Kanthal has won the prestigious E-prize in the category energy optimization for its technology that helps companies and industries to transform to a fossil-free production. Organized by Sweden’s largest business newspaper together with the energy group E.ON, the prize is awarded to the sharpest innovations for the sixteenth year in a row.
The jury’s motivation read: With a ninety-year-old invention combined with a modern and innovative approach, this year’s winner is paving the way for a fossil-free industry through the electrification of high-temperature processes. Natural gas is replaced with efficient electric heating in industrial applications, enabling fossil-free production processes that improve both the environment and working conditions. The company is a global pioneer and a key player in sustainable industrial electrification, contributing to the production of fossil-free steel and the sustainable manufacturing of solar cells and batteries.
“We are very proud that the jury chose us and our technology for this prize. With our technology, industries around the world such as steel, battery, semiconductor, and glass can use electricity instead of fossil fuels,” says Robert Ståhl, president of Kanthal.