Nominees and winners

Winners 2008

Industry	SMEs/research	Non-European countries	Lifetime achievement
Norbert Enning, Ulrich Klages, Heinrich Timm, Gundolf Kreis, Alois Feldschmid, Christian Dornberg, Karl Reiter (Germany)	Douglas Anderson, Robert Henderson, Roger Lucas (UK)	Philip S. Green (USA)	Erik De Clercq (Belgium)

Industry	SMEs/research	Non-European countries	Lifetime achievement
Franz Lärmer and Andrea Urban (Germany)	Catia Bastioli, Vittorio Bellotti, Luciano Del Giudice and Roberto Lombi (Italy)	Joseph Vacca (USA)	Marc Feldmann (United Kingdom)

Industry	Small and medium- sized enterprises	Universities and research institutions	New EU member states	Non- European inventions	Lifetime achieve-ment
Zbigniew Janowicz and Cornelius Hollenberg (Germany)	Stephen P. A. Fodor, Michael C. Pirrung, J. Leighton Read and Lubert Stryer (Netherlands/USA)	Peter Grünberg (Germany)	John Starrett, Joanne Bronson, John Martin, Muzammil Mansuri and David Tortolani (Czech Republic)	Larry Gold and Craig Tuerk (USA)	Federico Faggin (Italy)