The development and market introduction of the Hi-Bar Oyster Filter for filtration and excellent purification of finest particulate systems and hot and pressurized suspensions convinced the jury. At production of PTA the Hi-Bar Oyster Filter allows new process solutions. With the Oyster Filter technology of BOKELA the purification of PTA by filtration and washing replaces the conventional multi-step process by a one-step process with significantly reduced energy and wash liquor consumption and improved product purity.
The renowned Dr.-Rudolf-Eberle-Award appreciates medium-sized companies for developing and successfully marketing outstanding innovations. BOKELA received this Innovation Award for the first time in 1998.
In September 2005 BOKELA was awarded by BMA for the cooperation which enabled BMA a successful and valuable knowledge and technology transfer between two different sites of BMA.
In March 1999 BOKELA was honoured by the German Federal President Roman Herzog during a reception in the president's residence Castle Bellevue as one of the 30 most successful "Science-Spin-off" companies of Germany.
In 1998, BOKELA was awarded the Innovation Award of Baden-Württemberg, the Dr.-Rudolf-Eberle-Preis, for the development and the successful market introduction of the High Performance Disc Filter Type "Boozer"