Recognised as a Powerhouse for New Ideas

Ranga Yogeshwar honors the most innovative medium-size companies / Bartec (Germany) in Bad Mergentheim is among the “Top 100”

Ranga Yogeshwar presented them with the “Top 100” award on June 22 in Friedrichshafen. In 2012, Bartec, headquartered in Bad Mergentheim/Germany, has been recognised in this group for the second time.

Bartec's name is a synonym for safety and explosion protection. The company is a specialist provider of industrial safety technology worldwide for use in potentially explosive areas. The products and solutions from the corporate group are used wherever there are explosive conditions due to dangerous materials such as flammable liquids, gases and dusts. They prevent the conditions that would lead to an explosion and ensure the safety of people and the environment. With continuous further development of its product and service portfolio, the company relies on a combination of both new and proven techniques.

In around 40 of Bartec's larger projects per year the company is called upon to come up with entirely new developments. One example is the new features developed for mobile computers, which offer effective explosion protection within industrial facilities. Another is Bartec’s development of the first heating cable free of toxic substances for heating pipelines. Appelt sees a big competitive advantage in the balanced proportion of state-of-the-art technologies available to the customer paired with genuine new developments.

Prof. Nikolaus Franke and his team from the Vienna University of Economics and Business have examined innovation management at 281 medium-size companies. The best of them receive the “Top 100” seal of approval. Dr. Appelt of Bartec is happy about the award and emphasises the team effort: “I regard the seal of approval as an award for our employees. Their enthusiasm and effort are the number one factor in our innovation. At the same time, we have established the right environment for this creativity to productively unfold. Both of them together make us successful.”