BMW Group Asia supports Create2010, Singapore’s inaugural engineering-based competition for students

BMW Group Asia is supporting Create2010, an engineering-based competition, put together by a group of individuals from the creative and engineering industries who call themselves the Creators of Tomorrow.

Create2010 is an annual competition beginning 6 July for youths from 13 to 18 years old. Interested teams have till 15 October 2009 to register.

Mr Magnus Aspegren, Director, Singapore Studio of DesignworksUSA, a subsidiary of BMW Group is a member of the Creators of Tomorrow: "The BMW Group has a heritage for great engineering that is underlined by creativity and vision. This is core to the success of the BMW Group. We see it built into every single vehicle conceived by the BMW Group."

"It is in the spirit of this unique heritage, that we are pleased to support the first Create2010 competition. We want to inspire the Singapore youths to appreciate how engineering plays a huge role in our everyday lives. We also want them to discover that engineering can be a creative pursuit and the thought that goes behind engineering is the foundation of some of the greatest icons in the world."

For the first phase of competition, two teams with the most creative question for Head of BMW Group Design will win a special F1 prize which includes the opportunity to meet the BMW Sauber F1 Team, BMW Sauber F1 premiums, and tickets to attend the Formula One SingTel Singapore Grand Prix 2009.

The grand prize winner, which will be selected by the Creators of Tomorrow on 11 December, will receive an all-expense paid trip to the BMW World in Munich, Germany, to discover the history, development and future of BMW vehicles.

Credits: JRC