Gorbachev, Environmental Researchers and Pioneers in Laser Technology, Received Award Today

Germany's President Presented the German Environmental Award of the DBU in Bremen in Front of 1,300 guests

BREMEN, Germany, October 31, 2010 - The German Environmental Award of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
(DBU, Osnabrück) has been presented for the 18th time. The award, the most
lucrative environmental prize in Europe, went to the business partners Dr.
Winfried Barkhausen (51) and Edwin Büchter (41) from Herzogenrath near
Aachen, and to Dr. Rainer Griesshammer (57), co-managing director of the
Institute for Applied Ecology (Freiburg), who each received 245,000 euros.
The special prize of the DBU, worth 10,000 euros, was awarded to the former
president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev - only the third time this
prize has been presented in the DBU's history. Barkhausen/Büchter received
the prize for the mobile laser technique developed by their company,
Clean-Lasersysteme. It cleans technical surfaces in an environmentally
friendly way, while also offering economic advantages and optimising
industrial safety. Griesshammer was given the award for the way he has
promoted solutions in the environmental debate and made the issue of
sustainability an integral part of everyday life. Gorbachev was honoured for
his international involvement in environmental protection.

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    Franz-Georg Elpers
    - Press Officer -

    Stephanie Kassing
    Johannes Graupner
    Anneliese Grabara

    DBU:
    An der Bornau 2
    49090 Osnabrück
    Tel: +49-0541-9633521
    Fax: +49-0541-9633198
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Contacts: Franz-Georg Elpers, - Press Officer -, Stephanie Kassing, Johannes Graupner, Anneliese Grabara; DBU: An der Bornau 2, 49090 Osnabrück, Tel: +49-0541-9633521, Fax: +49-0541-9633198, presse at dbu.de