On 15 October, during the Autumn Forum organised by AIM-Germany, the trade association for automatic identification, data capture and mobile data communication, the prestigious ‘Richard Dilling Prize’ was awarded to Heinrich Oehlmann. Board members Frithjof Walk and Wolfgang Weber presented the award on behalf of AIM-Global, the prize’s sponsor.

The “Richard Dilling Prize” is awarded by AIM-Global to executives, scientists and engineers whose outstanding achievements have significantly driven the growth of the industry.

In his laudatory speech, Wolfgang Weber outlined the professional achievements of Heinrich Oehlmann, whose contributions have had a lasting impact on the development of solutions and standards for the use of barcodes and RFID in industry, retail and healthcare – right up to the current “Digital Product Passport”. The participants at the AIM Forum honoured the prize-winner with a round of applause.