TPT September 2015

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Major innovation award for Ernst Blissenbach at SME Summit

German SME summit in Essen provided the setting for the ceremony. Ernst Blissenbach GmbH – Germany Email: info@blissenbach.de Website: www.blissenbach.de

This year, Professor Franke reviewed more applicants than ever before, with 234 out of 302 qualifying companies making it into the final. After the finalists had been split into three size categories, 178 were awarded the accolade. The

ERNST Blissenbach GmbH has been honoured as one of Germany’s most innovative SMEs at the German SME Summit in Essen. The company joined an exclusive group of prize-winners stretching back over more than 20 years as Top 100 mentor Ranga Yogeshwar awarded it the Top 100 award. The award to Ernst Blissenbach is the outcome of a two-stage analytical procedure by a team of research scientists. Ernst Blissenbach develops systems that enable pipes to be produced with particularly smooth internal surfaces, while offering maximum reliability for demanding pipe production processes. The company scored particularly well in the Top 100 competition’s Innovations Marketing category. Its engineers work together with customers to develop tangible solutions and to exchange ideas and information on best practice in joint workshops. This enables the company to check at an early stage whether its innovation projects are feasible and to react swiftly to the needs of the market. Plenty of inspiration for new products also comes from within the company. Managing director Ernst Blissenbach encourages his 15 employees to think outside the box and places particular emphasis on a no-blame culture. As a result, there is a constant stream of innovative products. “Generating good ideas and imple- menting them quickly is an important competitive factor for us,” commented Mr Blissenbach. “This is why we invest a lot of time and money into managing innovation. In doing so, we are relying on the creativity and inventiveness of all of our employees. I should like to extend my heartfelt thanks to them for helping us win this Top 100 award.” The Top 100 accolade is awarded on the basis of a two-stage analysis developed by Nikolaus Franke, professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and his team. The research scientists use more than 100 parameters in five separate categories to investigate how SMEs generate successful innovations. The decision as to which companies receive the Top 100 award lies exclusively with the academic coordinators of the project.

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