The German Innovation Award distinguishes cross-sector products and solutions that differ from previous solutions primarily through user-orientation and significant added value. The German Innovation Award 2019 is awarded in two competition classes. LiSEC won the award in the "Excellence in Business to Business - Machines & Engineering" category.

The LiSEC FastLane contains a unique feature: in order to increase the cycle time, the sheets which are not applied are transported beyond the applicator station. This is the Fast Lane concept: only those glass sheets on which a spacer will be applied will go through the applicator. Thus, cycle times of 35 seconds are possible in case of standard triple insulating glass elements, a double insulating glass element needs only 24 seconds which corresponds to a capacity of approximately 100 elements per hour. This does not only save time, but also the investment costs for the second applicator.

Clemens Macarei: "With the development of this system, we have pursued the objective of creating a rapid, inexpensive TPA line with high output performance, through the intelligent linking and optimisation of the individual machines. I am delighted that both our customers and also the professional jury have appreciated this."