DATA MODUL among Germany’s Top 10 most innovative SMEs
In the latest “Innovation Champions 2026” ranking by German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche and strategy consultancy Munich Strategy, we have secured 10th place among Germany’s most innovative medium-sized companies. This marks an improvement of 15 positions compared with the previous year: after ranking 25th in 2025, we have now broken into the top 10 for the first time.
A total of 4,000 medium-sized companies were analysed for the study. In addition to annual financial statements and company information, the assessment also incorporates evaluations from managing directors, customers and competitors. An innovation score is then calculated for the 400 shortlisted companies, with two-thirds of the score based on a company’s innovative strength and one-third on its revenue and profit performance.
“Breaking into the top 10 is a tremendous recognition for us and confirms that we are on the right track with our commitment to innovation. What matters most to us is identifying technological developments at an early stage and turning them into solutions that deliver genuine added value for our customers. A special thank you goes to our colleagues across Germany and around the world, whose expertise, dedication and ideas have played a key role in this achievement,” says Dr Florian Pesahl, CEO of DATA MODUL AG.
We presented tangible examples of this commitment to innovation at this year’s embedded world in Nuremberg, one of the leading international trade fairs for embedded technologies. Among the innovations showcased were our in-house developed eDM-SBC-iMX95, a high-performance Single Board Computer for industrial applications; the integration of RFID/NFC directly into the active touch surface; and the modular Wheel on Display, which combines capacitive touch technology with a haptic control element.
The full article and complete “Innovation Champions 2026” ranking are available online at wiwo.de.
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