Entrepreneurs’ Evening Oldenburger Münsterland
The Verbund Oldenburger Münsterland awards the entrepreneurs’ prize Oldenburger Münsterland in cooperation with the regional towns and communities as well as the regional interest groups of the business in the categories “founder of the year”, “entrepreneur of the year” and “lifetime achievement award”.
The 23 towns and communities of the rural districts of Cloppenburg and Vechta suggest one company for each category respectively. A committee of 16 representatives from business and the locations in Oldenburger Münsterland then chose the prize winners:
Locations
- Head of the district authority Albert Focke (chairman)
- Head of the district authority Hans Eveslage
- Rainer Rauch, district chairman of the association of towns and communities in the district of Cloppenburg
- Mayor Hans Georg Niesel, towns and communities in the district of Vechta
- ermann Blanke, Head of the transfer centre Oldenburger Münsterland
Business
- CCI president Gert Stuke
- CCI vice president Ludger Block
- District master craftsman Günther Tönjes
- District master craftsman Ludger Wessel
- Chairman of the district farmers’ association Hubertus Berges
- Chairman of the district farmers’ association Norbert Meyer
Sponsors
- Member of the executive board Dr. Eduard Möhlmann, Landessparkasse zu Oldenburg
- Member of the executive board Horst Schreiber, Öffentliche Versicherungen Oldenburg
- Managing director Jörg-Peter Knochen, Oldenburgische Volkszeitung
- Managing director Jan Imsiecke, Münsterländische Tageszeitung
- Managing director Ludwig Kohnen, EWE-business region Cloppenburg/Emsland
The prize for founders of a new business is worth 3,000 €. The prize for the entrepreneur of the year and the lifetime achievement award are remunerated with a sculpture. The award ceremony takes place in the course of a festive entrepreneurs’ evening in presence of highly respected guest from business, politics and the media.
Founders of the year:
| 2010 | Klaus Gräfe, GRÄFE GmbH, Saterland |
| 2009 | Franz-Josef Kessens, Kessens Technik mit System, Lastrup |
| 2008 | Ruth und Wolfgang Placke, Kletterwald Nord, Friesoythe |
| 2007 | Dr. Marc Koene, Dr. Jan-Hein Swagemakers, Dr. Kirsten Schwenzer und Julius Wegert, Tierärztliche Klinik für Pferde, Bakum |
| 2006 | Timo Kaapke, KAAPKE GmbH, Cloppenburg |
| 2005 | Alexander Siemer, Jachtservice Siemer GmbH, Barßel |
| 2004 | Alexander Wagner, TerraProjekt GmbH & Co. KG, Molbergen |
| 2003 | Thomas Claaßen, Maschinen- und Metallbau Claaßen GmbH, Saterland |
Entrepreneur of the year:
| 2010 | Roland Zerhusen, Zerhusen Kartonagen GmbH, Damme |
| 2009 | Hermann Schickling, Hermann Schickling Maschinenbau GmbH, Visbek |
| 2008 | Wolfgang Mählmann, Mählmann Gemüsebau GmbH & Co. KG, Cappeln |
| 2007 | Olaf von Lehmden und Kunibert Ruhe, EnviTec Biogas AG, Lohne |
| 2006 | Klaus und Roger Böckmann, Böckmann Fahrzeugwerke GmbH, Lastrup |
| 2005 | Franz Grimme, Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Damme |
| 2004 | Franz und Gottfried Nietfeld, Nietfeld Feinkost GmbH, Dinklage |
| 2003 | Hans Höffmann, Höffmann-Reisen GmbH, Vechta |
Lifetime achievement award:
| 2010 | Franz Meyer, fm Büromöbel GmbH & Co. KG, Bösel |
| 2009 | Heinrich Wernsing, Wernsing Feinkost GmbH, Essen/Oldb. |
| 2008 | Paul-Heinz Wesjohann, PHW-Gruppe, Visbek Erich Wesjohann, EW-Group, Visbek |
| 2007 | Karl-Heinz Diekmann, Pöppelmann GmbH, Lohne |
| 2006 | Dr. h.c. Peter Waskönig, Waskönig+Walter Kabel-Werk GmbH u. Co. KG, Saterland |
| 2005 | Dr. Hildegard Schnetkamp, Schne-frost Ernst Schnetkamp GmbH, Löningen |
| 2004 | Josef Meerpohl, Big Dutchman AG, Vechta |
| 2003 | Peter Mager, NORDENIA AG, Steinfeld |



























































































































































































































































