In the competition "Großer Preis des Mittelstandes” (Grand Prix of Small and Medium Business) the evaluation of companies is not only based on business criteria, but on their entirety as company including their role in society. Taking account of the Zedler-Group the award was presented for an innovative business model and the operations management of strongly increasing the owner’s capital share during an enormous growth while binding the employees for many years at the same time.
The Awards Gala of the Oskar-Patzelt-Foundation took place under the motto “Shaping the Future“ on the occasion of the 24th competition for the competing German federal states Baden-Wuerttemberg, Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia. The executive board members of the Oskar-Patzelt-Foundation, Dr. Helfried Schmidt and Petra Troeger, presented the prestigious statue to 14 companies - four of which were presented to companies from Baden-Wuerttemberg. All winners had prevailed over 2,436 competitors which had been nominated in the four competing regions. All in all 4,917 small and medium-sized companies as well as banks and local communities had been nominated for the competition nationwide in 2018.
