34 Individuals, companies honoured for promoting manufacturing sector

Thirty-four manufacturers across the country have been honoured at the third edition of the Ghana Manufacturers Awards for the significant roles they had played in promoting the sector.

The ceremony, which took place in Accra last Friday, is an annual event held to celebrate the very best in the industry.

Kane-Em Industries Limited took the ultimate prize of Manufacturing Company of the Year and the Plastic Manufacturing Company of the Year.

Mr Maxwell Kofi Jumah of GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited was adjudged the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Year, while Mr Samuel Amo Tobin, the CEO of Tobinco Pharmaceuticals Company Limited, received the Entrepreneur of the Year award.

The Woman of Excellence award went to Mrs Emelia Adjei Ohene-Kena of Royal Crown Packaging, while the Personality of the Year award was received by the CEO of B5 Plus Steel Industry, Mr Mukesh V. Thakwani, with the Lifetime Achievement Award going to the President of the Blow Group Company, Mr Jagdish Lakhiani.

Mr Moses K. Baiden of the Margins Group was the recipient of the Leadership Achievement Award.

Award winning Companies

GIHOC Distilleries, Polytank Ghana, Kasapreko Company Limited, Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana, Sterling International Company and Jelcem Ghana Limited received two awards each for their respective performance.

Other companies which also received awards were: Rockters Roofing Systems Limited, McHammah Engineering, Empire Concrete Limited, Intelligent Card Product Service, Royal Crown Packaging Limited, Twellium Company Limited, BEL-AQUA Water, Century Industries Limited and Fon Packaging Ventures.

The rest were Sintex Ghana Limited, Poly Products Ghana Limited, Rush Energy Drink, Riker Pharmaceuticals Limited, B5 Plus Limited, Jay Kay Industries and Investment Limited, Gihoc Distilleries Company Limited, Verna Water Company Limited, Entrance Pharmaceutical and Research Training Centre, Fabrimetal Ghana Limited and Voltic Ghana Limited.

Commendation

A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industries, Mr Robert Ahomka-Lindsay, commended the winners for their immense contributions to the sector, adding that their efforts had ensured progress in the manufacturing industry.

“An economy that is based on the export of raw materials has not got much future and it’s very appropriate that we honour our companies which deal in value addition to our raw materials for domestic use and export.

Countries that are good at exporting finished goods have stronger economies and it will be best for us to emulate them,” he stated.

Mr Ahomka-Lindsay said the government had laid good foundations for businesses to thrive in the country.

He mentioned some of the measures to include the creation of a conducive environment and accurate regulatory systems, saying that “the role of the government is not to run businesses but to put in place good measures to enable individuals to run their own businesses.”

The deputy minister advised businesses to capitalise on the efforts and the foundations laid by the government to come up with initiatives that would help grow their businesses.