German general contractor WITRON Logistik + Informatik GmbH has received a Bavarian award for small and medium-sized companies in 2016, awarded by the European Business Forum.
Managing directors Helmut Prieschenk and Christian Dietl received the 'Pillar of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Award', as well as the prize in the 'Services' category, from Financial State Secretary Albert Fueracker. The award ceremony was accompanied by an evening gala, held at the Maximilianeum in Munich.
The prize for small and medium-sized companies is awarded to honour extraordinary entrepreneurial creativeness and to present the company’s outstanding work to the public. In his laudatory speech, Fueracker honoured the particular economic achievements of the company from Parkstein as an employer and for the people of the region.
Under the patronage of the president of the Bavarian Parliament, Barbara Stamm, and Minister of State Ilse Aigner, small and medium-sized companies from Bavaria were honoured for the tenth time for special achievements in the category of trade, crafts, services and manufacturing trade. Competitors were judged on achievements in the field of customer service, personnel policy, resource conservation, innovation and the future, and global reach, as well as social and corporate commitment.
The jury is composed of former award winners, as well as personalities from industry, politics, science, trade associations and the media.
"We are very proud and extremely happy to receive this honour," said WITRON CEO Helmut Prieschenk. “First and foremost, because it honours the extraordinary teamwork of our 2,400 employees in an oftentimes very challenging project business and emphasises the loyalty of our long-standing customers who, in the end, are a crucial factor for this success. Secondly, because it is a special appreciation for the lifetime achievements of our company founder, Walter Winkler and his wife, who were successful in establishing a unique and prosperous family business over the past 45 years.”
Christian Dietl, CEO of WITRON Services regarded this honour as "a great award for the impressive development WITRON has taken in the past [few] decades”.
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