Photo Credit: Schmidt & Heinzmann It was reported on Jan. 29 that Schmidt & Heinzmann GmbH & Co. KG (Bruchsal, Germany) has been awarded the TOP 100 Seal 2021 on Innovation. Honoring innovative, medium-sized companies, Schmidt & Heinzmann’s achievement marks the 28 th time this TOP 100 category has been awarded. Potential companies are selected through a scientific selection procedure. On behalf of compamedia, the organizer of the TOP 100 innovation competition, innovation researcher Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke and his team investigated the innovative strength of Schmidt & Heinzmann. The researchers used around 120 test criteria from five categories: innovation-promotion top management, innovative climate, innovative processes and organization, external orientation/open innovation and innovation success. Due to the current situation, there was also a special part in this round, in which entrepreneurial response to the COVID-19 pandemic was examined.