Jakob Bickelhaupt, Prinovis Darmstadt, Ranks Among The "Best"
In an official ceremony on 11 December 2006 in Berlin, Germany´s best apprentices from 212 professional specialisations were presented with awards at the congress of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (the DIHK). Amongst them was an apprentice printer (specialisation: gravure printing) from Prinovis Darmstadt, Jakob Bickelhaupt.All the apprentices had passed their examinations, attaining the grade "very good", or higher. In the awards ceremony in Hangar 2 of Tempelhof airport, the host, DIHK president Ludwig-Georg Braun, congratulated every one of the super-apprentices in front of about 1,200 guests: "Yours is an absolutely top performance, of which you can be proud. You have earned Germany´s best examination results in 2006 in your profession, proving yourselves amongst over 300,000 participants".
In an event compered by Barbara Schöneberger, Braun also explicitly thanked the companies providing apprenticeship training: "The outstanding performance of your apprentices is also, to a very great extent, your performance". In her ceremonial speech which followed, the German Chancellor Mrs. Merkel praised the high quality of professional training in Germany and appealed to companies to ensure training for highly qualified specialist personnel into the future.
(30.01.2007)
