For the second time after 2008 EOS in 2011 is one of the awardees of "Bavaria's Best 50". With this award the Bavarian economics ministry honours the fifty most dynamic, owner-managed Bavarian small and medium businesses which have shown extraordinary growth both in revenue and employees over the past years and as such have largely contributed to social and economic development as a whole. In this context, EOS still prefers an organic growth over a growth through mergers and acquisitions.

After receiving the award in 2008 the the strategic consultancy Munich Strategy Group (MSG)reassessed EOS as a medium-sized business with with a superior income and turnover rate. Within the scope of this cross-industrial and multi-regional ranking more than 1,000 companies were analyzed. The survey acknowledges that EOS as one out of 100 German small and medium-sized enterprises EOS has a higher-than-average business development within the past four years. As a result, EOS ranks 70th and as such plays a convincing role in the competition for innovation, market shares, customer and business success.

This year we have participated for the first time in the employer competition “Great Place to Work”. Among the 252 participating companies we reached a 82nd rank. We are very proud about this result because since the foundation of our company almost twenty years ago, we have consistently established a corporate culture that is based on our values “fair”, “responsible”, “together” and “excellent”. Within the survey an independent external institute evaluated EOS. We have been able to show imposingly that our philosophy has worked out: We are convinced that our investments in a good working climate are beneficial because the company’s success would be impossible without our loyal and committed employees. To qualify for the competition we had to get over two challenges: First of all, we collected all our personal processes systematically in a so-called culture audit. Second, more than 50% of our employees had to participate in an anonymous survey. Within the EOS GmbH more than 75% of the employees seized this opportunity.

In July 2006, we received the award "Bavarians Best 50". The award honours the 50 companies in the state of Bavaria, Germany, with the highest growth rate. We were able to increase our sales and number of employees above average in the years from 2001 until 2005. For us it is highly important to grow organically in terms of sales growth as well as job creation and not purely from mergers and acquisitions.

We are very proud of being part of the Initiative Fair Company because we take it for granted to give graduates a fair chance on appropriate payment.

We

• Do not substitute full-time jobs by student apprentices
• Do not put off graduates having applied for a "proper job" with a practical training
• Do not lure student apprentices with the vague prospect on a susequent full-time job
• Offer practical training exclusively for students during their orientation and preparation phase
• Pay student practical trainings adequately.

The career entry opportunities for job starters are only one example of our values culture. Taking part in this initiative is highly important for our company. It shows very well that our values do not only exist in writing, but that we implement and practise them in everyday life.