Jugend schweißt’, the best young welders were recognised. In the individual categories, Alexander Graf from Thuringia won first place in MMA welding. In GMAW welding, Tim Roppes from Saarland took the title. Lukas Hammerschmidt from Thuringia secured gold in gas welding while, in TIG welding, Tim von Trzebiatowsky from the Hamburg / Schleswig-Holstein team achieved the highest score,” confirmed Messe Essen.
“ In the team competition, the winner’ s trophy once again went to Westphalia. On the international stage, the International Welding
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