Best Managed Companies Award 2026: Schmersal Honored with Gold Status

The award is presented by Deloitte Private, UBS Group, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.), and the Federation of German Industries (BDI), and it recognizes medium-sized companies that excel particularly in the areas of strategy, productivity and innovation, culture and commitment, as well as governance and finance.

Continuous excellence as a key success factor
The renewed recognition highlights the ongoing development of K.A. Schmersal GmbH & Co. KG in key management and leadership processes. The evaluation is based on a multi-stage selection process involving a written analysis, intensive coaching sessions, and in-depth interviews, which are assessed by an independent expert jury from academia and business practice.

Dr. h.c. Heinz Schmersal, Managing Partner of K.A. Schmersal GmbH & Co. KG, who personally accepted the award on May 21, 2026, stated:
“This renewed recognition is also a confirmation for me that at Schmersal we have been focusing on the right values for many years: long-term thinking, reliability, and innovative strength. I am particularly pleased that this also honors the performance of our employees, who make this success possible in the first place.” Philip Schmersal, also Managing Partner, added: “The fourth award as a Best Managed Company and the associated Gold status represent special recognition of our continuous efforts toward sustainable and future-oriented corporate management. They confirm that we are consistently developing our management processes and adapting them to current challenges.”

About the Best Managed Companies Award
The Best Managed Companies program is a competition and quality seal for successful medium-sized enterprises. The vision of the program is to build a national and global network of excellently managed companies. Best Managed Companies was founded by Deloitte in Canada in the 1990s and is now established in more than 45 countries.