Company of the year 2022

Start: first in 1996

Rhythm: biennial, awarded in the following year

Endowment: € 5,000

The award winner undertakes to use this amount

a.) for the further training of its employees or

b.) for investments -in the environmental protection of the company, -for the safety and protection of the employees or -in science and research (innovations)

c.) as a tax-recognised donation for social, scientific or other charitable purposes.

In addition: Prize in kind (sculpture by the Bocholt artist Jürgen Ebert)

Award: In the context of a public ceremony in which the achievements of the award winner are appropriately acknowledged by a specialist lecture.

• Commitment to the location Bocholt as well as extraordinary activities for the business location Bocholt.
• Successful establishment or continuation of a business with above-average facilities
  new or increase in existing jobs and training places
• Successful overall development of the company and special entrepreneurial achievements (e.g. successful acquisitions, crisis management, reorientation, investment development)
• Special achievements / activities in the areas of environmental protection, energy saving and resource conservation
• Successful innovation, modernisation and / or exceptional achievements in the field of science and research (technology transfer)
• Extraordinary social or cultural commitment. This includes in particular the subject area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
• Service and customer proximity
  Examples:
  - Special customer service, special services, flexibility, constant contact.
  - Customer proximity: absolute willingness to deal intensively with customers' wishes/requirements, both with in-house know-how and professional competence, intensive personal support, quick response

• Mayor of the City of Bocholt (Chairman of the Jury)
• Last award winner
• Deans of the Departments of Business + Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen Bocholt Recklinghausen, Bocholt branch (alternating)
• Chairman of the Management Board of Stadtsparkasse Bocholt
• Chairman of the Committee for Economy and Tourism
• Management of the BBV
• IHK North Westphalia, Bocholt office
• Borken District Craftsmen's Association, Bocholt head office

At the jury meeting, each juror will justify their preference for one of the submitted proposals on the basis of the proposals submitted by the nominators, the corresponding justifications and the available competition documents. The proposals of the individual jury members are discussed until the jury has reached a unanimous decision, in case of doubt by majority vote. The members of the jury unanimously represent the decisions made by their jury.

The jury's decision remains secret until the award ceremony. Appeals against the jury's decision are excluded.

Entitled to nominate are:

• Kreishandwerkerschaft Borken, Bocholt head office
• North Westphalia Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Bocholt office
• Westphalian University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen Bocholt Recklinghausen, Bocholt Department
• Business Development Corporation for the District of Borken mbH (WFG)
• Board of the Stadtsparkasse Bocholt
• Committee for Economy and Tourism
• Business Development and City Marketing Company Bocholt GmbH & Co. KG

Self-nomination is excluded. Each person entitled to make a proposal may submit one proposal. Reasons must be given for each nomination.