Awards

Quality Leadership

"Our world revolves around our customers"

2009
"Premium Distributor", industry journal Telecom Handel

2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2002 / 2001 / 1999
"Distributor des Jahres", industry journal Funkschau Handel

2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004 / 2002 / 2001
"Distributor des Jahres", industry journal Telecom Handel

2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004
"Excellent Distributor", industry journal Computer Reseller News

2008 / 2006 / 2003 / 2001
1st Place "Leistungsspiegel Distributoren", industry journal markt intern

2009 / 2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005
1st Place numerische Distribution, GfK Distributor- and Image-Study TeleCommunication

2009 / 2008 / 2007
Top1 Supplier, GfK Distributor- and Image-Study TeleCommunication

 

Company Management - Personality

"It’s like an orchestra: The composer, conductor and instruments don’t do anything by themselves – a work of art only comes into being when all participants apply their skills and talents and breathe life into the whole."

2007
Saxon Order of Merit for Gunnar Grosse

2007
Honorary Doctorate from the Chemnitz University of Applied Sciences for Gunnar Grosse

2006
Certificate for Dedication to Developing the Next Generation in the Industry, Federal Employment Agency for Chemnitz

2002
"Entrepreneur of the Year" Gunnar Grosse, Category Retail

2001
Milestone in Chemnitz

1999
Saxon Management Prize "Silver Lion"

1999
Oskar for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

 

Innovation

"Progress = Development = Change = New Solutions"

2008
Innovation Prize from “Initiative Mittelstand” [German initiative promoting small and medium-sized businesses] for aetka‘s easy filius (category: "Industry Software") and aetkaTV (category: "Online Marketing").

2004
German Internet Prize form the Federal Ministry of Economics for the Repair Portal of the Subsidiary w-support.com
2002
German Internet Prize from the German Federal Ministry for Economics for the Order and Information Portal www.karlo.de

2003 / 1998
Innovation Prize from the Community of Mittweida




 

Social Commitment

"We are not employee-centered because we are successful. We are successful because we are employee-centered.”
2006
Basic Certificate from audit berufundfamilie®, an initiative of the philanthropic Hertie Foundation, sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Family, Youth and Senior Citizens.
2005
1st Place in the competition "Success Factor Family 2005" sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Family, Youth and Senior Citizens.

1999
"Frauenfreundlichster Betrieb im Freistaat Sachsen"