The German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche has awarded the family-owned enterprise GEMÜ Gebrüder Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG the WirtschaftsWoche quality seal of “Global Market Leader”, declaring them “champions” of 2018 for the third time in succession. In doing so, WirtschaftsWoche has recognised GEMÜ’s inclusion in the global market leader index in the segment “Valves and automation components: Valves, Process and Control systems for sterile applications”.
The global market leader index is compiled under the scientific direction of Prof. Dr Christoph Müller of the HBM Unternehmerschule (school for entrepreneurs) at the University of St. Gallen, in cooperation with the Academy of German Global Market Leaders (ADWM).
The researchers designate companies as “Global Market Leader Champions” when they are, among other criteria, represented on at least three continents with their own production and/or sales companies, have an annual turnover of at least €50M, are first or second in the relevant market segment, and can demonstrate an export share or foreign share of at least 50% of their turnover. Another important criterion for a company to obtain the accolade of “Global Market Leader Champion” is to be (owner-) managed with headquarters in the German-speaking region (Germany, Austria or Switzerland).
As a family-owned, owner-managed business headquartered in Ingelfingen-Criesbach (in the German state of Baden-Württemberg), with 27 subsidiaries as well as six manufacturing sites in Germany, Switzerland, China, Brazil, France and the USA, GEMÜ fully satisfies these requirements. In addition to these prerequisites, it was the cutting-edge technology and market leadership in the field of valves, process and control systems for sterile applications that served as a crucial factor for WirtschaftsWoche in awarding the accolade and WirtschaftsWoche quality seal of “Global Market Leader 2018 – Champions” to GEMÜ.
