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2007
Nominees and winners 2007
Industry
Winners:
Franz Lärmer and Andrea Urban (Germany)
Malcolm Begemann, Willem Boute and Marijn Van Gemert (the Netherlands)
Hans Meixner and Randolf Mock (Germany): page currently not available
SMEs/Research
Karlheinz Schmidt (Germany)
Hakan Lans
(Sweden)
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Catia Bastioli, Vittorio Bellotti, Luciano Del Giudice and Roberto Lombi (Italy)
Non-European countries
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Joseph Vacca (USA)
Shuji Nakamura (Japan): page currently not available
Shigeo Nakanishi and Iwao Yamanaka (Japan)
Lifetime achievement
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Marc Feldmann (United Kingdom)
Alec Jeffreys (United Kingdom)
Tim Lüth (Germany)
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