GERMANY –    Dieffenbacher has won the 2025 NEO Innovation Award for its AI-driven digitalization platform Evoris.

The award was presented on November 21 at the Vollack Group in Karlsruhe, where this year’s focus was on artificial intelligence. Evoris was selected from five finalists and 36 total submissions, earning the €20,000 prize.

“We are honored to be recognized among such strong competitors,” said Jürgen Woll, Vice President Automation at Dieffenbacher. He praised the Evoris team for continually advancing the platform to help customers leverage the latest AI developments.

The jury highlighted Dieffenbacher’s international success with an AI-supported solution and noted that such innovation demonstrates the future strength of mechanical and plant engineering.

Evoris is a modular, manufacturer-independent software platform that enables AI-based digitalization of machines and full production lines. It provides deep process insights, supports data and user networking, and delivers tools for anomaly detection, energy and maintenance management, carbon-footprint calculation, and other key plant functions.

Photo, From left to right: Isabelle Bräuer, Jan Bär, Jürgen Woll, Manuel Steger and Florian Schleissinger accepted the NEO2025 Innovation Award on behalf of the EVORIS team at Dieffenbacher