Countries
To appear as Most Admired, a company must have scored in the top half of its industry survey. The rest are listed as contenders.
Most Admired
Company City Overall score
Adidas Herzogenaurach 6.45
Allianz Munich 5.70
BASF Ludwigshafen 7.04
Bayer Leverkusen 6.87
Beiersdorf Hamburg 6.19
Bertelsmann Gütersloh 5.83
BMW Munich 6.94
Daimler Stuttgart 4.42
Deutsche Bank Frankfurt 5.59
Deutsche Post (DHL) Bonn 5.17
E.ON Düsseldorf 7.06
Fresenius Bad Homburg 6.03
Hochtief Essen 5.78
Linde Munich 5.97
Lufthansa Group Cologne 6.15
MAN Munich 6.02
Munich Re Group Munich 5.80
Robert Bosch Stuttgart 6.90
RWE Essen 6.54
Siemens Munich 6.12
ThyssenKrupp Düsseldorf 6.57
Volkswagen Wolfsburg 4.74
ZF Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen 5.91
Contenders
Company City Overall score
Boehringer Ingelheim Ingelheim 5.13
Continental Hanover 4.57
Deutsche Telekom Bonn 5.28
Evonik Industries Essen 5.02
Franz Haniel Duisburg 5.08
Henkel Düsseldorf 5.79
Heraeus Holding Hanau 5.72
Infineon Technologies Neubiberg 4.73
Marquard & Bahls Hamburg 5.59
Metro Düsseldorf 5.06
SAP Walldorf 6.41
From the March 22, 2010 issue
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