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PURUS INNOVATION AWARD 2023
The Award for Intelligent Products and Solutions
The Purus Innovation Award (PIA) is one of the sector's most coveted awards and reflects the great innovative strength of CMS Berlin. Exhibitors and co-exhibitors of the international cleaning trade show CMS 2023 in Berlin had the opportunity to apply for the PIA until the end of May.

The Purus Innovation Award (PIA) is one of the sector's most coveted awards and reflects the great innovative strength of CMS Berlin. Exhibitors and co-exhibitors of the international cleaning trade fair CMS 2023 in Berlin had the opportunity to apply for the PIA until the end of May.The award for innovative performance in the cleaning industry honors products, tools and systems that impress with their high application quality and outstanding overall design.
The Purus Innovation Award (PIA) honours the best of the best every two years at the leading trade show for cleaning and hygiene. It comprises six award categories and was celebrating a strong comeback at CMS Berlin 2023 with a record number of 83 entries.
The winners have been announced!
On 19 September 2023, the six winners were announced at the CMS opening evening in the Marshall House and the coveted awards were presented. Out of the 18 nominations, these six best prevailed:
Jury
CMS Berlin is the innovation showcase for the industry. On four days of the trade show, the exhibitors' innovations are not only visible but can also be experienced in a unique way.
The products awarded by the PIA jury in a two-stage evaluation process are united by their outstanding innovative quality.
The renowned nine-member jury combines industry expertise, a flair for innovation and an eye for future-oriented developments.

Chairwoman
Tanja Čujić-Koch
- Member of the Board of Directors of Bundesinnungsverband des Gebäudereiniger-Handwerks - Public Relations Committee
- Managing partner at Čujić Gebäudedienste GmbH

Vice Chairman
Sascha Hartmann
- Head of building cleaning devision at Dussmann Service Deutschland GmbH

Jürg Brechbühl
- President of the Swiss Association of Cleaning Companies Allpura
- Member of the Presidium of the International Association of Building Service Contractors FIDEN
- Owner JLSL Consulting GmbH

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Eilts
- Professor of applied cleaning and hygiene at the university Albstadt-Sigmaringen

Alexander Holzmann
- Managing Publisher, Holzmann Medien GmbH & Co. KG
- Media partner “rationell reinigen“

Martin Lutz
- Chief Executive FIGR
- Lutz-Fachbücher
- State approved cleaning and hygiene technician
- Building cleaning master craftsman
- Publicly appointed and sworn expert for the building cleaning trade

Prof. Dr. Sascha Peters
- Managing Director Future Agency Haute Innovation
- Key-Note Speaker
- Author
- Honorary Professor
- Red Dot Ambassador

Fadime Sarikaya
- Market expert for strategic procurement management
- Shareholder sarikohn GbR

Prof. Dr. Markus Thomzik
- Professor of Business Administration
- Innovation and Facility Management at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen
- Innovation researcher
- Podcaster
- Moderator
Partners

Media partner
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