Rubble Master Wins National Design Award

The Rubble Master Compact Recycler RM70 model has received the silver award in the “official Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany,” a contest that takes place across all industry lines in Germany.

“Technical innovation and good design – these are the decisive factors in lifting products and communication services out of the ordinary run and increasing their market chances,” stated Economics Minister, Michael Glos, characterizing the purpose of a prize that is sponsored by his ministry to foster economic growth.

On his behalf, the German Design Council announces 25 Gold and Silver Awards every year to companies and designers “whose achievements distinguish themselves in the market environment by high levels of design quality, serviceability, ecological value and innovation.”

Products and communications services that have already been awarded a national or international prize for their design in the last five years can be entered into the contest.

Following an invitation of the German Design Council, an international jury considered some 940 nominations for the 25 award slots.

In describing the Rubble Master entry, the contest jury wrote, “The RM70 Compact Recycler is a self-operating recycling system for building waste, with strong crushing power. Thanks to the low emission values for sound and dust the compact RM70 is the ideal inner city crusher, optimal for small and medium building sites in sensitive areas. It features a pleasingly clear minimalist design and is divided clearly into static and dynamic components. Independent of the clear, formally demanding lines it has become an icon for this type of construction machine.”

Rubble Master officials received the award at the opening ceremony of the Ambiente – International Frankfurt Fair on Feb. 9.

“We highly appreciate this important award,” remarked Rubble Master CEO Gerald Hanisch. “It is the recognition of the status industrial design has within our design process. For Rubble Master, design is not for its own sake and not a price raising factor. Design for us is the uncompromising translation of our customers’ needs into a real machine with clear styling and usability by intuition.”

In the photo, Rubble Master CEO Gerald Hanisch (right) and Heinrich Kurz of the Industrial Design Union (second from right) gratefully accepted the award from Dagmar Wöhrl (on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology; second from left) and Andrej Kupetz, CEO of the German Design Council (far left).