Entrepreneur prices 2024: Höffmann and Koopmann shine in Cloppenburg!

Entrepreneur prices 2024: Höffmann and Koopmann shine in Cloppenburg!

Cloppenburg, Deutschland - Cloppenburg experienced a brilliant festival of recognition on Friday evening! The 71-year-old Hans Höffmann, a name that stands for unforgettable travel experiences in the region, was honored for his impressive life's work. Under the thunderous applause of around 400 guests, the tour operator accepted the price of the Oldenburger Münsterland Association. Höffmann brought the world closer to hundreds of thousands of children and adolescents and carried his passion for traveling to the hearts of people.

a heart for humans

The honor was not only an award for business success, but also for his extraordinary social commitment. Laudator Michael von Rüden, partner of Deloitte Legal Lawyers' Society, remembered his own youth trip with Höffmann Reisen and praised his tireless pleasure to do good other good. Höffmann was also honored with the Gregorius Order, one of the highest awards in the Catholic Church - a sign of his tireless efforts for the community.

Hans Höffmann's travel company, which he founded in 1986, employs around 120 people today and remains firmly in family hands. His sons Andreas and Martin continue with the same passion. The Cloppenburg district administrator Johann Wimberg emphasized that the generation change in the family -run companies of the Oldenburg Münsterland was successfully carried out and the success story of Höffmann Reisen promises another exciting chapter.

economic diversity in the Oldenburger Münsterland

The award ceremony reflected the economic diversity of the region. Lothar Koopmann, whose companies play a central role in energy and electrical engineering, became an entrepreneur of the year. The founders of the year, Ina Stuke and Timo Plenter, rely on regional products in their restaurant in Friesoythe. The innovation price went to the companies Gebrüder Ostendorf plastics and LWM tool and mechanical engineering, which together developed a new sleeve that revolutionized the laying of protective pipes for underground power cables.