When applying for the award as one of the 100 most innovative medium-sized companies in Germany, the WAGNER Group GmbH was able to convince the scientific jury of its above-average innovative ability, particularly in the category "Innovation-promoting top management".
The company was honored for its innovative strength with the TOP100 Award at the ceremonial award ceremony in Augsburg on June 23. The award was presented by Ranga Yogeshwar - the science journalist who is the mentor of the competition.
TOP 100 seal
The TOP 100 seal is the only independent, scientific award for innovation management in Germany and is being awarded for the 30th time this year.
A scientific jury of experts evaluates the innovative strength based on more than 100 test criteria in the five categories of innovation-promoting top management, innovation climate, innovative processes and organization, external orientation/open innovation, and innovation success. Future viability on the market is also an important decision criterion for awarding the award.
holistic fire protection solutions
With more than 700 patents, the group is one of the technology pioneers in the field of fire detection
WAGNER has been developing and implementing holistic fire protection solutions since 1976 and has established itself as an innovative solution and system provider with around 700 employees at 22 locations in 14 countries worldwide.
With more than 700 patents, the group is one of the technology pioneers in the field of fire detection and fire prevention.
innovation management
However, when evaluating innovation management, it is not so much the innovative products and system solutions that count; rather, the focus on innovative processes, open innovation, and innovation promotion and climate are crucial.
In the WAGER Group's results, the area of "innovation-promoting top management" stood out with the top grade of A+ and - with another top rating - the area of "innovative processes and organization".
Innovation & Knowledge
Dipl.-Ing. Torsten Wagner, Managing Director and shareholder of the GmbH was visibly pleased after receiving the award, "When developing our current corporate strategy a few years ago, we gave the area of innovation a high priority by establishing the "Innovation & Knowledge" staff unit and anchored it in our goals."
"We can now see that this has already borne numerous fruits, both in terms of our processes and our innovative fire protection solutions. I would like to briefly quote from the jury's evaluation here: 'The current innovation balance shows that the WAGNER Group GmbH is a company that takes the topic of innovation seriously. The differences to the "average" medium-sized company are large and noticeable.'"
energy efficiency and sustainability
"This is not only me and my colleagues from the management but the entire #teamWAGNER. But it is no reason for us to rest on our laurels. On the contrary: We continue to focus on the task of maintaining our technological and innovation leadership and constantly developing ourselves further."
"We want to play an active role in shaping the rapid changes brought about by increasing digitalization, automation, new technologies, energy efficiency, and sustainability. We still see some potential that we want to exploit for ourselves - but above all for the benefit of our customers and the environment. In this way, we will continue to offer the better solution in fire protection in the long term."
