Hiab's announces winning projects from its hackathon CargoHack3 "Time for Elevation"
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CARGOTEC CORPORATION, PRESS RELEASE, 24 OCTOBER 2017 AT 1.15 PM EEST
Hiab, part of Cargotec, organised its first fully open innovation challenge
"CargoHack3" with recent finals in its Test and Innovation Center in Hudiksvall,
Sweden. Hiab published the call for applications in May and received 35
applications from project teams around the world by the submission due date in
June. From among the high-quality applications, eight teams were selected and
invited to the final hackathon in early September.
The goal of "CargoHack3 - Time for Elevation" was to explore new ideas and
opportunities for digitalisation and connectivity in load handling. The
challenges defined were:
- Making load handling easier and safer
- Securing availability of the equipment
- Taking the lead in intelligent load handling solutions
Due to the high quality of ideation and actual development work of the finalist
teams, the jury, consisting of representatives from Cargotec, Hiab and a Hiab
customer, decided to continue the work with three teams from Sweden and Finland.
The selected teams are Slagkryssaren, Perfektio, and Hii-op.
"As a member of the jury I have to say that the skill level within the chosen
teams was extremely high within their areas of expertise. All teams had exciting
ideas, their level of discussion showed their knowledge about the challenges and
the outcome surpassed our high expectations, which made it very difficult for
the jury to choose the best teams," says Jan-Erik Lindfors, Vice President , New
Business Solutions, Hiab.
The selected teams will continue their cooperation with Hiab, further
developing solutions, improving operational safety and efficiency, as well as
building on Hiab's recently launched HiConnectTM platform. Each winning team was
awarded a pilot project worth approximately EUR 20,000.
"The feedback about the hackathon and the final event from the participants was
overwhelmingly positive. For us in Hiab, the best outcome is that we create
tangible results that will benefit our customers with safer and more efficient
operations, and to better utilise the insights of our connected solutions. Our
next step is to plan pilot projects with our new cooperation partners from
CargoHack3 in order to continue on Hiab's pioneering journey," says Stefan
Onkenhout, Director, Innovation and Business Development, Hiab.
Links:
CargoHack video
CargoHack winners
For more information, please contact:
Stefan Onkenhout, Director, Innovation and Business Development, Hiab, tel.
+46 703 071 430, stefan.onkenhout(at)hiab.com
Nikolaus Scheurer, Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Hiab, tel.
+46 706 00 52 37, nikolaus.scheurer(at)hiab.com
Keywords
Hiab, Cargotec, CargoHack, CargoHack3, Industryhack, open innovation,
collaboration, hackathon, Hudiksvall, pioneering, loader crane innovation, load
handling innovation, HiConnect
Hiab is the world's leading provider of on-road load handling equipment,
intelligent services and digitally connected solutions. As the industry pioneer,
Hiab's more than 3,000 employees worldwide focus on our commitment to increase
efficiency in our customers' businesses and to shape the future of intelligent
load handling.
Hiab's offering encompasses class-leading load handling equipment, including
HIAB loader cranes, LOGLIFT and JONSERED forestry and recycling cranes, MOFFETT
truck mounted forklifts, MULTILIFT demountables, and tail lifts under ZEPRO,
DEL, and WALTCO brands. Hiab's ProCareTM service, award-winning HiVisionTM crane
control system, and HiConnectTM platform demonstrate our constant drive to
provide intelligent services and connected solutions that add value to our
customers. www.hiab.com
Hiab is part of Cargotec Corporation. Cargotec's (Nasdaq Helsinki: CGCBV) sales
in 2016 totalled approximately EUR 3.5 billion, and it employs over 11,000
people. www.cargotec.com
HIAB CargoHack3_2017_309_perfektio:
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HIAB CargoHack3_2017_399_slagkryssaren:
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HIAB CargoHack3_2017_369_perfektio:
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HIAB CargoHack3_2017_035_hii-op (1):
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HIAB CargoHack3_2017_302_hii-op:
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HIAB CargoHack3_2017_303_slagkryssaren:
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HIAB CargoHack3_2017_1:
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Source: Cargotec Corporation via GlobeNewswire
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