Process Innovation Award

The program for the selection activities will be published, inviting outstanding enterprises that meet the eligibility criteria to apply for participation. Additionally, the jury will have the option to recommend candidates for the list.

The selection process will involve contributions from both the expert jury (70%) and user network voting (30%). The expert jury will consist of members from industry associations, user organizations, design institutes, universities, and research institutes.

Following a comprehensive evaluation, the winners of the "2025 AchemAsia Process Innovation Award" will be announced. The awards ceremony will take place on October 14 on the show floor of AchemAsia in Shanghai, China, where the winning enterprises, members of the judging panel, all AchemAsia exhibitors, and a professional audience will gather to celebrate this moment of achievement.

This category emphasizes breakthroughs in green chemical processes, the synthesis of bio-based materials, and energy-efficient designs. It encourages the adoption of modular and scalable chemical engineering solutions that can adapt to rapidly changing market demands, particularly focusing on technologies and equipment that significantly reduce carbon footprints and contribute to the circular economy.

This category focuses on process innovation and equipment upgrades in the pharmaceutical sector. Key areas include continuous manufacturing systems, advanced formulation technologies, AI-assisted drug discovery and development, as well as efforts to develop environmentally friendly and sustainable pharmaceutical processes. The goal is to motivate the industry to invest more in technological innovations and management optimization to improve drug quality, increase production efficiency, and reduce environmental impact.

This category highlights advancements in hydrogen energy production, carbon dioxide capture, and utilization. It focuses on technologies and equipment that excel in pollution control, energy saving, emission reduction, and the circular economy. It covers fields such as wastewater treatment, waste gas purification, and resource recycling. Winning projects must demonstrate significant environmental benefits and social value.

This category recognizes technologies, products, and application cases that have made significant progress in promoting digitalization, intelligent transformation, and upgrading. It focuses on the innovative integration of intelligent sensors, high-precision instrumentation, automation control systems, industrial software platforms, and next-generation information technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, big data, edge computing, the Internet of Things, digital twins) with manufacturing processes.

This category acknowledges innovations in fluid engineering technology and equipment, particularly emphasizing efficiency improvements and the application of new materials for high-performance pumps, compressors, and valves. It also highlights intelligent and digital integration, as well as environmentally friendly designs. Award-winning projects need to achieve significant breakthroughs in performance, energy efficiency, or reliability and demonstrate significant economic benefits and social value, leading the industry toward new trends.

This category recognizes products and solutions that have achieved important innovations in laboratory instruments, scientific equipment, and laboratory consumables. The focus is on promoting the development of scientific research and industrial analysis toward higher precision, efficiency, and intelligence. Examples include analytical instruments, laboratory automation platforms, intelligent sample processing systems, and specialized chemical reagents that positively impact scientific research innovation and industrial advancement.

• Products should feature original breakthroughs or significant optimizations of existing technology.
• They must be industry leaders, demonstrating continuous innovation and long-term market competitiveness.
• The product or service should receive market recognition after its launch, which is reflected in high user satisfaction and market share.

• Products should significantly improve productivity, reduce costs, or shorten R&D/production cycles, supported by relevant data.
• They must align with the national "dual-carbon" strategy and the industry's green development objectives.
• Contributions to resource recycling, energy conservation, emission reduction, and pollution reduction are essential.

• The product should have good replicability and adaptability, allowing it to be scaled across different application scenarios or industries, with demonstrated stability and effectiveness in multiple real-world cases.
• It should contribute to industry chain synergy and technology standardization, positively impacting the overall upgrading of the industry.