For its pioneering role in the “Smart & Sustainable” category, BSH has now received the Industry 4.0 Award from the management consultancy Roi-Efeso for its production site in Bad Neustadt in the Rhön Mountains.The award has been presented to these companies since 2013, which are implementing pioneering and digitally successful projects in industry in a special way.The winners of the Industry 4.0 Awards are determined by a top-class jury made up of industry executives.At the Bad Neustadt location of BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, more than 9,000 vacuum cleaners of various models and colors roll off the assembly line every day; a total of two million units are sold worldwide each year.Through a restructuring with Industry 4.0 technologies in the Bad Neustadt plant, the award winner shows with his energy management how it is possible to combine sustainability and cost reduction.Starting with the ordering of the raw materials through to the completion of the vacuum cleaner, the award winner's processes are automated, the machines and transport of the products are networked and their machine and process parameters are recorded and stored in a cloud solution.Smartwatches inform employees in production about machine settings and data glasses are part of remote maintenance and training.For site manager André Piel, the great potential that lies in structural change is confirmed: “This award underlines our leading position and our competencies in the field of digitization of processes and products.We will continue to grow here in the future and, thanks to our leading position as an employer, we are a beacon for young talent. "Impressions from the Congress for Furniture SurfacesCurrent situation in the furniture trade