Former Winners of the Quality Award

The VGB Quality Award has been established to increase the awareness for the commercial value of quality and to highlight examples of suppliers delivered extraordinary quality in services and products.

(from left to right) O. Then, A. Kienle, A. Ferreira da Costa, J. Silva Marques and H. Bünting

VGB Quality Award 2018

The VGB Quality Award 2018 was granted to the consortium of Voith GmbH and Siemens, S.A. for the EDP – Gestão da Produção de Energia, S.A. project Frades II pumped storage power plant in Portugal.

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Johannes Hauptenbuchner (2.v.li.) und Franz-Werner Esser (2.v.re.)

(from left to right) E. Christensen, J. Hauptenbuchner, F.-W. Esser and B. Fischer 

VGB Quality Award 2015

The VGB Quality Award 2015 was awarded to Züblin Stahlbau GmbH, represented by Johannes Hauptenbuchner and Claus Queck GmbH, represented by Franz-Werner Esser for the supply and installation of steel structures for the 2 x 800 MW hard coal-fired power plant Eemshaven, Netherlands.

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(from left to right) Th. Beck, B.-O. Schneider, E. Christensen and G. Jäger

VGB Quality Award 2013

The VGB Quality Award 2013 was awarded to Bernd-Otto Schneider and Thomas Beck of Balcke Dürr GmbH. Particularly outstanding was “the quality of the partial replacement of ISH 2 tube coils” on Mehrum power plant.

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(from left to right) G. Jäger, I. Franckx and E. Christensen

VGB Quality Award 2012

The VGB Quality Award 2012 was awarded to Ivan Franckx of FutureEnergy, a joint venture between Fabricom-GDF Suez, Lemants and Geosea. Particularly outstanding was “the quality of the erection of two substations for the London Array wind farm project“ by plant operator E.ON Climate and Renewables.

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(from left to right) G. Jäger and W. Lang

VGB Quality Award 2011

The VGB Quality Award 2011 was granted to Willi Lang of the Holzbau Amann GmbH.

The prize was awarded for the outstanding quality of the “Supply of turnkey roofs for the circular coal and gypsum stockyards at the new build Moorburg power plant” operated by Vattenfall Europe Generation AG.

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(from left to right) G. Jäger and L. Fongern

VGB Quality Award 2010

The VGB Quality Award 2010 was granted to Lutz Fongern of the Alstom Power Service GmbH.

The prize was awarded for the outstanding quality of the revision of the 500 MW turbines of the blocks C and D in the lignite power station Jänschwalde operated by Vattenfall Europe Generation AG.

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(from left to right) G. Jäger and W. Helmrich

VGB Quality Award 2009

The VGB Quality Award 2009 was granted to Walter Helmreich of the Austrian FERRO-Montagetechnik GmbH (FMT).

The prize was awarded for the onsite installation of the turbine, the electric generator and components of the water/steam cycle of the Walsum 10 power station operated by Evonik Steag GmbH and EVN AG.

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(from left to right) K. Springer and G. Jäger

VGB Quality Award 2008

Siemens Energy received the VGB Quality Award 2008 for the renewal of the control technology in two power plants of the EnBW AG.

(from left to right) F. Strehlau und G. Jäger

VGB Quality Award 2007

The VGB Quality Award 2007 was taken by Dipl.-Ing. Frank Strehlau (Steinmüller Instandsetzung Kraftwerke AG) for the project "Partial renovation of the evaporator heating surfaces, blocks A and F, of the Jänschwalde power plant".

(from left to right) P. Errenst and G. Jäger

VGB Quality Award 2006

The VGB Quality Award 2006 was granted to Peter Errenst (le.) of the DSD Hilgers Stahlbau GmbH.