The German Design Award is the international premium prize of the German Design Council. Its goal: discovering, presenting and awarding unique design trends. Every year, top-quality submissions from product and communications design are reviewed and those which are ground-breaking in the international design landscape are given design awards. The German Design Award, started in 2012, is already one of the best-known design competitions in the world and is held in high regard well beyond professional circles.​

The LAQUAtwin pocket water quality meter gets special mention under the Excellent Product Design – Industry category while theLAQUA F-70 Series benchtop water quality instrument is a nominee also in the Excellent Product Design – Industry category.