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Success with innovation: WAGNER in TOP 100 again

Ranga Yogeshwar congratulated Markdorf-based J. Wagner GmbH on its success in the TOP 100 innovation contest with a personal video. The science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar acts as a mentor in the 28th edition of the innovation contest. WAGNER was particularly impressive in size class C (more than 200 employees) in the “Innovative Processes and Organization” category. This is now the second time the company has been ranked among the top innovators.

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The two Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) of the WAGNER Industrial Solutions and Decorative Finishing divisions, Dr. Jens Arnoscht (left) and Thomas Jeltsch (right) hold the TOP 100 award on behalf of the employees at J. Wagner GmbH, delighted with the renewed award in 2021.

An extract from the TOP 100 company profile published on the occasion of the award reads:

“This medium-sized company is known as one of the leading manufacturers of systems and equipment for applying powder, paint and other liquid finishings to surfaces. Its portfolio of products ranges from spray guns for do-it-yourself enthusiasts to industrial coating systems. Ever since it was founded in 1947 the company has always striven to innovate and now it has gone several steps further. “With our ‘WINNOVATION 2025’ corporate strategy, we are striving for no less than to be the technological leader in the field of liquid and powder coating”, said CEO Dr. Bruno Niemeyer.

The renewed recognition as a Top 100 innovator in 2021 shows that this aspiration does not just relate to innovative products but is also supported by processes and structures within the company, and not least a culture that has been designed to foster innovation. WAGNER first took part and won an award in 2019, and now its second participation has been crowned with success.

The staff’s commitment to innovation has already borne fruit: including for example a web-based platform that enables the visualization of coating systems. And a new business model is just about to be established with the “IONIQ Skin” project, as the firm has used the know-how gained in industrial wheel-rim coating to develop a skincare spray device called IONIQ ONE, which is currently being launched online to the market.

IONIQ Skincare, a WAGNER corporate start-up, has already this fall won the national Digital Champions Award (DCA) for IONIQ ONE, a sprayer that is unique in the world in its use of the natural physical attraction of the skin to apply a perfect coat of skincare product and sun-protection product on the body. The prize recognizes flagship digital projects from German small and medium enterprises, and awards prizes to companies that implement digital solutions in a particularly consistent and innovative manner, or who have developed new business models. “Along with the Top 100 award, the national Digital Champions Award 2021 is further confirmation of the good work we have done in terms of innovation, something which we at WAGNER can be proud of the world over”, declared the company’s delighted chief executive Bruno Niemeyer

Who is behind the awards?

TOP 100: the contest

Since 1993, compamedia has been awarding the TOP 100 seal of approval to small and medium enterprises that display a particular ability to innovate and above-average success rates for innovations. Since 2002, the scientific lead has been Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke. Franke is the founder and chairman of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. The science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar is the TOP 100 project mentor. The Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research and the German Association of Small and Medium sized Businesses ("BVMW") are partners in the project. Media partners in the comparative study of the companies are the German business publications "manager magazin” and "impulse".
Further information is available at www.top100.de.

DIGITAL CHAMPIONS AWARD 2021

For the Digital Champions Award 2021 (DCA), the German journal Wirtschaftwoche and the telecommunication enterprise Telekom for the sixth time selected the best digitalization projects and solutions to come out of the German small and medium enterprise sector. Under the patronage of Peter Altmaier, Germany’s federal minister for economic affairs and energy at the time the awards were being decided, and with the support of a scientific advisory board consisting of the University of St. Gallen and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the national DCA honors larger and far-reaching digitalization projects.
Further information is available at www.digital-x.eu/de

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