Our sister company EGA Solutions has been the winner of the Quality Innovation Award at the international level for the Micro & Startup Companies innovation category.
A total of 561 international applications were submitted for the 2021 edition, from 19 countries (including Sweden, Israel, China, India, Russia, Czech Republic, etc.). After the national and international selection and assessment processes, there were finally 8 Award winners, one of them being EGA Solutions.
The innovative practice presented by EGA Solutions and developed for ITP Aero (Rolls-Royce group), has consisted on a comprehensive traceability solution in the machining assembly process of aircraft engine parts, deploying a scalable, flexible and sustainable technological ecosystem, from the point of view of its operation and its economic efficiency.
This solution, in addition, is replicable and / or scalable for other potential clients in sectors such as the automotive, wind or railway sectors, sectors that have already become interested in this novel system that seeks a drastic reduction of the so-called non-quality costs with an ROI (return on investment) of 4 months in the case of ITP Aero.
The jury has expressed that the innovative project presented by EGA Solutions complies in a very outstanding way, with the six characteristics that were valued: novelty, sustainability, usefulness, learning, customer orientation and effectiveness.
A competition to encourage innovation
The QIA is a competition created by Laatukeskus Excellence Finland in 2007, with the aim of enhancing the emergence and development of sustainable product, process, and organizational innovations.
This year Russia is the host country for the international awards event, that will be held in April. Specifically at the Central Hall MPEI in Moscow, as part of the events organized by the Russian Organization for Quality (BOK).