KARL STORZ and planeus Win CIBA Success Story of the Year 2026 for Transforming Medical Device Planning

Berlin, Germany – May 2026 – planeus announced today that its joint project with KARL STORZ has been awarded the CIBA Success Story of the Year 2026 at the CBA Aachen – Congress on Business Applications in the category “Empower People and Processes.”

The award recognizes a long-term transformation initiative focused on one of the most complex planning environments in medical device operations: Device Lifetime & Preconditioning.

As manufacturers face growing operational complexity, stricter compliance requirements, and increasing pressure to utilize resources efficiently, planning has become a strategic capability rather than an administrative task. The joint project between KARL STORZ and planeus demonstrates how modern planning systems can help organizations move beyond manual coordination and disconnected tools toward more transparent, scalable, and resilient operations.

Within Device Lifetime & Preconditioning, planning involves coordinating hundreds of validation cycles, sterilization equipment, machines, personnel, documentation, and regulatory requirements such as MDR and FDA compliance. Together, KARL STORZ and planeus established a comprehensive planning environment that helps teams manage this complexity with greater visibility, reliability, and operational control.

The solution delivers:

• Automated cycle planning across validation processes
• Intelligent utilization planning for sterilization equipment
• Integrated planning of equipment, machines, and personnel
• End-to-end visibility across projects, resources, and progress
• A scalable foundation for compliant operations

The project reflects a broader trend visible across this year’s CIBA award winners: successful industrial transformation is not driven by technology alone, but by empowering people with better systems, better visibility, and better decision-making capabilities.

“One of the most important lessons from this project is that operational excellence starts with the people closest to the process,” said Sunny Mak from planeus’s International Team. “Technology can automate tasks and surface insights, but meaningful transformation happens when experienced teams are given the tools to make better decisions. We are especially grateful for the trust KARL STORZ placed in us throughout this journey.”

The award was presented alongside other leading industrial digitalization initiatives from Bosch, Jungheinrich AG, Flender, Fronius, CLAAS, and Rhein-Nadel Automation.
For planeus, the recognition reinforces a belief that is becoming increasingly relevant across manufacturing: the future belongs not to organizations that simply deploy new technologies, but to those that successfully turn operational expertise into scalable systems that empower people, improve decisions, and continuously adapt to change.

About KARL STORZ
KARL STORZ is a leading manufacturer of endoscopes, surgical instruments, and operating room integration systems. Through continuous innovation and close collaboration with healthcare professionals worldwide, KARL STORZ develops solutions that support medical excellence across a wide range of clinical applications.

About planeus
planeus, an innovative leader in new generation planning and control, helps organizations gain future-oriented visibility, coordinate resources with agility, and make proactive decisions across manufacturing, prototyping, laboratory, and testing environments. Developed by industrial engineers and system architects, the cloud-based platform combines automated conflict detection, self-generating Gantt charts, and predictive KPI dashboards to streamline even the most complex operations and real-world planning constraints.
Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, planeus serves businesses across a wide range of industries worldwide. For more information, visit: planeus-solutions.com

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