Andreas Lapp, the LAPP Chairman of the Board was awarded the Order of Merit of the state of Baden-Württemberg by Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President of the state of Baden-Württemberg, in late April.

The Minister President explained the decision to honour Andreas Lapp - "Andreas Lapp has long been setting international industry standards with his company and is a pioneer of cable technology. The increasing level of digitalisation certainly challenges us to look more to the future and recognise and meet new needs. Mr Lapp and his company are very innovative in the way they do this. LAPP products do not just connect the world; they connect people."

The Minister President also highlighted the fact that Andreas Lapp has been building bridges towards active intercultural understanding for many years. As honorary consul of the Republic of India for Baden-Württemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz, he has managed to get countless cultural and commercial projects off the ground and has therefore created numerous links between the countries and cultures. It was down to him that Baden-Württemberg entered into a partnership with the Indian state of Maharashtra in 2015.

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