Appreciation
Hall of Fame for Family-Owned Businesses
Admission to the Hall of Fame for Family-Owned Businesses in January 2023 was a fitting way to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of Jürgen Heindl during a lifetime in business. As well as praising the successful contribution to managing the company, the jury also praised the family’s significant role as the principal owner in successfully shaping the company’s strategy. Other criteria that are used include consistently securing and creating new jobs through innovation and exceptional productivity, environmentally sound business practices, and also a commitment to social and cultural causes. In addition to our founder, Natalie Mekelburger (CEO, Coroplast Group) and posthumously Professor Götz W. Werner (founder of dm drugstores) were also honoured.
Business Medal of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
In May 2021, Progroup founder Jürgen Heindl was presented by Dr. Volker Wissing, who at the time was State Minister of Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture, with the Business Medal of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in recognition of his outstanding work as an entrepreneur.
“Jürgen Heindl is a significant figure who has helped to make Rhineland-Palatinate a strong location for industry. Over a very short period of time he has written an entrepreneurial success story that is unparalleled with Progroup. With his pioneering spirit and foresight, he has laid an impressive foundation to safeguard a successful future for his company and the competitiveness of the state,” says Wissing in praising Heindl's achievements.
Jürgen Heindl has always felt a strong bond with the state and the region: “Rhineland-Palatinate promotes modern technologies to drive forward innovations. This state shares Progroup’s philosophy that big aims can only be achieved by working together, with the passion and thirst for innovation that is needed.”
