{"id":5410,"date":"2025-04-24T10:39:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T08:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ruch.de\/news\/ruch-novaplast-honored-as-hidden-champion\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:30:23","slug":"ruch-novaplast-honored-as-hidden-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruch.de\/en\/news\/ruch-novaplast-honored-as-hidden-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"RUCH NOVAPLAST honored as Hidden Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;8\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>RUCH NOVAPLAST honored as Hidden Champion<\/h1>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"666\">RUCH NOVAPLAST is officially one of the region&#8217;s \u201chidden champions\u201d. This special distinction is based on a scientifically sound study conducted by Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp B\u00fcchler. The project was initiated by the regional business development agency nectanet GmbH. The aim of the study: to make the hidden economic drivers and innovative top companies in the Black Forest Power Region visible &#8211; the \u201chidden gems\u201d of the SME sector.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"1096\">Hidden champions are companies that are among the top 3 in their niche worldwide or lead their home continent, generate annual sales of between EUR 5 million and EUR 5 billion and have a low level of public awareness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1304\">With a total of 44 hidden champions, the Black Forest Power Region makes it into the TOP 5 of the strongest German economic regions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1304\">As part of this powerful economic region, we are actively shaping progress. Our ambition remains clear: we not only want to set standards today, but also provide impetus for tomorrow &#8211; through sustainable solutions, intelligent materials and a corporate culture that is geared towards the future.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;8\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5250&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<div class=\"spacer spacer--large\" style=\"height:60px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"spacer spacer--medium\" style=\"height:60px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"spacer spacer--small\" style=\"height:60px\"><\/div>\n[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUCH NOVAPLAST is officially one of the \u201cHidden Champions\u201d of the Black Forest Power Region. This award confirms our role as a technology leader and driving force for pioneering solutions made of particle foam. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company","category-oberkirch-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Awarded as Hidden Champion | RUCH NOVAPLAST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"RUCH NOVAPLAST has been honoured and is one of the hidden champions of the Black Forest Power Region.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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