Nabaltec AG once again honored with the Best Managed Companies Award

Nabaltec AG once again honored with the Best Managed Companies Award

Schwandorf, 22 May 2026 – Nabaltec AG has once again been honored with the Best Managed Companies Award, thus receiving the seal of approval for excellently managed companies for the eighth time. The Best Managed Companies program is a competition and seal of approval for successful medium-sized companies. The vision: Building a national and global ecosystem of excellently managed medium-sized companies.

“The award as a Best Managed Company confirms our consistent focus on long-term growth, innovative development, and entrepreneurial responsibility,” explains Johannes Heckmann, CEO of Nabaltec AG. “This success is above all due to the dedication and expertise of our employees, who contribute every day with great commitment to the continued development of our company. We are very pleased about this outstanding recognition and at the same time see it as motivation to continue on our path with innovative strength and a sustainable strategy.”

A key unique selling point of Best Managed Companies is its internationality: Best Managed Companies was launched by Deloitte in Canada in the 1990s and has since been successfully introduced in more than 45 countries.

“Good corporate governance is of central importance, especially in economically challenging times. The Best Managed Companies Award is a well-deserved recognition for companies that successfully combine responsibility, foresight, and sustainable action,” says Tobias Vogel, CEO of UBS Europe SE.

To qualify for the Best Managed Companies Award, companies must have a minimum annual revenue of EUR 150 million and a head office in Germany. It is also important that the participating companies are medium-sized and have been economically successful in recent years.

About Nabaltec AG:

Nabaltec AG, with registered office in Schwandorf, a chemicals business which has received multiple awards for innovativeness, manufactures, develops and distributes highly specialized products based on aluminum hydroxide and aluminum oxide on an industrial scale through its two product segments, “Functional Fillers” and “Specialty Aluminas.” The company's product range includes eco-friendly flame retardant fillers and functional additives for the plastics industry. Flame retardant fillers are used e.g. in cables in tunnels, airports, high-rise buildings and electronic devices, while additives have applications in catalysis and in electric vehicles. Nabaltec also produces specialty oxides for use in technical ceramics, the refractory and polishing industries. Nabaltec maintains production sites in Germany and the US and plans to continue to develop its market position by expanding capacity, further optimizing processes and quality and making strategic extensions to its product range. On the strength of its specialty products, the company strives to attain the market leadership in each segment.

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