RIT Croatia's students win Henkel Innovation Challenge 2014

The Henkel Innovation Challenge is an international innovation competition for students who are invited to create an innovative product or technology for a Henkel brand in 2050 which contributes to sustainable development. The seventh Henkel Innovation Challenge kicked off in September 2013. under the slogan of "Create. Learn. Grow." This competition is about putting theory into practice, being creative, resourceful, and forward-thinking, and being innovative - the same values RIT Croatia believes in.

Our students Daren Perinčić and Dominik Benger won the Croatian finals with their innovative H Design - Taft hair spray idea. Then they travelled to Düsseldorf where they competed with the best student teams from 30 countries all over the world who were invited to submit their innovative and sustainable ideas for the future. The European participating countries were Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia. The Asia-Pacific region provided teams from China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. The North and South America were represented by teams from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and the USA. Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey took part for the first time this year. Our students were the best and won the 1st place!
We are extremely proud to have such students!