"Supplier of the Year Award" for fluidics specialist

At the 2025 "Supplier of the Year Award" ceremony in November in Amsterdam, Bürkert was represented by Roman Gaida, CSO, Denis Cougnet, Corporate Key Account Manager, and Markus Bendisch, Director of Corporate Key Account Management (from left), who received the award on behalf of the GEA Group. (Source: Bürkert Fluid Control Systems)

For more than two decades, the fluidics specialist Bürkert has had a partnership with the GEA Group. Now, Bürkert Fluid Control Systems was awarded the "Supplier of the Year Award" by GEA in November 2025 in the "Innovation" category. The award ceremony took place on November 19 in Amsterdam.

The technology and DAX-listed company GEA honored Bürkert Fluid Control Systems with the "Supplier of the Year Award" 2025 in the "Innovation" category, an accolade GEA grants annually to a particularly innovative partner. This recognizes the close collaboration and exceptional achievements of Bürkert. The award ceremony was held on November 19, 2025, during the "Annual Supplier Summit," an exclusive event for suppliers in Amsterdam. Representatives from Bürkert accepted the award in person.

The award recognizes Bürkert's proactive initiatives regarding Total Cost of Ownership strategies for cost optimization, as well as support for GEA in developing new applications, such as the "New Food" testing centers in the USA and Germany. "Particularly highlighted was Bürkert's strategic orientation, which aligns perfectly with GEA's long-term goals and future plans," explains Denis Cougnet, Corporate Key Account Manager at Bürkert for the GEA Group. Both companies pursue similar priorities such as innovation, efficiency, and sustainability – an ideal foundation for successful further collaboration and the continued development of the partnership.

Bürkert CSO Roman Gaida emphasizes: "For us, close collaboration with our customers and partners is at the center. Our strategic focus on digital services, automation, and sustainability or a regenerative economy forms the basis. Especially here, we want to set new standards together with key customers like GEA. The award shows that we are on the right track with this approach. It confirms that we are pursuing and successfully implementing our set goals."

Markus Bendisch, Director of Corporate Key Account Management at Bürkert, adds: "We are very pleased about this award, which underscores our innovative strength and our commitment to sustainable and partnership-based collaboration."

Long-standing partnership and joint innovations

Bürkert and GEA share a long-standing partnership: The fluidics specialist offers GEA a broad portfolio of process and magnetic valves as well as customized system solutions.

In addition to product quality and delivery reliability, Bürkert impressed with its global manufacturing capacity based on the "local for local" principle in China, India, and the USA, as well as its engineering expertise for system solutions. Another success factor is the close collaboration within the framework of corporate key account management, which supports GEA worldwide.

The award is not only a recognition of Bürkert's past achievements but also a mandate for the future. It affirms the strength of the partnership with GEA. "For us, this honor means continuing on the chosen path consistently and continuing to deliver solutions that help our customers make their processes more efficient and sustainable," summarizes Markus Bendisch.