Awards
J. Schmalz GmbH has been awarded repeatedly for its manifold commitment. The engagement covers the commitment for a healthy environment, a excellent working atmosphere and mentions for different innovations.
Axia Award (2010)
The consulting and auditing company has honored medium-sized companies for sustainable and successful economic management for the last three years. Winners are honored with the Axia Award. The ancient Greek term "axia" means worth, ability and success, and combines key aspects of the work and challenges of medium-sized companies. The Axia Award 2009 placed a particular focus on the success factors of sustainable business management in unstable times.
Excellent Knowledge Organisation (2009)
The “Fit für den Wissenswettbewerb” initiative (“Ready for the Knowledge Competition”) has awarded J. Schmalz GmbH the prize for exemplary knowledge management in small to medium-sized businesses. The prize was presented by Georg Bröhl, Assistant Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The goal of the competition is to accomplish a lasting transfer of the tools and methods of knowledge management into the operations of small and medium-sized businesses by way of concrete examples.
365 Orte im Land der Ideen [365 Places in the Land of Ideas] (2009)
For its ecological guided tour Schmalz received the award „Ausgewählter Ort 2009“ [Selected place 2009]. This price is awarded once a year from the initiator „Deutschland – Land der Ideen“ [Germany- Land of ideas]. An independent Jury selected the ecological guided tour out of more than 2,000 applications.
Great Place to Work (2009)
The “Great Place to Work® Institute Deutschland” published the rankings for “Germany's Best Employers” of 2009. J. Schmalz GmbH, with its 451 employees located throughout Germany, earned an excellent ranking among the Top 50 in the category for “companies with 50-500 employees”. In the overall field of participants, and therefore in comparison to well-known “large companies with more than 5,000 employees” and companies with “501 to 5,000 employees”, the company in Glatten occupies a respectable position in the top 100. This is the second time since 2004 that Schmalz has achieved an above-average placing in the competition.
Social dedicated (2008)
The prize for sozial responsibility in Baden-Württemberg/Germany awards voluntary, social engagement of small and medium-sized companies.
European Solar Prize 2007
The award of the European Solar Prize 2007 in the category "Owners or operators of systems for utilisation of renewable energy" honours the company's great and successful efforts to become a "positive-energy company".
The prize, which was received by the managing directors Dr. Kurt Schmalz and Wolfgang Schmalz at a ceremony in Berlin on 29.11.2007, is regarded by the two brothers as a special confirmation of their strategic aim of sustainable business practices.
Dr-Rudolf-Eberle-Prize (2005)
The vacuum specialists J. Schmalz GmbH, D-72293 Glatten, recently entered their innovative and compact vacuum generator "X-Pump" for the innovation prize of the state of Baden-Württemberg, the "Dr.-Rudolf-Eberle-Preis 2006". Schmalz made it to the final round.
The vacuum generator X-Pump is an integrated ejector system with all necessary suction, blow-off and control functions which has a very high suction capacity while consuming far less compressed air than other devices of this type.
The X-Pump fully complied with the competition categories "technical progress", "special business performance" and "economical success".
Ethics in Business (2005)
With this prize, the jury under the chairmanship of Dr. Volker Hauff, Chairman of the Council for Sustained Development, recognised both the exemplary social commitment and the enormous ecological dedication of the company Schmalz. The members of the jury emphasised explicitly that the company has impressively proved that systematic management on the basis of ecologically and socially responsible business practices is not only possible, but also results in business success.
The vacuum-technology specialists J. Schmalz GmbH convinced the jury in all respects and was thus the winner of the inspections and discussions. For this, the company received the "German Prize for Business Ethics" from the hands of the patron, Ulrich Wickert.
Ecological Manager of the Year (2004)
Dr. Kurt Schmalz and Wolfgang Schmalz, both managing directors of the medium-sized company J. Schmalz GmbH, received the prize "Ecological Manager 2004". With this prize the initiators, the magazine CAPITAL and the environmental foundation WWF Deutschland, reward the excellent efforts of all employees and the management of J. Schmalz GmbH in the area of environmental protection in the company.
The prize "Ecological Manager" has three categories, for large companies, medium-sized companies and special prizes. It is the highest national award for environmental protection in business. Candidates for the prize cannot apply for it; they have to be proposed by other organisations. In this case, the BDI (Federal Association of German Industry) nominated Dr. Kurt Schmalz and Wolfgang Schmalz who, with their company J. Schmalz GmbH, have already received the BDI Environmental Prize and the European Green Week Award in 2004.
The prize "Ecological Manager" must be regarded as the "crown" of the internationally awarded prizes for protection of the environment, since one of its initiators, the WWF, is the largest private organisations for protection of nature and the environment in the world. The award of the environmental prize "Ecological Manager 2004" to J. Schmalz GmbH is the reward for an exemplary ecological initiative at all levels of the company which is almost unique among the medium-sized companies in Germany. The driving forces behind this initiative are the two managing directors, Dr. Kurt Schmalz and Wolfgang Schmalz, who are supported enthusiastically by all of their employees.
Great Place to Work in Europe (2004)
The best 100 employers in Europe in 2004 were presented in London by the Great Place to Work® Institute Europe in cooperation with the FINANCIAL TIMES. Each of the successful companies received the quality seal of the competition "Best employers in Europe 2004".
In a field of almost 1000 entrants, Schmalz reached a position in the best 100 companies in Europe (the organisation did not publish a list of the actual positions).
Deutschlands beste Arbeitgeber [Great Place to Work in Germany] (2004)
The economics magazine Capital carried out a survey to find "Germany's Best Employer". Based on the American "Great Place To Work", this contest resulted in a ranking of the 50 most attractive German employers. All of these companies are automatically qualified to take part in the European competition for the award.
A total of 107 companies, including many well-known large companies, from many different sectors of industry participated in the German contest 2004. The companies and their managers were evaluated on the basis of a questionnaire filled out by their employees which included aspects such as "Credibility", "Respect", "Fairness", "Pride" and "Team orientation" and a supplementary "culture audit" with the managers with personnel responsibilities. The two parts were weighted in the ratio 2:1, which meant that the employees' vote was predominant.
The employees of J. Schmalz GmbH in Glatten rated their company in the written questionnaire as a "very good place to work". The relationship between staff and management, a partnership with mutual trust, was regarded very positively. In this area, the company lay far above the average rating of the other "Top 50 Employers" in the competition. The employees also believe that the management runs the company competently and value the friendly working atmosphere evidenced, amongst other things, by the ready acceptance of new staff members and the many shared leisure activities offered by the company.
In the ranking list "Germany's Best Employer 2004", J. Schmalz GmbH took an excellent seventh place and thus beat such well-known large companies as Sick, Ford or Hugo Boss. The winner of the contest was Microsoft Germany.
Environmental prize and Green Week-Award (2004)
Schmalz was rewarded for it efforts in environmental protection with two internationally renowned awards. In Germany with the Environmental prize of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e. V. [Federation of German Industry] and in Europe with the Green Week Award.
Environmental prize for companies (2000)
For its exemplary activities for environmental protection, Schmalz received a environmental prize for companies in Baden-Württemberg (Germany) in the section industry. Initiator of the prize is the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for the Environment.
