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John Munck Award

The John Munck Award, established in 1988, is presented each year to reward the person or group of persons having produced the best innovative technical development contribution during the year.

John Munck Award 2024

John Munck Award for technical innovation 2024

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The John Munck Award 2024 goes to Jan Vansweevelt, Dennis Scheers, Michael Willemse, and Roel Adriaensen, for the development of the new smarter generation of variable speed compressors, adding increased customer values, beyond energy savings.

 

The award motivation reads: “Building on a fantastic product the team behind the VSDs have taken a leap forward in compressor design to further enhance the innovative variable speed drive. By integrating new software into a product already focused on delivering energy efficiencies, the VSDs has not only contributed to measurable sustainability benefits but also greatly contributed to increased customer value as every customer gets performance and efficiency optimized for their application, their needs and their conditions.”

Recent John Munck Award winners

2023 Sten Mittag, Patrick Repple and Claus Walter

2022 Oliver Rudge, Nick Hutton, Glen Croft, Gary Lord and Matthew Key

2021 Chiara De Timmermann, Carlo Lammers, Jan Norz and Wouter Van Dijck

2020 Jeroen Hoen, Thomas De Bontridder and Dieter Berteles

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About John Munck
About John Munck
John Munck was one of Atlas Copco’s most successful engineers. He worked for the Group between 1930 and 1970 as Technical Director among other positions. The award was initiated in 1989 in honor of the late John Munck who passed away in a car accident the same year. The John Munck Award is presented to a product developer or designer, or a team, for outstanding contributions to the overall quality of a product.
 
John Munck was one of Atlas Copco’s most successful engineers. He worked for the Group between 1930 and 1970 as Technical Director among other positions. The award was initiated in 1989 in honor of the late John Munck who passed away in a car accident the same year. The John Munck Award is presented to a product developer or designer, or a team, for outstanding contributions to the overall quality of a product.
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