Posted September 14, 2011
PFERD receives award
PFERD USA parent corporation August Rüggeberg GmbH & Co. was named a recipient of the Top 100 award that recognizes small and medium-sized companies in Germany.
Organized by compomedia GmbH and scrutinized by the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, the award recognizes German firms that display a vision and a feeling for new ideas. Companies with superior entrepreneurship, innovations management and marketing receive the Top 100 ranking from the 272 companies originally examined. PFERD USA, a subsidiary of August Rüggeberg GmbH & Co., is headquartered in Leominster, Mass.
"Creative ideas and fresh thinking are more than a means of increasing revenue for us," said PFERD managing director, Jim Rüggeberg. "We are passionate about our business, and we want to make a difference. We are proud to have been awarded this prize and it proves that working as a team pays off."
The award organizer, compomedia GmbH, directs benchmarking projects involving small and medium-sized German firms in a nationwide competition in the fields of innovation, human resources management, consulting and values management.
