At the Euroblech trade fair in Hanover, Dr.-Ing. Norbert Stein, President and Sole shareholder of Vitronic, presented the Vintec Award 2008 to Guenter Kasper, head of axle production at Daimler. The award was presented after the joint development and installation of a ground-breaking welding concept at the Daimler plant in Mettingen. Welded seams are automatically inspected and optimized using Virowsi, a weld seam inspection system from Vitronic. Since its installation in February 2007 more than 8 million welded seams have been inspected and, if necessary, optimized. After successfully implementing the system on the production line of the CClass, Daimler has also decided to use the unique solution for the new E-Class and with it remains a step ahead of all automobile manufacturers.