As an innovation leader in the packaging industry, Gerhard Schubert GmbH understands the importance of long-term partnerships with suppliers in the region. With the now established and coveted Supplier Award, Schubert honours five companies that distinguished themselves with exceptionally consistent and outstanding performance during the previous year. Delivery performance, quality and reliability are decisive factors in the assessment. The Supplier Award is presented in the context of the so-called Supplier League. It is based on an evaluation system that is similar to the German Bundesliga’s points system: At the end of the season, the Bundesliga table is based on how many points a team has collected over the entire season. At Schubert, the supplier who is at the top at the end of the year also wins. However, unlike with the Bundesliga, all suppliers begin the year with a full points account. And points are deducted for deliveries that are made too early or too late, as well as for any complaints. At the end of the year, the supplier with the highest score in each product group wins.

Five companies received Supplier Awards for 2023, i.e. the award for first place in the respective product group:

- Murtfeldt Additive Solutions GmbH, in the 3D Printing product group

- HaWi-Tec GmbH & Co. KG, in the Plastics product group

- Grau & Wagenblast GmbH & Co. KG, in the Surface product group

- Walter Ohr Frästechnik, in the Machining product group

- Hofmann Blechbearbeitung GmbH, in the Sheet Metal Processing product group