Dr. William ‘Bill’ A. Lees, formerly of Permabond Adhesives Limited (later National Starch & Chemical Limited) of Eastleigh, Hampshire in the UK, is the 2004 recipient of the de Bruyne medal.
Diarmiud Gavin's Silver-Gilt Medal winning garden at the 2004 Chelsea Flower Show utilises steel balls sprayed and fired to fuse the coloured glass to the steel at a temperature above 800 degrees Celsius.