Who can enter the competition
Designers, builders, manufacturers, as well as importers and constructors may participate in the 2012 EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM AWARD Industrial Design & Engineering. All products which have been marketed or produced in Europe on or after 1 January 2010 and which are covered by one of the specified categories may apply. This means that also import products produced abroad and marketed in Europe on or after 1 January 2010 are invited to enter. Each product may only enter in one category. 
The 2012 EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM AWARD Industrial Design & Engineering shall be awarded to products in which aluminium is applied in a useful and innovative manner.
The following criteria shall be taken into account in the assessment of the entries:
- Originality and functionality of the use of the materials: the degree to which the metal aluminium is used in an original and useful manner
- Functionality of the product: the degree to which the part meets both its primary user function and its technological function, as a result of use of materials, construction and any ergonomical adjustments
- Design: the degree to which the design as a whole reaches a harmonic unity or a solution - by the construction of the design and the details of the shape, all this in relation to the material used
- Durability: in relation to Life Cycle Costs
- Recycling: the possibility to recycle the applied materials and the raw materials used
- Representativity and promotional value for aluminium
- The designs must have been taken into production
- Products or projects must be entered at one's own initiative
ENTER AND WIN!
Products must be registered at one’s own initiative by 1 July 2012 at the latest. Regulations and registration forms for the EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM AWARD 2012 can be downloaded here:
- ENTRY FORM EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM AWARD 2012 (PDF)
- ENTRY FORM EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM AWARD 2012 (Online)
- EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM AWARD RULES AND REGULATIONS 2012 (PDF)
