Innovative company of the Ústí Region
Are you innovating? And the media don't write about it? Try it through us!
Every year, we make the most innovative entrepreneurs visible with the Innovation Company of the Ústí Region (IFÚK) awards.
An expert jury evaluates the best innovations in products, services, technologies or processes implemented in companies over the last three years.
We compete in categories: 1. small and medium enterprises including startups and 2. big companies.
It is a special category Professor Jiřina Jílková's award, which appreciates a personality with an extraordinary contribution to the development of the Ústí Region in the field of innovation.
The competition is announced by the Innovation Center of the Ústí Region (ICUK) with the support of the Ústí Region, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University and the ÚK Regional Chamber of Commerce. The professional guarantor of the competition is CzechInvest.
Register innovations or nominate those who are moving our region forward.
CATEGORY
- small and medium enterprises incl. startups
- big companies
- price of Prof. Jiřina Jílkova
RULES
You can find the current conditions and rules for 2025 here here.
JURY
AUSPICES
The governor of the Ústí Region traditionally takes over the patronage of the award.
DECLARATION
The gala evening with the announcement of the winners will take place at the turn of January / February 2026. To be specified.
PRIZES FOR WINNERS
the winner in each category receives:
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50,000 CZK
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publicity in partner media
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the possibility to use the name Innovation firm of the Ústí region for the given year for the logo
IFÚK WINNERS FOR 2024
To the grand finale of the competition 2024 received a total 17 companies:
- BASICGAME sro
- Digital VHS
- Good welder sro
- Drone vision sro
- Good Sailors Ltd.
- HI-LEX Czech, sro
- Hypedigitaly sro
- Chart Ferox as
- Chemstr Šafařík sro
- Jabor pro, sro
- Lutemi LTD & Co.
- Pop up crew sro
- Posedla s.r.o
- Puls Investment Ltd.
- Reframed sro
- SSI Technologies sro
- Timo Ltd.
In thecategoryand large businesses won company Chart Ferocious from Děčín for the development and production of unique containers for storing liquefied hydrogen Jtheir latest the model brings more precise ergonomics, lower weight and larger variability. FROMbins youa key element of the largest planned hydrogen storage facility in EU (Rotterdam) and strengthen the company's position as a global leader in hydrogen technologies.
In the category of small and medium-sized enterprises triumphedand Varnsdorf company She was obsessed., firm producing first in the world 3D printed bicycle saddles completely customized. Jtheir latest the model brings more precise ergonomics, lower weight and larger variability and, like the winner in the large company category, it already does business globally.
This year, the award was announced for the third time – Innovative Personality of the Ústí Region, which is awarded to personalities who have participated in the development of the region in an exceptional way. Extraordinary award Professor Jiřina Jílková took over Filip Molčan – businessman, volunteer ranger of the Bohemian Switzerland National Park and a visionary who has been connecting technological innovations for a long time, sustainability and inclusion of disabled people.
Category BIG companies
CHART FEROX AS
1st place
Small and medium enterprises category
POSEDLA SRO
1st place
THE INNOVATIVE PERSONALITY OF THE ÚSTÉK REGION
FILIP MOLČAN
IFÚK 2024 WINNERS
Martin Mata
director of ICUK
We organize the competition for the most innovative company in our region not only to show how great companies we have here, but also to appreciate the people behind innovation. Those round pegs in square holes who see things differently, as Steve Jobs would say. People who have no respect for the status quo and drive businesses forward. The Innovation Company of the Ústí Region is here for you. And ICUK itself is here for you.
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