GROHE is one of Germany’s most innovative mid-sized companies
GROHE continues to lead the German sanitary sector by stimulating and driving innovation in the industry. The judges at the ‘TOP 100’ innovation awards named the company as a ‘Top Innovator’, impressed by the company’s multi-faceted efforts and its targeted investments in research and development. The judges were particularly impressed with GROHE’s pro-active involvement in the ‘Future Bizz’ network and its future-oriented development work and creative innovations in the design and manufacture of water fittings. In research and development alone, GROHE Germany employees some 130 people, mainly engineers and technicians from a variety of disciplines. For numerous years, these activities have yielded innovative technologies, many of which have had a profound influence on the market.
CEO Michael Rauterkus said: “We feel that winning a ‘TOP 100’ mark is a prestigious recognition of our shared efforts across the company. Innovation remains a key value driver at GROHE and we want to live up to our responsibility as the market leader by continuing to stimulate our industry through fresh ideas.”