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Internorga Future Award 2024

Category "Technology & Equipment" for iCareSystem AutoDose.

World Technology Leader 2024

Advanced sensor technology and AI for the optimization of cooking processes.

Innovator of the year 2024

Professional kitchen technology
iHexagon

Corporate Excellence Award

2023: RATIONAL AG „Best Company in Germany“

2022: RATIONAL AG „Best Company in Germany“

2021: RATIONAL AG „Best Company in Germany“

2020: RATIONAL AG „Best Company in Germany“

2019: RATIONAL AG „Best Company in Germany“

2018: RATIONAL AG „Best Company in Germany“

2017: RATIONAL AG „Best Company in Germany“

2016: RATIONAL AG „Best Company in Germany“

Bavaria‘s Best 50

2023: Germany

2020: Germany

2016: Germany

2013: Germany

2011: Germany

2008: Germany

Factory of the year 2022

The competition is the most traditional benchmark competition for the manufacturing industry in Germany. As this year's overall winner, RATIONAL is being honoured for excellence, especially in the core competencies of cost-effectiveness and agility.

Integration Award of the Government of Upper Bavaria

With this award the commitment to refugees is honoured. Since 2015, RATIONAL has been supporting people with a migration background in parallel to their training with internship and familiarisation measures, entry-level qualification and in-house supplementary training.

Axia Best Managed Companies Award

Awards 2019 and 2022

The seal of quality for excellently managed companies with strategic foresight and responsible action.

Award ceremony held by the German auditing and consulting companies Deloitte, WirtschaftsWoche and BDI.

Brand of the century 2022

This award is given to a brand only once, but then forever, and shows that it is one of Germany's leaders.

CSP 2021 Retailer Choice Best New Products Award.

The iCombi Pro is the winner of Convenience Store Products magazine’s 18th annual Retailer Choice Best New Products Contest for the “Foodservice: Equipment-Oven” category.”

GreenMLA Award 2021

iCombi Pro and iVario Pro - Award for ergonomics, energy savings and cleaning chemicals, and the durability of the products.

German Innovation Award 2021

iCombi Pro and iVario Pro - Winner in the "Excellent Product Design - Kitchen" category.

German Design Award 2021

New iCombi Pro and iVario Pro win in prestigious German Design Awards 2021.

GOOD DESIGN Award 2020

The iCombi Pro received the GOOD DESIGN Award 2020 in the USA. The jury was impressed by the design, technology, form, function, utility, aesthetics, energy efficiency and environmental compatibility.

IKOM Award 2020

Student prize for exemplary employers.

Złoty Medal 2018

Award for ConnectedCooking, MTP, Poznań International Fair

Dieselmedallie 2018

Category "Most successful innovation", Deutsches Institut für Erfindungswesen.

German Design Award 2018

Award for the SelfCookingCenter^® XS, Category "Excellent Product Design - Kitchen", German Design Council

Snacking d’Or 2018 award for ConnectedCooking

Awards for the suppliers of the quick service food industry, France

Chefs´ Choice Awards

2016: Best Combi Oven and the Best Equipment BrandManufacturing Excellence Award 2015 for customer orientation and logistics

2015: Restaurant magazine`s annual Chefs´ Choice Awards RATIONAL comes top in the best equipment category and is winner as the best combi-oven

Intergastra Innovation Prize 2018

Award for ConnectedCooking in the category "kitchen technology", Intergastra Germany

Küche Award Gold 2017

Germany's chefs chose the most successful product innovations

2017

Innovation challenge Innovation Award "Gold winner", SelfCookingCenter^® XS, The Commercial Kitchen Show

CSP's 2017 Best New Product Contest, Foodservice Equipment category, CSP Magazine

Smart Label Award, SelfCookingCenter^® and ConnectedCooking, HOST 2017, Mailand

Internorga Show Star 2017, ConnectedCooking, Internorga 2017, Hamburg

Top 100 des Mittelstands, Munich Strategie Group

Starchefs XS, SelfCookingCenter^® XS, Starchefs USA

Großer Preis des Mittelstandes 2017

Finalist RATIONAL AG, Oskar-Patzelt-Stiftung

Star Award 2017

SelfCookingCenter^® XS, Magazin Top Hotel

Manufacturing Excellence Awards

2015: awarded for customer orientation and logistics

2010: utmärkelse på området ”kundorientering”, Tyskland

2006: vinnare i kategorin kundorientering, Tyskland

Superpartner 2016

First place in the category „Large appliances – thermal“, Awarded by the members of the industry

CEDA Supplier Awards 2016

Category Heavy Equipment, UK

Catering Insight Award 2015

Supplier of the Year: Business Development

Deutschlands innovativster Mittelständler 2015

Magazine 'Wirtschaftswoche'

Kitchen Innovations Award

2019: UltraVent^® Plus

2017: SelfCookingCenter^® XS

2016: KitchenManagement System

2015: SelfCookingCenter^®

2014: VarioSmoker

2012: National Restaurant Association für den innovativen und nachhaltigen RATIONAL VarioSmoker

