Markku Simmelvuo honoured with the AIPPI Award of Merit

3.10.2014

Markku Simmelvuo, managing director of Papula-Nevinpat, has been honoured with the AIPPI Award of Merit at the Association’s annual AIPPI meeting in Toronto.

The AIPPI Award of Merit is granted for outstanding contributions to and extraordinary engagement in the fulfilment of the aims of the Association. The list of holders of the AIPPI Award of Merit (1997 – 2013) can be found here.

More information on AIPPI: www.aippi.org

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