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Entrepreneurs’ Evening Oldenburger Münsterland

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unternehmerabendThe 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

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