26 June 2025 - 3 min read

Data4Industry-X Awarded BAIDATA Excellence 2025

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Data4Industry-X Awarded BAIDATA Excellence 2025 for Advancing Interoperability of Industrial Data Spaces

 

Bilbao, Spain - June 26, 2025 — Data4Industry-X, the trusted Industry Data Space solution, has been awarded the BAIDATA Excellence Award 2025 in the category “Deployment of Innovative Pilots and Use Cases”, by BAIDATA, the Spanish Association for the development of data sovereignty and data economy in the Iberian Peninsula. 


This recognition highlights the comprehensive achievement made by Dawex, Schneider Electric, Valeo, CEA, and Prosyst in demonstrating with Data4Industry-X solution, the first international interoperability of data spaces for the exchange of digital product passport information, as showcased at Hannover Messe, in April 2025 on Plattform Industrie 4.0. stand.


This award underlines the French technology and industry excellence in fostering seamless, cross-border interoperability of industrial data spaces, and the impact of Data4Industry-X solution in advancing the development of federated, sovereign and interoperable data spaces, accelerating the adoption of trusted data exchanges across Europe’s industrial sectors.

Supporting the Manufacturing-X ambition to create a compelling and sustainable global industry ecosystem, Data4Industry-X offers the most flexible and advanced industry data space solution, implementing the Gaia-X de facto standard, leveraging Gaia-X Digital Clearing House compliance services, interfacing with the OPC-UA protocol and Data Space protocol, supporting Open API formats and Asset Administration Shell data models, and integrating with decentralized connectors

Data4Industry–X relies on Dawex Industry Data Space solution, Schneider Electric and Prosyst building blocks on data continuum from the IIoT Box to the data space, on the CEA-List technology development towards the decentralization of data spaces, and on Valeo use cases development leveraging data using AI for the forecasting and reduction of CO2 emissions around the world, 

"This BAIDATA Excellence Award demonstrates the importance of interoperability as a key enabler for the future of industrial data spaces," said Laurent Lafaye, Dawex co-CEO. "The Data4Industry-X solution exemplifies how digital ecosystems can unite SMEs and large enterprises to boost operational efficiency across the industrial landscape.”

The award was presented during the IV BAIDATA Forum on June 26, 2025, at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao, Spain, as part of the Spanish Digital Week 2025.

Data4Industry-X is supported by the French government’s France 2030 initiative, the European program Next Generation and endorsed by the AIF - Alliance pour l’industrie du futur.

 

About Dawex

Dawex is the leader in Data Exchange solutions to distribute or share data products, with trust, security, traceability and in compliance with data regulations. With Dawex Data Exchange technology, organizations create data ecosystems such as Corporate Data Hubs, Data Marketplaces and Industry Data Spaces to improve competitiveness, market efficiency and value chain resilience. At the invitation of the United Nations, Dawex joins the Data Expert group of the United Nations Environment Program. Awarded Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, Dawex is also the initiator of an international standardization program on Trusted Data Transaction. Created in 2015, Dawex is headquartered in France, expanding business operations to Europe, Asia, North America and the Middle East.

 

Press Contact: 

Isabelle Joulot - Vice President Communications & Marketing

press @ dawex.com

 

About Schneider Electric
Schneider’s purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On. Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency. We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries. We are the most local of global companies. We are advocates of open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about our shared Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values.  www.se.com

About Valeo
Valeo is a technology company and partner to all automakers and new mobility players worldwide. Valeo innovates to make mobility safer, smarter and more sustainable. Valeo enjoys technological and industrial leadership in electrification, driving assistance systems, reinvention of the interior experience and lighting everywhere. These four areas, vital to the transformation of mobility, are the Group's growth drivers. Valeo in figures:  21.5 billion euros in sales in 2024 | 106,100 employees, 28 countries, 155 plants, 64 research and development centers and 19 distribution platforms at February 28, 2025. Valeo is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange. Learn more at www.valeo.com

About CEA-List
The CEA-List, based in Paris-Saclay and Grenoble, is a CEA technology research institute dedicated to intelligent digital systems. From artificial intelligence to digital trust, its research applies to a wide range of fields, from the industry of the future to digital health, contributing to the industrial competitiveness of its partners through innovation and technology transfer. CEA-List has been a "Carnot Institute" since 2006. Learn more: https://www.cea.fr/english

About Prosyst
Prosyst develops and markets innovative solutions (hardware and software) stimming from its strong commitment in Research and Development and offers global approaches for design, setup, simulation, data collect and management, diagnosis and performance, to support its customers all along the automated systems life cycle. Prosyst addresses all sectors of activity and counts among others, clients like Stellantis, Renault, SNCF, EDF, Naval Group, … Learn more: https://www.prosyst.fr/