ANSMANN receives TOP 100 seal

Top innovator 2023

ANSMANN, a leading provider of battery and charging technology, has received the coveted TOP 100 seal for successful participation in the innovation competition. Only particularly innovative medium-sized companies receive this award. The company was honored for its innovative approaches and in particular for its commitment to numerous research projects.

The innovation team at ANSMANN is currently working on up to five research projects per year. These deal with the automated dismantling of batteries for recycling, the refilling of primary batteries and the use of purely bio-based components in battery housings. ANSMANN is also concerned with the future of work in the name of the digital twin. This involves close cooperation between people and technology in order to create jobs and make optimal use of the capabilities of humans and machines. ANSMANN works with colleges, universities and other companies in consortia supported by German ministries.

“We are very pleased that ANSMANN AG is one of the most innovative companies in Germany. This success encourages and motivates us in the innovation team to work on many different topics that will help secure the future of the company. Digitalization, resource efficiency and the circular economy are particularly in focus.”
_{— Alfred Bergold, in Innovation Management at ANSMANN}

The TOP 100 seal has been awarded to the most innovative companies in Germany since 1993 and is considered an important award for the research and innovation work of companies. The competition is based on a scientific selection process. On behalf of the organizer compamedia, innovation researcher Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and his team examined ANSMANN based on more than 100 criteria in five categories: innovation-promoting top management, innovation climate, innovative processes and organization, external orientation/open innovation and innovation success (further information on the test criteria at www.top100.de/test criteria). The question of whether a company's innovations are random products or are systematically planned and can therefore be repeated in the future is particularly important.

“TOP 100 is about the question of how important the innovation goal is in the company. Do routines and habits dominate, or is the company able to question what already exists, think creatively and in a new way and successfully implement it on the market? We analyse this ability based on more than 100 test criteria.”
_{— Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke, scientific director of the competition}

ANSMANN is proud to be one of the companies that have received this important seal.