WBT Nominated For The German Innovation Award 2021

The following is a press release issued by WBT-Industrie.

June 2021 – WBT-Industrie has been nominated for the German Innovation Award 2021 in the medium-sized companies category for its development of the process “3D gold-plating of connectors using PVD plasma” (PVD = Physical Vapour Deposition), internal brand name: WBT-PlasmaProtect™.

With this plant technology it has, for the first time, been possible to develop a significantly more environmentally-friendly process to use instead of the electroplating process used previously. The effectiveness was increased from 20 to 80% by a new 3D process, the energy requirements were reduced by around 26% and resource consumption was reduced by about 35%.

At the same time, the contact quality was improved by a thin but extremely pure (high vacuum) and still elastic layer of gold (Hertzian stress).

The German Innovation Award is one of the prestigious awards for new developments “made in Germany”, and is allocated jointly by Accenture, EnBW and the magazine Wirtschaftswoche. Awards are given to companies that change technology and markets with their innovative strength.