Überlingen – For the 25th time, the TOP 100 competition selects the most innovative companies in the German SME sector. This year, one of these innovation leaders is Gustav Klein GmbH & Co. KG.
Exactly 70 years ago, today’s Gustav Klein GmbH & Co. KG was founded in Schongau, Upper Bavaria. From here, the family-owned company with its 175 employees supplies customers all over the world with its power supply systems. Over the decades, more than 350,000 such systems have been installed in 91 countries.
With its newly developed “Infeed Test System”, the medium-sized company is now venturing into electromobility. Automobile manufacturers worldwide use the system of the top innovator to test new battery and drive technologies. The innovation from Gustav Klein is also used for testing fuel cells or simulating solar systems.
“The market for electromobility and storage technology will definitely grow strongly in the next few years. That is why we are now building a new production facility in Schongau precisely for these products,” says Managing Director Günther Stensitzki, explaining the plans of the four-time TOP 100 company. This makes it clear: Gustav Klein continues to focus on future technologies.
TOP 100: the competition
Since 1993, compamedia has been awarding the TOP 100 seal for special innovative strength and above-average innovation success to medium-sized companies. Since 2002, the scientific direction has been in the hands of Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke. Franke is the founder and director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. The mentor of TOP 100 is the science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar. Project partners are the Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research and the BVMW. As media partners, manager magazin, impulse and W&V accompany the company comparison. More info at www.top100.de.
