The Austrian Viktor Kaplan (1876-1943), inventor of the Kaplan turbine, made this invention already in 1912, but it took more than six years bevor it became accepted by the local industry against severe resistance. The Kaplan medal, named after him, is awarded to inventors, who are able not only to create something unprecedented, but also to develope it for commercial use and last but not least to establish it in the market.

A very famous Austrian member of the association e.g. was Carl Auer von Welsbach (1854 – 1929), who invented the gas mantle, the forunner of the light bulb. Further prize winners 2009 amongst others have been Julian Wagner from Rosenbauer International AG ;or Robert Kanduth from GREENoneTEC.

For Julius Thurnher this award has a very spezial meaning. His intelligent facade systems iku®windows with integrated self-cleaning mechanism, was characterized as a „profound innovation“, something revolutionary and and totally new, suitable to set a milestone in facade business.
Julius Thurnher was moved about the honor and expressed his gratitude especially to his family, who supported him for many years.

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