TOP 100 Award: Ranga Yogeshwar honours sera for innovation achievements

Honoured at the German SME Summit: Ranga Yogeshwar congratulates sera GmbH from Immenhausen on being awarded the TOP 100 seal. The award ceremony took place on Friday 27 June in Mainz as part of the German SME Summit for all SMEs that were awarded the TOP 100 seal at the beginning of the year.  The science journalist is mentoring the innovation competition, which is being organised for the 32nd time. In the scientific selection process, sera was particularly convincing in size category C (over 200 employees) in the "External Orientation / Open Innovation" category. sera is one of the top innovators for the third time.

Honoured for innovative strength and future orientation

The sera Group impressed the jury of the innovation competition in all five categories: Innovation-promoting top management, innovation climate, innovative processes and organisation, external orientation/open innovation and innovation success.

"The renewed award as TOP 100 Innovator is a great honour for us and at the same time a confirmation of our continuous efforts in the area of research and development," says Carsten Rahier,

President and Executive Chair of the sera Group. "Innovation is an integral part of our corporate culture and the key to our success."

The sera Group is placing a particular focus on the development of innovative solutions in the field of hydrogen technology. "Hydrogen is an important energy source of the future and we see great potential in this market," says Rahier. "We are proud to make a contribution to the energy transition with our products and services."

The jury also emphasised the promotion of young talents at sera: students write their theses at sera, are involved in development projects and take on responsibility, for example in trainee projects or the annual "sera Social Day" for children and young people. With a trainee ratio of over 12%, sera is well above the industry average. Because innovation needs fresh ideas.

TOP 100 seal as an incentive for the future

Being honoured as a TOP 100 Innovator is both an incentive and an obligation for the sera Group. "We will continue to do everything we can to develop innovative and future-orientated solutions in the future," says Rahier. "Our goal is to continue to be one of the leading companies in our markets."

About TOP 100:

TOP 100 is a renowned innovation competition that has been organised by compamedia since 1993. Prof Dr Nikolaus Franke has been the scientific director since 2002. Mr Franke is an innovation researcher and head of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Ranga Yogeshwar, experienced science journalist, has been mentoring the competition for twelve years. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the SME association BVMW are project partners, while the magazines manager magazin, impulse and ZEIT für Unternehmer act as media partners. Further information on the competition can be found at www.top100.de.

Picture Credits: KD Busch / compamedia