Techcellence Awards recognizes digital transformation, sustainability and innovation leaders from the Siemens community.

Siemens Digital Industries Software has announced the winners of its second annual Techcellence Awards. Introduced in 2024 and continuing at Realize LIVE Americas 2025 in Detroit, the Techcellence Awards recognize companies and individuals contributing to digital transformation, sustainability, and knowledge sharing within the Siemens community. Winners receive VIP attendance passes for Realize LIVE 2026, scheduled for June 2026 in Detroit.
The Sustainability Impact award recognizes an organization that has applied Siemens technologies to support sustainability goals. This includes implementing decarbonization and energy efficiency practices with measurable results across Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol Emissions Scopes 1, 2, and 3.
Siemens announces BorgWarner Inc., headquartered in Auburn Hills, MI, as the recipient of the 2025 Sustainability Impact Award. BorgWarner develops and manufactures components and systems used by major automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide. The company is advancing electrified mobility while continuing to support technologies that improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. Its portfolio includes solutions for electric, hybrid, and combustion vehicles. BorgWarner has set a goal to achieve carbon neutrality in its operations by 2035.
The Digital Transformation award recognizes a sustainable digital enterprise that fully integrates digital technologies while driving transformation in new and innovative ways to achieve digital objectives and streamline processes faster, easier and at scale. Siemens celebrates this organization for a clear strategic vision for digital transformation by using Siemens’ solutions and aligning technology initiatives with long-term goals and objectives.
SENAI is Latin America’s largest professional and technological education institution, training over 2.3 million workers annually. SENAI-ISI demonstrated a clear strategic vision for digital transformation through their leadership in the Techub project, a pioneering initiative focused on the smart manufacturing of lithium batteries in Brazil. Their vision is evident in the alignment of current initiatives with long-term goals of building a closed-loop, digitally enabled manufacturing ecosystem and the establishment of the first national lithium battery production line, enabling the local manufacturing of 140 battery units (12V and 48V) for hybrid electric vehicles.
The Community Champion award recognizes an individual who has gone above and beyond by sharing his or her expertise with Siemens technology. The Siemens community champion exhibits exemplary community leadership through their substantial public contributions. This award honors an individual who helps peers by sharing their knowledge by providing answers, speaking at events and creating publications while championing Siemens products and providing valuable feedback and insight to make the products better. The Siemens community champion exhibits exemplary community leadership through their substantial public contributions.
Peter Mendez, Solution Architect at General Atomics, is a Mendix Solution Architect and part of the Mendix Pioneer Program. He has been programming since 1996 in various languages like Java, C#, Javascript, Python and G-Code and is a top-contributor in the Mendix community, offering perspectives and advice to other customers.
The Innovation Leader award recognizes Siemens customers who apply creative approaches to improve their products, processes, or operations. These customers use Siemens technologies to support progress within their organizations and industries.
Sibo Chou, Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman, pioneered the integration of Siemens’ Process Simulate with motion capture technology to create the Highly Immersive Virtual Environment (HIVE), enabling engineers to conduct early feasibility assessments and sustainability-focused designs in a virtual setting, before any physical production begins. Chou collaborated with Siemens to enhance the fidelity of motion simulations, allowing for more accurate and realistic virtual prototyping. The deployment of HIVE across Northrop Grumman has led to significant improvements in product development processes. Engineers can now identify design issues such as reaching limitations and tooling requirements early in the development cycle, reducing time to market and minimizing costly rework.
Finalists and winners for Techcellence Europe will be announced at Realize LIVE Europe, held in Amsterdam, June 30 to July 2. To learn more about the 2025 finalists and winners of the Techcellence Awards and how to nominate for 2026, visit events.sw.siemens.com/en-US/realizelive/techcellence-awards.
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