On the 21st of September 2023, Dipl.-Ing. Martin Haxter was awarded the GFZ Price of 2020 for Technician of the year. He was awarded for his exemplary development of the database and software components for the GIPP device pool. The export control device database developed from this has been an important part of the mandatory “export control when shipping goods and devices” at the GFZ since October 2020 and makes a fundamental contribution to the legally compliant implementation of our global measurement operations.