2009: National Restaurant Association für CareControl

2006: National Restaurant Association, New York Restaurant-Hotel-Motel Show

2005: National Restaurant Association, New York Restaurant-Hotel-Motel Show

BEST of Market

2017: Category “Combi-Steamer", Germany

2015: 1st Place Category “Combi-Steamer", Germany

2013: 1st Place Category “Refining procedure”, Germany

German GEO Award (Global Excellence in Operations)

2014: A.T. Kearney, ekonomitidningen "Produktion"

2003: A.T. Kearney, ekonomitidningen "Produktion"

German GEO Award (Global Excellence in Operations)

Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards

2017: Dolphin in Gold, category "Marketing" B2B for the movie "An idea is changing the world"

2014: Dolphin in Silver, category "Marketing" for the corporate movie "4 chefs – 4 journeys"

Customer-Innovation-Award 2014

Winner in the category „Technology", with the SelfCookingCenter^® 5 Senses

German institute for service quality, 2014

Magazine 'DUB UNTERNEHMER', Goethe University Frankfurt

Lean & Green Management Award 2014

Winner in the category „Producing industry, medium-sized companies"

Grünes Band

2018: Award for sustainability in the away-from-home-market, Germany

2016: Award for sustainability in the away-from-home-market, Germany

2014: Award for sustainability in the away-from-home-market, Germany

2011: Award for sustainability in the out-of-home-Market, Category Energy, Germany (Trade Fair Intergastra, Feb. 2012)

Axia Award 2013 Region Bavaria

Award for "Think sustainably, manage successfully“, Germany

Bavarian Award for medium-sized Companies 2013

Germany

Industrial Award

2013: Best of 2013

2012: Best of 2012

Germany's most customer-oriented service provider 2013

second place as the best B2B Company

Bavarian Quality Award 2013

Highest Quality in the Industry, Germany

Best Innovator 2012/2013

Award for the new pioneering RATIONAL innovation process, Germany

Catering Star

2016: 1st Place Category “cooking technology”, Germany

2012: 1st Place Category “Refining procedure”, Germany

2008: for the best cooking technology, Germany

European Business Award „Ruban D`Honneur 2011"

2011 Construction Award

from KFC Japan

Intermedia-globe SILVER Award

Grand Prix Victoria for the SelfCookingCenter^® whitefficiency^® movie

Gold Innovation Award and Green Excellence Award

for the SelfCookingCenter^® whitefficiency^®, HOST trade fair 2011, Milan

2011 Company of the Year Pinnacle Award

Supplier of the Year, „Foodservice and Hospitality Magazine", Canada

2010

Production Systems:
Award in the category „Best Practice“, Germany

”Best 2010” facktidskriften GVmanager:
1:a plats för kvalitet, service, pris/prestanda, Tyskland

YUM! Achievement Award Equipment:
KFC, Japan

Best Supplier Award:
KFC, Storbritannien

2009

Küche Award technology:
1:a plats för CareControl, Tyskland

LACP – International Vision Award:
utmärkelse ”Silver” för affärsberättelsen 2009, USA

2008

Best in Class Award:
for food service, USA

Den tyska gasindustrins innovationspris för planering, forskning och utveckling:
Tyskland

NAGRODA MT Polska:
Euro Gastro, Polen

Best Marketing Company Award:
Tyskland

Best Practice Award:
International Best Factory Awards 2008, Tyskland

2007

Strategy prize for mechanical engineering:
Tyskland

TASTE 07, TOP Innovation at ANUGA:
Tyskland

Best in Class Award:
Foodservice, USA

Kentucky Fried Chicken (YUM!):
Top-Partner 2007, Kina

Küche Award:
1:a plats tillagnings- och spisteknik, Tyskland

International Best Service Award:
Tyskland

2006

Prix APRIA:
Frankrike

The best factory:
Managementschulen Insead und Vallendar, Frankrike/Tyskland

German Investor Relations Prize:
DIRK, Tyskland

Gastro-Innovation Prize:
DEHOGA, Baden-Württemberg

2005

Dr. Georg Triebe Innovation Award:
for the SelfCooking Center^®, designers’ association, Tyskland

Produit nouveau de l´année:
Montreal Salon Rest-Hotel 2005, Kanada, april 2005

2004

Manufacturer of the Year:
Electric Food Service Council, USA

Best of Show:
Kenneth F. Hine New Product Award 2004, USA

Best New Product:
Editors Choice Award 2004, USA, November 2004

GRAND PRIX APRIA:
Innovation, France

Editor´s Choice Award:
Category "Restaurant", International Hotel, Motel & Restaurant Show, New York

Manufacturer of Year:
FCSI Award, USA

Company of the Year:
2nd place on the SDAX, Focus Money

Investor Relations Prize:
3rd place on the SDAX, Capital

Gastro Innovation Prize

2003

Vision Award - Annual Report Competition:
League of American Communications Professionals

Product Innovation of the Year:
Foodservice Equipment and Supplies 2003, USA

Best Company:
2:a plats i SDAX, FOCUS-MONEY