On September 3, during the "Silesian Brand" (Marka Śląskie) gala, Artur Pollak, the President of the Management Board of APA Group, received a special award in the Personality of the Year 2022 category. The event was organized by the Regional Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Gliwice together with the Silesian Voivodeship.
The winners of the competition are people and organizations that create a positive image of Silesia with their activities and are ambassadors of the region not only in Poland but also around the world. Wiktor Pawlik, the president of the Chamber, emphasized that to date this title had been awarded to, among others, Professor Marian Zembala, and Wojciech Kilar.
Fot. 1-3 Robert Pilszak, Europerspektywy
This year's winners also include the European Center of Innovative Technologies for the Health of the Silesian University of Technology, Galeria Bielska BWA, Łukasiewicz Research Network, Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy, and the City of Katowice.
Artur Pollak, President of the Management Board of APA Group, Member of the Programme Council of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology and Member of the Management Board of the Polish-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well as Member of the Management Board of the Polish Green Construction Association. Co-founder of the Silesian IoT Cluster SINOTAIC (www.sinotaic.com). Expert in computer control systems. He has led several projects, creating factories termed Industry 4.0 in Europe and China. Creator of the ultramodern technology showroom in Gliwice APA Black House (www.apasmart.pl). Among the clients are such giants of the world industry as: VW, Eisenmann, FIAT, OPEL, 3M, MAN, Amazon, DB Schenker, Tesla, or prestigious technical universities.
He developed and commercialized innovations such as NAZCA and NAZCA 4.0 or the Intelligent Platform for Energy Optimization (IPOE).
