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» feasibility
» potential of successful implementation
» economic efficiency

Please choose only one category! The expert jury may re-assign applications to another category if it appears more applicable.

In each category the best applications will be nominated as finalists. In a festive award ceremony the finalist will be presented and the winner in each category will be awarded.
All nominated applications will be displayed in a dedicated exhibition at eMove360° 2026, October 13 + 14, 2026 – as finalists of the MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award 2026 (MATERIALICA Award Design Show).

(mandatory for all categories)

You have the opportunity to send your original products, samples or prototypes along with a printed product descrip-tion for the jury meeting (and the trade fair, if nominated). Please submit this no later than August 31, 2026 to the following postal address:

eMove360 Media GmbH
MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award 2026
Hammersbacher Straße 19
81377 München
Germany

Applications that have not been nominated can be picked up after the jury meeting at eMove360 Media GmbH, or they will be shipped back at the applicant’s expense. Applicant organizations must remove their exhibits from the award exhibition area themselves. If this does not happen, eMove360 Media GmbH will remove these items from the exhibition area to have them shipped back to the applicant, but cannot be held liable for damages that might occur.

Please note: Product samples can only be accepted with a maximum weight of 15 kg max. and a size of 100 x 100 cm. Vehicles can be provided for the jury meeting at prior consultation with the organizer. The shipping to and from the jury meeting and, if needed, assistance on location is provided by the applicant company.

• Award logo

The winners are entitled to use the MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award logo for their individual communications. The logo may be used without restrictions.

• Magazine | Print and E-Paper

Documentation in the eMove360° magazine
Date of issue: after the event (December issue)

• Online coverage (380.000 unique visitors per year)

The awarded products will be featured (text + pictures) in English and German for at least one year on www.eMove360.com including the company logo and a link to the finalist's website.

• Digital Hub (online catalogue)

Entry in the eMove360° Digital Hub

• eMove360° newsletter, German and English (115.000 subscribers & followers)

Mention of all award-winning contributions in the eMove360° newsletter. 

• Press relations

Year-round international press relations with placement of winning entries in Trade press, Daily press, General press

• Award ceremony

Award ceremony with short presentation of all entries nominated as finalists and announcement of the winners of the respective competition categories of the MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award 2026.

• Documentation | Yearbook (print and digital)

The award yearbook is an attractive documentation listing all finalists with picture, company logo and the submitted short text in German and English.

• Social Media (115.000 subscribers & followers)

All award-winning entries will be communicated via the eMove360° social media channels .

• Award Show

ALL finalists & winners of the Materialica Design + Technology Award 2026 will be presented with the winning product during eMove360° Europe 2026 (13 + 14, October 2026) on a special exhibition area (Award Show).
»Graphic banner / stand-up with description of the submission (text and image).
» Standing table with two stools

Participation in the award show is obligatory for all winning entries. In addition to the product, expert staff must be pro-vided to inform trade fair visitors about the nominated product. Special requests regarding equipment (furniture, monitors, brochure displays, etc.) can be ordered separately. For this purpose, please contact
Sales Main Contact
award@emove360.com, Mobil: +49 176 23135549

Obligatory costs for award as finalists and winners for the complete communication package 2.490 EURO per award-winning entries

Transport, liability, insurance
The participant bears all costs for shipping to the jury and exhibition. If you wish to have your consignment returned to you, please use a transport package suitable for re-use. All submissions that have not been selected by the jury have to be picked up no later than two weeks after the jury meeting by the applicant or they will be shipped back by eMove360 Media GmbH at the applicant’s expense. Nominated submissions remain with MunichExpo until the award show.

At the end of the MATERIALICA Award Show all applications must be removed from the exhibition area by the applicant company. After the event, eMove360 Media GmbH will ship back all contributions to the applicant companies at their ex-pense by using a courier service or via "not prepaid" mail.

In case of large, heavy or bulky products / samples, please contact eMove360 Media GmbH before sending the product in. In case of large and bulky submissions, the participant himself is responsible for packing and returning the goods after the jury session. The participant is liable for any damages or additional costs that may occur.

To avoid customs problems, please enter a product value below 50 Euros and state "sample for MATERIALICA Award - not for sale" on your delivery note.

Cancellation
With this application form the participant will apply legally binding for the MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award 2026. A cancellation of this contract is not possible. Payment of the participation fee and the communication package is obligatory.

Jury
The winners of the MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award will be selected by an independent expert jury in a nonpublic session. The jury’s decision is based on simple majority. An individual explanation of the jury evaluation cannot be provided. Legal recourse is excluded.

Legal basis
By participating in the award, the participants accept the terms and conditions and data privacy regulations of the MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award and MunichExpo. By signing the application form, the applicant signs a legally binding document in which all terms and conditions of the award are confirmed and accepted. The contributions handed in (samples, models, descriptions) will be submitted to the MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award for evaluation by the jury.

eMove360 Media GmbH cannot be held liable for any loss or damage unless it can be proven that it was caused deliberately or by gross negligence by eMove360 Media GmbH or their employees. All claims against eMove360 Media GmbH must be stated in writing. All claims are time-barred within a period of six months after the announcement of award results.

The award submissions handed in must not infringe third party rights. The participants are responsible for the announce-ment of third-party property rights. Third-party property rights depend on legal regulations. eMove360 Media GmbH can-not be held liable for any infringement.

The participants give their consent to the publishing by eMove360 Media GmbH and MunichExpo group. The jury's decision is final. Legal recourse is excluded. The information is subject to changes. Jurisdiction and place of fulfillment is Munich. Only German right and German text is decisive.