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Pinewood at the Genuine Innovative Youth Awards 2023

Pinewood at the Genuine Innovative Youth Awards 2023

We are delighted to announce that two of our students, Alexandros Mentesidis and Marios Katzigas, have been awarded the students’ entrepreneurship award at this year’s Genuine Innovative Youth Awards 2023! This is a tremendous accomplishment, and we are so proud of them for their outstanding achievement.


Our students were selected as during their entrepreneurship class, they developed their business idea called ‘sleek’. A smart bin that aims to remove all the hassle and inconvenience of dealing with rubbish. They already won 5th place in the international Innovator competition and they were the first team outside the US to receive such an honor. They have truly demonstrated what it means to be creative and enterprising young individuals.

Alexandros and Marios are outstanding representatives of Pinewood, and we are proud to have them as part of our community. We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to them on this well-deserved award, and we cannot wait to see where their entrepreneurial journey takes them next.

The award ceremony took place at the CISCO center in Thessaloniki  on March 22, Wednesday, August at 19:00.

Ms.Chrysi Theodoridou Pinewood Communication officer and Ms. Petroula Rosiou Pinewood HR & Ministry officer together with the students were present to receive the awards and express the gratitude for such a recognition.