德国东部事务国务部长Carsten Schneider在总理府举行颁奖仪式

诺德豪森的Maximator Hydrogen GmbH从德国东部商业论坛（OWF）脱颖而出，成为七家荣获2024年度VORSPRUNG商业大奖的东德企业之一。公司首席执行官Mathias Kurras、Jörg Hattenbach与Oliver Henle于柏林联邦总理府举行的颁奖典礼上，从德国东部事务国务部长兼联邦政府东部事务专员Carsten Schneider手中接过了这一殊荣。评委会主席、勃兰登堡州前州长Matthias Platzeck表示，Maximator Hydrogen GmbH以卓越的创新能力和可持续发展理念，成为德国商业版图中的标杆企业。这是这家图林根州绿色科技公司继多项创新奖项后斩获的又一荣誉，同时其也被列入图林根州"隐形冠军"企业名录。

东德创新力量的典范

过去三十年间，德国东部地区涌现出大量创新企业。为表彰这些变革力量，VORSPRUNG商业大奖每年评选一次。今年共有七家东德企业获此殊荣，Maximator Hydrogen GmbH作为氢能基础设施领域的代表位列其中。这家成立于诺德豪森的企业近年来持续扩张：在独立运营的第三年，继美国和法国之后，近期又在比荷卢地区设立了第三家海外合作伙伴公司。凭借欧洲最大的氢能加注站生产基地，Maximator Hydrogen GmbH已成为未来交通基础设施领域的重要参与者。

"这个奖项是对我们团队莫大的肯定。正是所有人的努力，让我们离'2030年前交付4000套压缩机系统'的目标更近一步。"首席执行官Mathias Kurras在领奖时表示。

创新与可持续的标杆

所有获奖企业均以创新性和可持续增长见长，堪称德国东部乃至全国经济转型的典范。候选企业由各州经济发展机构、开发银行及德国工业联合会（BDI）地方代表联合推选，最终由政商学界及经济媒体代表组成的独立评审团决出。每个联邦州评选一家获奖企业，另设一家初创企业特别奖。

图林根再添"隐形冠军"

图林根州孕育了大量通过创新产品和服务占据市场或技术主导地位的中型企业。Maximator Hydrogen GmbH此次入选的"隐形冠军"名录，正是对这些世界级企业的认证。

这家北图林根企业凭借其高效快速的氢能加注解决方案赢得认可。其核心设备MAX Compression 2.0采用双级液压驱动压缩技术，配备专利的Automatic Seal Exchange（ASX）系统，可应对高压环境下的密封件损耗问题。该公司的模块化系统能适配从轻型到重型商用车的各类加氢站需求。

"图林根的中型企业蕴藏着惊人的专业知识和潜力。"图林根州发展公司（LEG）总经理Andreas Krey表示。目前该州已有90余家企业被认证为全球市场和技术领导者，Maximator Hydrogen GmbH成为这一精英阵营的新成员。

"Hidden Champions"计划

2023年3月，图林根州发展公司启动"Hidden Champions——图林根的世界市场与技术领导者"推广计划。作为该州经济发展机构，LEG通过此项计划向全球展示图林根的投资优势，同时激励本土企业创造更多"图林根制造"的成功故事。

荣誉之路

此次获奖是Maximator Hydrogen GmbH继2023年2月获图林根展览会创新奖、11月斩获图林根创新大奖，以及同年夏季入围埃尔福特工商会未来奖十强后，收获的又一重要认可。这些荣誉印证了企业在氢能技术领域的持续突破与行业影响力。

Maximator Hydrogen honored with VORSPRUNG award

Ceremonial handover in the Chancellery by Minister of State Carsten Schneider

Maximator Hydrogen from Nordhausen is one of seven East German companies to receive the VORSPRUNG business award from the East German Business Forum OWF. Managing Directors Mathias Kurras, Jörg Hattenbach and Oliver Henle accepted the award yesterday from patron Carsten Schneider, Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany, during the award ceremony at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. The jury, chaired by Matthias Platzeck, former Minister President of the State of Brandenburg, selected Maximator Hydrogen from the nominees as an outstanding example of innovation and sustainability in Germany as a business location. With this award, the Thuringian greentech company continues its successful series of innovation prizes. In addition, the North Thuringian manufacturer of hydrogen refueling stations was included in the ranks of Thuringia's “hidden champions”.

Over the last three decades, eastern Germany has undergone significant change and produced numerous innovative concepts. In recognition and appreciation of this change, the VORSPRUNG business prize is awarded annually to outstanding entrepreneurial personalities. Carsten Schneider, Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany, acts as patron of the prize and presented the award to seven outstanding East German companies - including Maximator Hydrogen. The company from Nordhausen has been on an expansion course since it was founded: in its third year of independence, it recently launched its third foreign partner company in the Benelux countries after the USA and France. With Europe's largest production facility for hydrogen refueling stations, Maximator Hydrogen is one of the big players when it comes to the mobility infrastructure of the future.

“We are incredibly grateful and happy about this award. Our entire team has done a fantastic job to get us closer to our goal of 4,000 compressor systems by 2030. My special thanks go to him in particular,” says CEO Mathias Kurras.

All of the companies honored are characterized by their high level of innovation and sustainable growth and are thus exemplary for the transformation and future of the economy in eastern Germany and the entire federal territory. The companies were nominated by a committee consisting of business development agencies, investment and guarantee banks (development banks) and state representatives of the BDI in the eastern German states. An independent jury, consisting of representatives from politics, business, science and the business media, makes the decision on the award. One prize is awarded per federal state, and a special prize is also awarded to a start-up.

Maximator Hydrogen is a hidden champion

Thuringia is a world leader - with medium-sized companies that have achieved either market leadership or technology leadership through innovative products and services as well as leading technologies. Maximator Hydrogen is now one of these “hidden champions”.

The company from northern Thuringia is able to impress with its highly efficient and fast hydrogen refueling solution. The central component of this refueling system is the MAX Compression 2.0, a two-stage, hydraulically driven compressor concept. It incorporates the Automatic Seal Exchange (ASX), a patented solution for automatically changing the seals in the compressor, as these are exposed to particular stresses due to the high pressures. The Maximator Hydrogen systems can be modularly adapted to different filling stations, from small filling stations to those for heavy commercial vehicles.

“Thuringia is characterized by its diverse and powerful medium-sized companies - and we want to show what expertise and potential the Free State has to offer,” says LEG Managing Director Andreas Krey about the image campaign. Over 90 companies have already been evaluated as global market and technology leaders - Maximator Hydrogen is now one of them.

About the „Hidden Champions“

“Hidden Champions - Thuringia's world market and technology leaders” - this was the name of the new campaign launched by the Thuringia State Development Corporation in March 2023. As the state's business development agency, LEG Thüringen's task is to promote Thuringia as an investment location, attract investors to the state and actively support existing companies in their entrepreneurial activities. The campaign supports all of these goals, as it shows Thuringia's trump cards to the outside world and at the same time provides internal impetus for further success stories “made in Thuringia”.

Further awards for Maximator Hydrogen

With this award at the beginning of the year, Maximator Hydrogen GmbH is following on from the Innovation Award it received at the Thuringia Exhibition in February 2023, winning the Thuringia Innovation Award in November 2023 and being nominated again for the top 10 companies at the Future Award of the Erfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce and Chamber of Crafts in summer 2023.

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