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09.06.2009
Winners of the City of Bremen's Founders' Prize
Andreas Mielke and Wolfgang Pape, both EPLAX,
awarded City of Bremen's Founders' Prize 2009.
Finalists (photo © Jochen Mönch)The City of Bremen's Founders' Prize is awarded annually to honor sucessful business founders. The prize's patron is Ralf Nagel, Senator for Economics and Ports of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. The Founders' Prize is part of the German Founders' Prize, the largest award competition for individual founders, organized by the German magazine Stern, ARD networks, Porsche and the German Sparkassen (mutual savings banks).
At the same award ceremony, Harald Sikora and Harry Prunk, both Sikora AG, were honored as businessmen of the year 2009. Our heartfelt congratulations to them and to the other finalists! We are glad to see compelling startup ideas and successful business developments thus highly honored.
Guests (photo © Jochen Mönch)Gala event for businesspersons
The prize was awarded during the 8. Bremen Business Gala Event, held at the Sparkasse Bremen's FinanzCentrum. More than 600 guests from politics, economics, and Bremen society witnessed the award ceremony. The pizes were presented by Peter Bollhagen and Lencke Wischhusen, first chairmen of the Bremen chapter of "Die Familienunternehmer-ASU" and "Die Jungen Unternehmer-BJU", respectively, and Dr. Tim Nesemann, Chairman of the Board, Sparkasse Bremen.
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