Awarded: WAGNER remains a top innovator

February 4, 2025

The WAGNER Group GmbH is one of the most innovative medium-sized companies in Germany and has been awarded the prestigious TOP 100 seal of approval for the second time. This quality seal, which is awarded annually on behalf of compamedia GmbH, honours outstanding achievements in innovation management. The official award ceremony for the TOP 100 of 2025 will take place on 27 June 2025 as part of 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 organization, 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.

“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”, explains Dipl.-Ing. Steffen Springer, Managing Director of WAGNER Group GmbH. “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”.

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.

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