The WAGNER Group GmbH, recognised as one of Germany’s most innovative medium-sized companies, has received the prestigious TOP 100 seal of approval for the second consecutive time. This annual award, presented by compamedia GmbH, acknowledges exceptional achievements in innovation management. The official ceremony for the 2025 TOP 100 awards will be held on June 27, 2025, during the German SME Summit in Mainz.
The TOP 100 seal is the only independent, scientifically based award for innovation management in Germany. The assessment is based on a demanding test procedure developed by the Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. It focuses on more than 100 criteria in five categories: Innovation-promoting top management, innovation climate, innovative processes and organisation, external orientation/open innovation, and innovation success.
As a group of companies with approximately 800 employees worldwide, WAGNER Group GmbH competed in the category of the largest medium-sized companies. The consistent implementation of the innovation strategy and the systematic approach to the development of future-oriented technologies are of particular importance to WAGNER. With this new award, WAGNER Group GmbH reaffirms its role as a pioneer in innovative fire protection solutions – demonstrating that sustainable innovation management paves the way for success, even in a dynamic market environment.
“We are delighted to have been awarded the TOP 100 seal again. This award confirms our focus. It underlines the performance of our employees and the success of our corporate strategy WAGNER.2026. Our innovation work is based on a strong team that constantly sets new standards in fire protection with creativity, vision and customer orientation. This award motivates us to further strengthen our innovative power in the future.” – Dipl.-Ing. Steffen Springer, Managing Director, WAGNER Group GmbH
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’s 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.
About WAGNER
“Saving lives, protecting assets and the environment – that is our mission. Since 1976, we have been developing and implementing innovative fire protection solutions to provide our customers and partners with one thing above all else: better solutions in fire protection.” – WAGNER.
WAGNER’s creative and imaginative minds apply in-depth research and development to create products, systems and services that set standards worldwide. The better solution in fire protection through trend-setting technologies.
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