Date: 01.10.2021
BEULCO among the TOP 100
At the official award ceremony in Frankfurt am Main, all SMEs that were awarded the TOP 100 seal at the beginning of the year were honored. The science journalist accompanies the innovation competition, which is being held for the 29th time, as a mentor.
In the scientific selection process, BEULCO was particularly convincing in size category B (51 to 200 employees) in the "Innovative processes and organization" category. This is the second time that the company has been one of the top innovators. Representatives from management and marketing accepted the award on behalf of the entire workforce.
From civil engineering to water meters and taps: Beulco develops and manufactures products and systems for drinking water distribution. The two-time top innovator is also involved in the digitalization of drinking water supply and the disinfection of drinking water systems. In the past two years, the company has made a leap in turnover and restructured its organization due to many new product ideas.
"We now work in parallel with two operating systems: hierarchical and agile," explains Managing Director Jürgen Christian Schütz. In recent months, all employees have been trained in the use of agile methods such as design thinking at open space events.
"So far, we have tried out the new process on topics such as value culture and communication, but now we also want to implement the agile idea from a business perspective, for example in our digital projects," adds shareholder Axel Beul. Two product and project managers have also been hired for innovation management to keep the threads together.
Since 1993, compamedia has been awarding the TOP 100 seal for special innovative strength and above-average innovation success to medium-sized companies. The scientific management has been in the hands of Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke since 2002.
Franke is the founder and director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. The mentor of TOP 100 is the science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar. Project partners are the Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research and the BVMW. Manager Magazin and Impulse accompany the company comparison as media partners.