ZI-ARGUS Awarded for Business Excellence
September 9, 2008

On Thursday 4 September NTCC presented their 10th annual Business Awards. The festive evening took place at the Conrad Hotel Bangkok. with over 400 business executives present . Awards were handed out for business excellence in a different categories in which the winners were Thai Asia Pacific Breweries (Heineken), Katoen Natie, ZI-ARGUS and Philips.

The jury was chaired by Dr. Pakpachong Wattanasindhu, Chulalongkorn University. From the numerous applications, the jury shortlisted 9 nominees after careful review. The selected applicants were then probed and examined by performing in-depth interviews with each of them before reaching a final decision. The task of the Jury consisted of carefully examining the candidate companies in view of certain criteria, and to compare the candidates with each other in that regard. The Jury used the following criteria to decide on the final winners:

1) Innovation
2) Corporate Social Responsibility
3) Dedication to Training and Human Resource Development
4) Promotion of Thai-Benelux relations
5) Overall Business Achievement

For this year, ZI-ARGUS is honored to receive the Business Excellence award in SME category.

ZI-ARGUS recognizes that its most important assets are its engineers. Hence the significant effort on training, human resource development and know-how transfer. As a result, most Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives are focused on its human resources, in terms of salary, benefits, relations with universities for future employees, etc.

With every project being turnkey, ZI-ARGUS thrives on innovation. In addition, it offers innovative solutions to help customers save energy, reduce waste, and optimize production processes.

About NTCC/ Business Awards

The Business Awards of the Netherlands-Thai Chamber of Commerce and Belgian-Luxembourg/Thai Chamber of Commerce were established in 1998 to pay homage to some of the finest companies for the way in which they excel in business and for their contribution to Thai society. The foundation for relations between Thailand and the Benelux was first laid over 400 years ago when Dutch traders arrived in Ayudhya. This strong relationship led to the exchange of many cultural and social traits, but the original foundation has always been about business. Mutually beneficial business remains a strong element underpinning the continued success of the relationship even today.

For more information
Frank van Baal,
Regional Director Asia-Pacific