The German Association of Engineers (VDI) has recently conferred this year's Innovation Award to Automatik Plastic Machinery for its new Sphero underwater pellettizing system. The company will officially launch the product at K 2010 even if eleven orders have been already signed ahead of time. At the German kermesse the company will display the Sphero 560, which extends the operating range of the Sphero family up to 32 tons/hour.