Gerard & Anton Award 2016 for Ferry Schoenmakers, Tom Mulken and René van der Hulst
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Source: E52, 29 July 2016
The curation of lymphedema:in the medical world it sounds like a desirable goal. But start-up Microsure (Eindhoven - Maastricht) is showing that this is possible with the help of an assistant robot. The developers are Ferry Schoenmakers, Tom Mulken and René van der Hulst.
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Ten startups were honoured for their efforts in aiming to become the next Anton and Gerard. According to the jury these are the startups to watch. The jury of the awards thinks these ten have all it takes to follow the footsteps of Gerard and Anton Philips, who, 125 years ago formed the first start-up in the region of Eindhoven.
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