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AWARD CEREMONIES
An anniversary year with l
Oskar Patzelt Foundation awards SCHERDEL the
Vision and enthusiasm – T here were many reasons for
book portrays Walter SCHERDEL to celebrate during its
Bach’s accomplishments anniversary year. The SCHERDEL-
Group not only looked back proudly on
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its achievements over the past 125
years, but the company, including rele-
vant Group synergies, was also recog-
nised for its innovative approach
through numerous prestigious awards.
Besides the award “Bavaria’s Best 50”
and the special award for companies
with a proportionally high rate of train-
ing – there are currently 301 appren-
tices in training – SCHERDEL recently
received the highly regarded and much
sought-after “Grand Prix for Small and
Medium-Sized Business” from the Os-
kar Patzelt Foundation. The latter is
one of Germany’s most important busi-
ness awards and even an award nomi-
SCHERDEL senior shareholder nation is considered a special honour.
Walter Bach has written about The life’s work of senior shareholder
his extensive experiences as an Walter Bach, who significantly guided
entrepreneur in an enjoyable the fortunes of SCHERDEL over the
book entitled “Weitblick und past 50 years, has therefore been ap-
Begeisterung” (Vision and En- preciated in a lasting way. During the
thusiasm). The initials of the orig-
inal German title, a clever idea past 25 years in particular, develop- Amongst 5,000 participating small and medium-
of his wife, Christine Bach, are ment of the Group is widely regarded sized companies, SCHERDEL was honoured
“WB” – an abbreviation which as being exceptionally successful and with the"Grand Prix for Small and Medium-Sized
has become familiar to all impressive. Business".
SCHERDEL staff when referring
to Walter Bach. The book addi-
tionally portrays the many en- SCHERDEL’s story of success did not always been the foundations to the
counters with people who were go unnoticed by the Oskar Patzelt continued success of SCHERDEL’s
relevant for the Group and its Foundation, which has been presenting
development. After 50 highly
successful years in the the “Grand Prix for Small and Medium- corporate policy, while paving the way
SCHERDELGroup, it was espe- Sized Business”, Germany’s most pres- for enormous growth. When Walter
cially important to Walter Bach to tigious annual business award, since Bach joined the Group’s executive
thank his employees who con- 1994. As the name implies, only small board back in 1961, sales stood at
tributed significantly to the over-
all achievements. and medium-sized businesses can take €4.4 million in today’s money and the
The book can be ordered from part in the competition. In 2015, over company employed 200 people. Today,
the following address: 5,000 companies from throughout Ger- SCHERDEL is a global player with over
SCHERDEL GmbH, many were nominated. The award 4,500 employees worldwide and sales
Gisela Schmidt, should, according to the jury, promote totalling roughly €600 million. This fan-
Scherdelstrasse 2 respect and understanding for entre- tastic success story has now been hon-
D-95615 Marktredwitz preneurial responsibility and contribute oured with the award “Grand Prix for
Email: to a culture of independence true to the Small and Medium-Sized Business”.
gisela.schmidt@scherdel.de
(dk) motto of “healthy medium-sized busi-
nesses – strong economy – more jobs”. SCHERDEL’s name is not just syn-
The SCHERDEL corporate philosophy, onymous with the production of engi-
which was heavily influenced by Walter neering springs. An ever-increasing
Bach, and its slogan “each employee is portfolio of assemblies and functional
their own entrepreneur in the work- components, in particular, ensures the
place” are ideally suited to the competi- company is able to confront the chal-
tion criteria. Promoting a willingness to lenges of tomorrow, today. In addition
2 accept responsibility and enabling cre- to the automotive industry and the
ative teamwork within networks have medical engineering sector, the
