ThermHex Waben has been named one of the top 100 most innovative companies in Germany.
ThermHex shone in the 29th round of the German competition, Top 100, and has received the coveted Top 100 award, making the honeycomb core specialist from Halle, Saale, one of the most innovative companies in the German SME sector.
The core of the innovation competition is a scientific selection process that the participants undergo. Under the direction of innovation researcher Nikolaus Franke, the companies are examined on the basis of more than 100 indicators in the five categories of innovation-promoting top management, innovation climate, innovative processes and organisation, external orientation/open innovation and innovation success.
The analysis is about the question of whether a company's innovations are just a product of chance or are systematically planned and thus repeatable in the future. Among other things, questions such as "To what extent is a company oriented towards innovation?" or "How consistently do its structures follow this goal?" are examined.
Especially in the category of innovation-promoting top management, the engineering and owner-managed company convinced the jury. Flat hierarchies, short decision-making paths, regular team meetings and an "open-door" policy make it possible to make ground-breaking decisions within the shortest possible time and thus drive innovation forward. In addition, key positions are occupied by technically highly educated people who like to think outside the box.
ThermHex won the award for the first time.
Jochen Pflug, managing director of ThermHex, commented: "I am pleased about the appreciation of our innovative strength. We are constantly working to further optimise our honeycomb cores and production process to produce honeycomb cores that make our customers even more competitive. I am very proud of my team and the award. It is something special to be among the 100 most innovative companies in Germany.”
Based in the plastics processing industry, ThermHex has been producing honeycomb cores made of polypropylene in Halle since 2010.
