Henkel Innovation Challenge 3
This year, students from 12 countries took the challenge to hand in their innovative product concepts for a Henkel brand. All national finalists were invited to the home country of the last year’s winning team: the Netherlands.
During the competition the teams were assisted by mentors, who worked together with the students to improve presentations and product concepts. The teams were exceptionally well prepared and showed a high level of knowledge and engagement: no easy task for the company’s top managers to select a winner.
In the well-known Ajax Amsterdam Stadium, the German team “BioNet” was finally able to win in a very tough competition and was awarded with the final prize: a language trip to Australia, Japan or Mexico.
The top 3 teams– Germany, Austria and Poland – will have the great opportunity to personally meet the CEO Kasper Rorsted at the Henkel headquarters in Düsseldorf (Germany).
Participating countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain and Turkey.
Results
The winners’ project: Terra BioNet
“Enjoy your life, while others clean”.
The team from the University of Mannheim (Matthias Mittelsten Scheid, Tim Brüggemann) won with an innovative concept of a cleaning product “Terra BioNet”. The product works as a biodegradable surface coating that cleans all kinds of surfaces through the use of long-lasting active bacteria, which will replace the need for regular cleaning.
2nd place: Silan
"The V-Team” (Agnieszka Gardocka, Adna Kapic) won the second place with their idea of a new Silan - the first fabric softener in form of a spray. Spraying the new Silan on clothes makes ironing redundant, thus saving energy and time, with the side benefit of cleaning the air.
3rd place: Fa
The team “Henkredible” (Beata Bogusz, Paweł Korneta and Piotr Świtała) finished third with their concept of a future version of todays "Fa". FAscination is a deodorant that works like a personal air conditioner: it adjusts the perceived body temperature to a comfortable level.
