The award-winning ZKW Black Box, which is used at the company’s headquarters in Wieselburg, is a fully automated handling, inspection and packaging system for optical parts. It enables the simultaneous processing and quality inspection of different headlight lenses without changeover times. The smart robot station was developed together with two cooperation partners and helps to increase quality, efficiency, safety and competitiveness.

About the German Design Award
The German Design Award is the premium prize of the German Design Council and is one of the most important awards in the industry. Every year, submissions in product design, communication design and architecture are selected in the segments “Excellent Product Design”, “Excellent Communications Design” and “Excellent Architecture”. In each of these categories, the “Gold”, “Winner” and “Special Mention” awards will be presented. The international jury of the German Design Award 2023 is made up of 36 design experts from business, academia, science and industry. Since its premiere in 2012, the German Design Award has grown from approximately 1,500 to 4,500 submissions.