Würth Future Champion Award 2014
Künzelsau / Schwäbisch Hall 30/01/2014 - The Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG awarded the € 10,000 prize for the Würth Future Champion Award at the Summit of World Leaders event. This award, provided by the assembly and fastening material specialist, is given to a rapid and sustainably growing medium-sized international German company which has risen to the top in recent years. ecom instruments GmbH, Assamstadt (Baden-Württemberg) was selected by a panel to receive this prestigious award. Ecom instruments are a certified manufacturer of mobile industrial equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres such as in the chemical and petrochemical industry, pharmacy, in the oil and natural gas production or mining.
Robert Friedmann, Chairmen of the Board of the Würth Group, presented the award to Rolf Nied (Managing Director), Sandro Nied (Member of the Executive Board, Head of Product Management) and Christian Uhl (Director Marketing).
The Würth Future Champion Award
The Würth Future Champion Award was given at the Summit of the World Market Leaders in Schwäbisch Hall, where CEOs and representatives of top companies with economic experts, as well as representatives from science and politics, come together to discuss the challenges world leaders must confront. The prize is awarded by the Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG and is endowed with € 10,000. It is aimed at young and dynamic industrial enterprises, that work with high level engineering in their respective market segments, thereby following in the footsteps of the established German world market leader. The definition of the prize winner is carried out by a panel, which is composed as follows: Prof. Dr. Bernd Venohr (management expert and Chairman of the panel), Robert Friedmann (Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Würth Group), Dr. Walter Döring (former Minister of Economic Affairs Baden-Württemberg), Roland Tichy (Chief editor of WirtschaftsWoche).