Rational wins the Best Managed Companies Award for the third time

Rational was once again named Best Managed Company at the end of May. The world market leader in hot food preparation impressed the expert jury with its entrepreneurial performance for the third consecutive time, scoring highly in all four categories: strategy, productivity and innovation, culture and commitment, and governance and finance.

The Best Managed Companies Award recognises medium-sized and family-run businesses that demonstrate exceptional entrepreneurial conduct. The prize is presented by Deloitte Private, the Union de Banques Suisses, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.

"It fills me with great personal pride to be named Best Managed Company for the third consecutive time," said Markus Paschmann, Rational's Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, who accepted the award. "This award is strong confirmation of what we have achieved together at Rational: passion, team spirit, and the desire to improve a little bit every day. Our customers and partnerships are our most important benchmark."

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About RATIONAL

RATIONAL is the global market and technology leader for innovative cooking systems in commercial food preparation. The customer base ranges from restaurants and hotels to company canteens, hospitals, schools, universities, the military, prisons and retirement homes, as well as fast food outlets, party services, supermarkets, bakeries, snack shops, butchers, petrol stations and delivery services, including ghost kitchens.

According to the company's estimates, there are 4.8 million potential customers for combi-steamers worldwide, around 75 percent of whom still use traditional cooking appliances. The iCombi, iVario and iHexagon intelligent cooking systems can replace all these appliances. This enables customers to improve the quality of their food and save money. To this end, RATIONAL offers a wide range of customer services, including accessories, care products, spare parts, training courses and technical support.

The results of this unique customer benefit approach are market leadership, growth, profitability and stability, as demonstrated by the following key figures from 2024: a 50 percent global market share, sales of EUR 1.194 billion, EBIT of EUR 314 million, an EBIT margin of 26 percent and an equity ratio of 78 percent.