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Sports Engineering Innovator

Plus X Award “Sports Engineering Innovator 2026” seal of quality with placeholders for brand and category

The Sports Engineering Innovator is an exclusive, industry-specific special award of the PLUS X AWARD. It is conferred by an independent expert jury on a hand-picked elite among the brands of the sports industry. The focus is on companies that prove themselves the technological pioneers of their discipline through deeply rooted development expertise, engineering of their own and forward-looking value creation. The award honours brands that, through uncompromising quality standards and a visionary pioneering spirit, tangibly help shape the athletic capability, safety and performance of tomorrow.

The Sports Engineering Innovator is the PLUS X AWARD's exclusive mark of quality for the technological spearhead of the sports industry. This special award is conferred by an independent expert jury on brands that do not merely serve the market but actively shape it through their own development expertise and visionary pioneering work. Whether ground-breaking sports infrastructure, highly advanced materials or functional innovations: the award goes to a hand-picked elite of companies that set new benchmarks through uncompromising engineering and create the basis for the athletic performance of the future.

With the Sports Engineering Innovator distinction, the PLUS X AWARD honours outstanding innovative strength and genuine substance in the world of sport. The special award turns the spotlight on the true developers and shapers of the industry, who stand apart through seamless quality and masterly engineering in an environment dominated by standard goods. The title is an unassailable seal of approval for brands whose products and systems are the direct result of technological progress and visionary design – a clear signal of trust, durability and the highest value creation.

A selection of the winning manufacturers

  • adidas
  • APANI
  • Garmin
  • Mizuno
  • Nike
  • On
  • Patagonia
  • Petzl
  • PUMA
  • Salomon
  • TaylorMade
  • Technogym