Pascal Kleinco-founder and CEO of Pyrum Innovations AG, has been honoured by the business magazine Capital was honoured as a winner of the “Top 40 under 40” award. Once a year, the Capital editorial team selects 40 of the most important talents under the age of 40 from the fields of business, science, politics and society under this motto. During the selection process, the editorial team interviews politicians, top civil servants, managers, entrepreneurs, consultants and past award winners.
This year, the award winners were once again honoured at the Top 40 Under 40 Gala in Berlin which took place on 17 November 2022 for the 15th time since 2007. Over the years, the annual events have created a network that brings together key players from various disciplines to discuss important topics for the future at the awards ceremony.
Pascal Klein, CEO of Pyrum Innovations AG: “I was really very surprised when I heard about the award and naturally feel very honoured. Our journey at Pyrum is far from over and we want to continue to contribute to becoming a leader in Germany and beyond. Circular economy to establish ourselves. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all my colleagues who have made the fantastic development at Pyrum over the last few years possible!”
Pascal Klein founded Pyrum in 2008 together with his colleague on the Executive Board Michael Kapf was founded. Since the conversion of the legal form into a stock corporation in 2018, he has been CEO of the company and in this role has made a significant contribution to the successful further development of Pyrum’s technology so that the Thermolysis process now works on an industrial scale. This laid the foundation for Pyrum’s large-scale rollout, which has been gradually implemented for around two years. To finance the expansion, Mr Klein, together with his colleagues on the Executive Board, was responsible for the successful IPO on the Oslo Stock Exchange in September 2021 and the secondary listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in March 2022. Mr Klein will also be a guest at the German Equity Forum in Frankfurt on 30 November 2022 and will present Pyrum Innovations AG to investors at 9:30 am.
Pyrum Innovations AG (“Pyrum”), which operates as a Pioneering company with its thermolysis technology for the sustainable recycling of used tyres, was German Innovation Institute for Sustainability and Digitalisation (DIND) as an “Employer of the Future”. The award was based on a multi-stage assessment process in which DIND experts examined the company’s future viability and analysed its digital touchpoints and brand presence. The official award ceremony will take place on 1 December 2022 in Cologne by the former Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Brigitte Zypries instead.
Pascal KleinCEO of Pyrum Innovations AG: “We are delighted to have been recognised as an employer of the future, which also confirms our sustainable business model and our innovative technology. In order to utilise our great potential, we naturally need the right employees. In this respect, we see the Employer of the Future seal as a further argument for attracting skilled workers to us.”
The focus of the evaluation process was on reviewing aspects that contribute to the Attractiveness of a company and are important for its future viability, in particular digitalisation and sustainability. The DIND works with top experts from various disciplines to develop methodology, content and assessment criteria and reviews these at regular intervals.
Pyrum Innovations AG (“Pyrum”), a pioneering company that sustainably recycles used tyres with its patented thermolysis technology, is in the TOP 100 innovation competition was recognised as one of the 100 most innovative companies in Germany in the size category up to 50 employees. Pyrum’s innovation management was thus honoured in an independent process based on a scientifically sound study with more than 100 criteria from five categories. As the only innovation competition in Germany, TOP 100 has been recognising medium-sized companies for their innovation management for 29 years. Innovation process and success from.
Pascal KleinCEO of Pyrum Innovations AG: “This award is something very special for us, as it emphasises that we are very well equipped for future challenges. Furthermore, inclusion in the list of the 100 most innovative companies in Germany objectively proves that our employees find a working environment in which they can work innovatively and creatively. This is one of the reasons why we have been able to develop our unique thermolysis technology into a leading technology in recent years. industrial market maturity were able to develop.”
In the TOP 100 innovation competition, the Innovation potential of the companies by means of a sophisticated, scientifically independent benchmarking process. With the help of a standardised questionnaire, which was Prof Dr Nikolaus Franke the categories of innovation success, innovation climate, innovative processes and organisation, external orientation/open innovation and innovation-promoting top management are examined. Prof Dr Franke is Scientific Director of TOP 100 and Head of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and is regarded as one of the world’s leading innovation researchers.
The benchmarking is designed in such a way that industry-specific characteristics are also taken into account, which enables companies from different sectors to be compared. The participating companies are divided into three size categories: up to 50 employees, 51 to 200 employees and more than 200 employees. Of the more than 3,000 companies that are usually interested in participating, a maximum of 100 companies per size category are ultimately honoured. The award ceremony will take place on 24 June 2022 at the German SME Summit in the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt am Main by the science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar.
Pyrum Innovations AG, which is a pioneering company with its worldwide patented, unique thermolysis technology The company, which recycles 100 % of used tyres sustainably, won the prize in the category Best Tyre Recycling Innovation (Best Tyre Recycling Innovation). The event is a new global tyre industry initiative aimed at recognising companies and individuals within the tyre industry who are making a significant contribution within the tyre retreading and recycling industry and whose work is focused on achieving a Circular economy focussed. The shortlist of nominated companies was determined by a selection committee made up of international industry experts. The winners were announced yesterday evening at a live-streamed awards ceremony.
Pascal KleinCEO of Pyrum Innovations AG: “We are very proud of this award. We were already delighted to be included on the list of nominees, as this is an industry award and our successes are recognised by proven experts. The fact that we have now even won the Recircle Award encourages us in our endeavours to contribute to a circular economy by using our thermolysis technology to produce a 100 % Sustainable recycling of used tyres make this possible. And on an industrial scale: our plant has been running since May 2020.”
You can watch the Recircle Awards 2021 ceremony here:
Pyrum’s patent received the following award:
Concours Lépine National: Grand Prix du Sénat
The Concours Lépine is the most important award for technological inventions and new developments presented by a French organisation (Lépine). Hundreds of companies from all over the world apply for these awards every year. As a result, the Concours Lépine is not just limited to France, but is an international award. In 2015, Pyrum won the “Grand Prix du Sénat”, which equates to second place internationally.
With the European version of the Concours LépinePyrum was awarded the following prizes:
Prix du Conseil Régional d’Alsace (2nd place in the overall standings)
Prix de l’INPI (Prize of the French Patent Office)
At the Concours Lépine Européen, numerous inventions from Europe are presented at a separate trade fair in Strasbourg every September. Pyrum was awarded two of the prestigious prizes.
The Pyrum Innovations Group has received the following awards:
The prestigious awards for state and national winners are presented just once a year by the KFW Banking Group in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Economics.
