The Automotive Industry Awards Gala celebrated the winners of the industry on October 22 at Bucharest

Automotive Today, the integrated platform powered by The Diplomat-Bucharest hosted on Oct. 22nd,  The Automotive Awards for Excellence Gala in which individuals and companies across 11 categories were honoured at this prestigious award ceremony.

These awards reflects each year the enthusiasm for development and innovation within the industry while development of individuals is encouraged through creativity of ideas, adaptation and flexibility, planning and pioneering new ways, new thoughts and new ideas. It provides the opportunity to connect, debate and share the hot topics within the specific landscape, and, to celebrate the achievements of the best projects and results.

The Jury members who made time to engage in the difficult journey of selecting the winners from a strong list of nominees:

• Paula Pirvanescu, State Secretary, Ministry for Business, Trade and Entrepreneurship
• Carmen Adamescu, Partner Advisory, EY
• Ciprian Gavriliu, Partner Tax & Legal, Deloitte
• Daniel Anghel, Tax and Legal Services Leader, PwC Romania
• Catalin Stratulat, Delivery Head Europe Product Engineering Services, Wipro
• Adriana Record, Executive Director CCIFER
• Sebastian Metz, General Manager, AHK Romania
• Colin C. Lovering, Vice-Chairman – British Romanian Chamber of Commerce
• Andrei Mihai Craciun, Head of office for Innovation, Technological Transfer and Intellectual Property Office at West University of Timisoara

The Automotive Industry Forum & Awards for Excellence Gala is an arena where key players in the field can discuss the impact of market dynamics and new technologies on the current state of the manufacturing, operational and supply chain scenes, as well as future opportunities.

The event will also see the launch of the second edition of our annual Automotive Today magazine, which analyses the trends that are driving the transformations in the automotive industry and how companies should fall in line for future success.

The winners of The Automotive Awards Gala edition are:

CATEGORY:  INNOVATION AWARD  

Finalists: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES , ADIENT , ROBERT BOSCH

Winner: CONTINENTAL ROMANIA CORY Commute Ride Sharing)  

CATEGORY: SUPPLIER EXCELLENCE AWARD

Finalists: HELLA ROMANIA, PREH IASI, SCHAEFFLER ROMANIA, AUTOLIV ROMANIA, ADIENT, MATEROM

Winner:  HELLA ROMANIA

CATEGORY: CSR AWARD

Finalists: FORD, ROBERT BOSCH, CONTINENTAL ROMANIA , SCHAEFFLER

Winners: FORD ROMANIA

CATEGORY: COMPANY OF THE YEAR

Finalists: CONTINENTAL ROMANIA , DACIA, DAIMLER ROMANIA , DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES,

Winner: CONTINENTAL ROMANIA

CATEGORY: LOGISTICS EXCELLENCE AWARD

Finalists: CTP, GEBRUDER WEISS , DB SCHENKER

Winner: CTP

CEO OF THE YEAR    

CRISTOPHE DRIDI, CEO DACIA

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

DAN GRAMA, Technical Competencies Manager, Delphi Technologies

JURY SPECIAL AWARD         

ROBERT BOSCH – For 25 years of resilience and performance on the Romanian market

CATEGORY: EDUCATION COMMITMENT AWARD   

Finalists: DRAXLMAIER GROUP ROMANIA

PORSCHE ENGINEERING

ROBERT BOSCH

SCHAEFFLER ROMANIA

Winner: SCHAEFFLER ROMANIA        

CATEGORY: INVESTMENT OF THE YEAR

FORD ROMANIA

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