Bavaria’s state secretary for economic affairs, Franz Josef Pschierer (far right), presented the Bavarian Energy Award to Ewald Schindlbeck, president of WACKER POLYSILICON (far left), and to Werner Klenk (left) and Claus Burkhardt, both from the energy technology company Burkhardt. Munich-based WACKER received the award for its highly efficient polysilicon production (photo: Bayern Innovativ).