Success at the TOP 100: SPECK Pumpen belongs to the 2018 leading innovators

Überlingen – For the 25th time, the competition Top 100 selected the most innovative German mid-tier companies. SPECK Pumpen Verkaufsgesellschaft GmbH also belongs to the 2018 leading innovators. During the independant selection process, the company was especially convincing due to its innovation procedures and consistent outer orientation. This was Scientific Director at the University of Economics in Vienna Professor Dr. Nikolaus Franke‘s analysis.

The TOP 100 company SPECK Pumpen designs, produces and sells pumps for swimming pool, domestic and industrial technology. The new and further developments for the comprehensive range of products evolve in the development department. The cooperation and intense exchange with customers and suppliers play a crucial role.

“Our customers support us with new features because they have their own ideas and they share these. They suggest what we should do and how,“ said Managing Director Hermann Speck at the award ceremony with the scientific journalist Ranga Yogeshwar. Around half of the pumps manufactured at SPECK Pumpen are produced according to individual order parameters. “We develope our pumps in cooperation with our customers. Thus, we receive lots of practical suggsestions,“ the Top 100 company explains its innovation process.

A further success factor at SPECK Pumpen is the close collaboration with their suppliers, above all with electric motor manufacturers. “We use highly modern variable speed motors designed specifically for our pumps that are often built especially according to our customers‘ needs,“ Hermann Speck explained this cooperation. “Therefore our swimming pool pumps have a very high grade of efficiency, are sound optimised and work with the latest energy saving technology.“

The latest production system, which was introduced in 2017, is also customer-driven. One-piece flow production allows various pump types to be produced directly one after the other in one production line without losing any time. Deliveries are carried out increasingly just-in-time. Whilst the product changes hands with every stage during classic production, this method sees a member of staff accompanying the pump through all assembly stages through to the production. There are considerable advantages to manufacturing individual pumps and producing in small batches: increased flexibility, error prevention, reduced storage efforts and stable price structures.

With the presentation of the Top 100 seal, SPECK Pumpen has received the most important award for innovative mid-tier companies. It shows the pump manufacturer‘s innovative strength and that the course has been set for the future in good time and with lots of know-how and practical relevance.

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