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description: Together with Hunkeler AG, Alphagate GmbH developed the industrial machine design GEN8 EVO – and received the German Design Award for “Excellent Product Design.”
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## German Design Award for GEN8 EVO by Hunkeler

### Concept and design by Alphagate

We at Alphagate are very pleased to have won the German Design Award in the discipline “Excellent Product Design” in the “Industry” category together with Hunkeler!

As part of our collaboration, we had the opportunity to support Hunkeler in the area of user experience. The result is a holistic approach to machine design in the printing industry that unites function, clarity, and aesthetics – a project realized by Alphagate’s industrial design team together with NEOW.

[Read more about the project here](https://www.alphagate.eu/en/hunkeler?hsLang=en)

![Detailed view of the Hunkeler GEN8 EVO module with green LED lighting, which processes paper rolls and is digitally controlled.](https://www.alphagate.eu/hs-fs/hubfs/GEN8-EVO-4.png?width=800&height=450&name=GEN8-EVO-4.png)

From the very beginning, the collaboration was characterized by openness, passion, and the shared goal of creating an operating solution that perfectly combines technical precision and user-friendliness.

We are especially delighted that this commitment has now been recognized with the German Design Award. It demonstrates how powerful the interplay of UX in both the physical and digital realms – in steel and iron as well as in bits and bytes, in UI design as well as in industrial design – can be, and that good design is understood and appreciated.

![Close-up of the Hunkeler GEN8 EVO control console with touch display, showing machine status and progress indicator, with the Separator SE8 and Stacker LS8 in the foreground.](https://www.alphagate.eu/hs-fs/hubfs/GEN8-EVO-3.png?width=800&height=458&name=GEN8-EVO-3.png)

A heartfelt thank-you and congratulations to the team at Hunkeler – especially Daniele Palermo, Matthias Annaheim, Thomas Mazur, Thomas Schürch, and the entire team – for the excellent collaboration and the trust placed in us.

We are proud to have been part of this journey – and look forward to what’s yet to come!

[Click here for the award](https://www.german-design-award.com/en/gallery/detail/industry/gen8-evo)

![Hunkeler GEN8 EVO production system at a trade show, processing large paper rolls with digital high-speed printing.](https://www.alphagate.eu/hs-fs/hubfs/GEN8-EVO-5.png?width=795&height=501&name=GEN8-EVO-5.png)

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