CNCI Achiever Awards 2011:

Ready for grand finale

The Ceylon National Chamber of Industries (CNCI) the pioneering national industry chamber will be organizing the Achiever Awards 2011 for industrial and service excellence for the tenth consecutive year. The awards presentation in 2011, will take place on August 30, at the Hotel Cinnamon Grand.

The popular Achiever Awards was specifically designed by the CNCI for the first time ten years ago, to reward the industrial and manufacturing sector enterprises of Sri Lanka. The objective of the concept is to recognize the best overall performers in the industrial and the manufacturing sectors in their respective spheres of operations in Sri Lanka and to reward them for their performance excellence, so that they are encouraged to march forward to achieve further heights.

As stated by the CNCI, the response for the Achiever awards in 2011 and the popularity of the awards has increased over 100% for the past three years.

The highlight of this year 2011 Achiever competition is that a Large number of the Extra Large sector companies, who are well established, reputed and credible, corporate sector enterprises, entering into the competition and creating a big challenge to the panel of judges.

The CNCI Achiever Awards competition mainly focus attention towards the overall operational Excellence of Industrial and Manufacturing Enterprises. Other specialty is that the CNCI was the first National Chamber to recognize the operational excellence of Sri Lankan companies that operate in the SAARC Region, as well as the nominated companies of the SAARC region, who are approved and recommended by the respective Chambers of industry and commerce in their respective countries, namely in India , Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives .

Another special feature of the Achiever awards is the special emphasis granted to the small and micro industrial services enterprises in the Northern and Eastern Regions.

The Districts of Jaffna and Batticaloa and the Wanni Region has been designated as specific difficult regions, and the opportunity is granted to all enterprises operating in these regions to participate in the Achiever Awards Competition. The overall success of participation of Tamil speaking small/ micro enterprises last year, has promoted the CNCI to provide more opportunities to them this year.

The print media sponsor of the event is the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL).