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The Day of the Brand 2018

  • The Day of the Brand 2018
  • The Day of the Brand 2018

Brands with the power of innovation are in the focus for the Plus X Award. The manufacturers and service providers who have won quality seals provide valuable orientation for consumers. And the world’s largest innovation award for technology, sports and lifestyle offers space for the messages of those brands with the great Day of the Brand.

Plus X Award president Donat Brandt in conversation with industry decision-makers in the former plenary hall in Bonn

Talk in the German Bundestag

Strong brands, strong messages: For the great Day of the Brands on 5th July, the Plus X Award focuses on companies who shine with their special power of innovation – and provides a space as large as never before for the most successful ones in different TV-shows, presenting their messages. In the shows, Donat Brandt, founder and president of the Plus X Award, talks with high-level decision-makers from different industries about trend reversals, future-looking technologies and changes on the marketplace.

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Presentation of the “Most Innovative Brand 2018” trophy to Volkswagen in front of the federal eagle

The most innovative Brands of the Year

For the Day of the Brand, the Plus X Award focuses on brands whose products convince with a special force of innovation: the most innovative brands of the year, who could also convince the expert jury with their products in the respective groups. The “Most innovative Brand“ is the highest award which the Plus X Award hands over every year.

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“The Day of the Brand 2018” seal

Brand of the Year

Starting from 5th July onwards, those companies who will receive the “Brand of the Year” award will be revealed. They are the role models of the industries who represent the Plus X Award. For the 15th anniversary, the jury of the Plus X Award could hand out as many brand awards as never before. With the high-end “Best brand of the Year”-Award, the Plus X Award provides orientation for the purchasing decisions of consumers: Consumers are able to recognize fast and clearly, which brands represent quality.

Gunter Kürten with the Plus X Award 2018 certificate “Entrepreneurial Personality of the Year”

Entrepreneur of the Year

In 2018, the special award has been handed out for the first time: Proud winner is Gunter Kürten, who held top positions in important companies in the consumer electronics industries in the last years and fulfilled his life’s dream by buying the Thorens brand.

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Plus X Award 2018 certificate for Bien-Zenker: special award for sustainability

Sustainability

Sustainability is also playing a growing role: Protecting ressources and taking responsibility is what’s asked for from companies. The manufacturer of prefabricated houses, Bien-Zenker, leads by example and shows how to turn “taking responsibility” into action, e.g. with his bee meeting house.

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Brand Day 2018

17 photographs

  • The packed plenary chamber during the award ceremony
    1 of 17 The packed plenary chamber during the award ceremony
  • The panel in the tiers of the plenary chamber
    2 of 17 The panel in the tiers of the plenary chamber
  • Listeners at the panel
    3 of 17 Listeners at the panel
  • A contribution from the panel
    4 of 17 A contribution from the panel
  • In conversation between the rows
    5 of 17 In conversation between the rows
  • The group listens
    6 of 17 The group listens
  • The golden card of the German heritage brand
    7 of 17 The golden card of the German heritage brand
  • The award handed to Arag before the federal eagle
    8 of 17 The award handed to Arag before the federal eagle
  • The award handed to Beurer
    9 of 17 The award handed to Beurer
  • The award handed to Lässig
    10 of 17 The award handed to Lässig
  • The award handed to Merten
    11 of 17 The award handed to Merten
  • The award handed to Ospa
    12 of 17 The award handed to Ospa
  • The award handed to Luna
    13 of 17 The award handed to Luna
  • The award handed to Schwabenhaus
    14 of 17 The award handed to Schwabenhaus
  • The award handed to Vestel
    15 of 17 The award handed to Vestel
  • The award handed to Volkswagen
    16 of 17 The award handed to Volkswagen
  • An award handed over in the plenary chamber
    17 of 17 An award handed over in the plenary chamber