Piramal Glass wins NBE Award

Piramal Glass Ceylon PLC (PGC) won the National Business Excellence Award presented by the National Chamber of Comemrce. PGC won in the Manufacturing - Chemical and Ceramic Sector for the second consecutive year at the award ceremony .

The National Business Excellence Awards have come to be recognised by the Sri Lankan business community as a prestigious "business benchmark" as the selection procedure involves evaluation of performances from a number of different aspects to maintain high standards.

The selection criteria goes well beyond the financial stability of the company and takes into consideration areas such as steady growth, balance business portfolio, growth of value addition, performance against the industry, global market reach, excellence in product and process innovation, acquisition of high impact knowledge through direct investments, creating capacity for future growth through capital investment, adopting best business practices for performance management and successful institutionalisation of corporate social responsibility.

The applicants for these awards were evaluated by an eminent panel of judges over the past few months, followed by an indepth interview.

According to PGC's CEO / Managing Director, Sanjay Tiwari, the organisation has during the past few years taken several initiatives to ensure that international standards and quality levels are being maintained in their products and processes.

"The initiatives taken by PGC to introduce a continuous improvement program [Manufacturing Excellence] suitable to the requirements of the industry to improve their processes and services and thereby be on par with any international manufacturer is already paying rich dividends. This was further strengthened by the success of the employee engagement program that was implemented", he said.