Bauer Engineering GmbH from Wadern has made the leap among the best in the 26th edition of the INNOVATION competition TOP 100. The company was honoured on 28 June by the mentor of the competition, Ranga Yogeshwar, as well as the scientific director of the competition, Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke in the Frankfurter Jahrhunderthalle. TOP 100 evaluates the innovation management of medium-sized companies on the basis of a scientific classification. In the independent selection process, the company with 26 employees particularly impressed with its innovation success. Bauer Engineering has made the leap to the innovation elite for the second time, after their first time in 2016.

This TOP 100 Innovating company from Saarland is a world leader in Hemming Technology. The engineering office is particularly in demand in the automotive industry. For example, the award-winning medium-sized company works for many plants of the Volkswagen Group and other car manufacturers, as well as for well-known machine and plant manufacturers.

Hemming of sheet metal closures can be done by high-tech hemming machines or by industrial robots using a roller head. The Roller Hemming tool designed by this top innovator (Patent application made), is able to fold the body parts steplessly and with continuous steps, a first for the industry.

Also the recent developments in the Table-top Hemming Systems also bring a huge increase in customer benefits.  While press tools and folding systems have so far only been used for product-specific purposes, since 2017, systems and devices have also been designed in such a way that these designs have a large number of standard compennents that can be resued. This saves money for our customers and they can launch new variants much faster.

“Not only do we adapt our systems to the customer, we also bring in improvements which directly Add. Value. To our customers” says Managing Director Stefan Lieschke.

More information,
https://www.top100.de/die-top-innovatoren/2019/bauer-engineering-gmbh.html

About TOP 100: the competition
Since 1993, compamedia has awarded the TOP 100 award for special innovative strength and above-average innovation success to medium-sized companies. The scientific direction has been in the hands of Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke since 2002 . Franke is the founder and director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation of the Vienna University of Economics and Business. TOP 100 is mentored by the Science Journalist Ranga Yogeshwar. Project partners are the Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research and the BVMW. As a media partner, the manager magazine, impulse and W&V. More information under www.top100.de.