The delegation of ELEMENT 3-5 GmbH - Dr. Yilmaz Dikme, Dr. Dirk Rost, Dr. Monika Rost, Dr. Volker Sinhoff and Ghassan Barbar (from left to right) - was able to cheer at the award ceremony of the German Innovation Award 2025 in Munich.
What an award for ELEMENT 3-5 GmbH!
On March 27, 2025, the German Innovation Award, which is under the patronage of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, was awarded. 128 companies applied for the German Innovation Award in 2025. In a festive atmosphere in Munich, the winners of this year's competition were announced in three categories - start-up, medium-sized and large companies. In the "medium sized" category, ELEMENT 3-5 GmbH was able to convince the jury and was chosen as one of the three most innovative companies in the country. An extraordinary award and at the same time confirmation of the company's innovative strength. In addition to strengthening Germany as a business location and the resilience of European value chains, potential applications of ELEMENT 3-5 technology in quantum technology and artificial intelligence were certainly decisive for the jury's positive vote.
"It's an incredible motivational injection for the entire ELEMENT 3-5 team!" said Dr. Yilmaz Dikme, Director of Technology and inventor of Next Level Epitaxy, celebrating the award. "In today's world, it is important that we build up "new silverware" in Germany – companies that have the potential to rise to the top of the world in their market segments with innovative technology and that create sustainable prosperity! It is nice that this is also seen by a "neutral side" and supported in such a framework," says Dr. Volker Sinhoff, Managing Director of ELEMENT 3-5 GmbH, who is also pleased with the nomination. "Of course, we are in close contact with the specialists in the market. With the nomination among the three most innovative medium-sized companies, our disruptive approach in semiconductor technology is now also becoming more present to the broader public," says Ghassan Barbar, Director of Sales, pleased with the additional level of awareness.
Since ELEMENT 3-5 is also striving for completely new semiconductor materials and combinations as well as innovative component architectures with its novel epitaxy process, it will probably not be the last visit to the stage of the German Innovation Award.
