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Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO) Announces Winners of
World Class Performance – Global Performance Excellence Awards

Best Performance Excellence Organizations in the World

Chicago, Illinois, USA June 30, 2011 – Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO) today announced The World Class Winners of the Global Performance Excellence Awards.

“We are pleased to announce that five organizations from six Asian and Pacific Rim Countries are being recognized as exemplary companies of world class quality performance. They have achieved the Global Performance Excellence Award modeled after the U.S. Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Award” said Charles Aubrey, Chairman of APQO and the Global Performance Excellence Award Executive Committee.




The following organizations have won the
World Class Award

World Class Award
Large Manufacturing Organization

Goodbaby International Holdings Limited

A Large Manufacturing Organization having 16,169 employees with 4 sites in home country and 6 sites overseas and a Headquarters located at 20# Lufeng East Road, Lujia Town, Kunshan City, Jiangsu province, China.

Mr. Zhenghuan Song
Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: 86-0512-57871010
Fax: 86-0512-57871515
E-mail: Z.H.Song@gbinternational.com.hk
Website: www.gbinternational.com.hk

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

A Large Manufacturing Organization with 22,000 employees with 20 sites in home country, 50 sites overseas and a headquarters at 51, Cuppage Road, #09-08, StarHub Centre, Singapore 229469.

Mr. Tan Pheng Hock
President & CEO
Telephone: (65) 6722 1887
Fax: 6722 1689
E-mail: tanph@stengg.com
Website: www.stengg.com

World Class Award
Large Manufacturing Organization

Shanghai No.7 Construction Co., Ltd.

A Large Service Organization with 1,798 employees, 8 sites in home country, 2 sites overseas and headquarters at No. 150, Wu Yi Road, Shanghai 200050, PRC.

Mr. Wang Lian Yun
Chairman of the Board
Telephone: (86-21) 6252 7188
Fax: (86-21) 6252 2828
E-mail: bgs@shqj.com.cn
Website: www.shqj.com.cn

World Class Award
Educational Organization

Global Indian International School Singapore, Queenstown Campus

A school with 107 educational faculty/staffs and Headqurters located at 1, Mei Chin Road, Singapore 149253.

Mr. Atul Temurnikar
Chairman
Telephone: (65) 6508 3702
Fax: (65) 6508 3720
E-mail: atul@sg.globalindianschool.org
Website: www.globalindianschool.org

World Class Award
Not for Profit Organization

PUB, Singapore National Water Agency

A Not for Profit organization with 3,138 business employees, 1 site in home country, 1 sites overseas (Malaysia) and headquarters at located at 40, Scotts Road Environment Building, #22-01, Singapore 228231.

Mr. Khoo Teng Chye
Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: (65) 6731 3101
Fax: (65) 6731 3020
E-mail: khoo_teng_chye@pub.gov.sg
Website: www.pub.gov.sg

World Class Award
Not for Profit Organization

Housing & Development Board

A not for profit organization with 4,721 business employees, 1 site in home country and headquarters located at HDB Hub, 480 Lorong 6, Toa Payoh, Singapore 310480.

Dr. Cheong Koon Hean
Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: 603 8921 2020
Fax: 603 8929 7166
E-mail: ckh1@hdb.gov.sg
Website: www.hdb.gov.sg

The following organizations have won the
Best in Class Award

Best in Class Award
Large Manufacturing Organization

Lanxess India Private Limited,
Birlagram, Nagda, India

A Large Manufacturing Organization with 300 budiness employees, 9 sites in its home country and 44 sites overseas with headquarters located at Kolshet Road, Thane (West) - 400607 Maharashtra, India.

Mr. Neelanjan Banerjee
Senior Executive Director
Telephone: +91 22 2172 9240 / +91 22 2545 5224
Fax: +91 22 2545 5152
E-mail: Neelanjan.Banerjee@lanxess.com
Website: www.lanxess.in

Best in Class Award
Large Manufacturing Organization

Maliban Biscuit Manufactories (Pvt) Ltd.

A Large Manufacturing Organization with 1,357 employees, 1 site in home country and headquarters located at No. 389, Galle road, Rathmalana, Sri Lanka.

Mr. D.L. Weerasooriya
Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: 011 273 0543
Fax: 011 273 0542
E-mail: lucky@malibanbiscuit.com
Website:

Best in Class Award
Large Service Organization

Information Systems Resource Centre, Pvt. Ltd., Otis Elevator Company

A Large Service Organization having 290 employees with 1 site in home country and headquarters located at Building No. 6, 3rd Floor, 301/302 Raheja Comnmerzone, Samrat Ashok Path, Pune, 411 006 India.

Mr. Ramaswamy Narayanan
Director
Telephone: +91 20 6683 7341
Fax: +91 20 6683 7385
E-mail: ramaswamy.narayanan@otisisrc.com
Website: www.otisisrc.com

Best in Class Award
Large Service Organization

Urban Power Supply Company,
Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Corporation

A Large Service Organization having 1,071 employees, 1 site in home country with headquarters located at No. 399, Jiu Long Road, Shanghai, PRC.

Mr. Wei Zhang
General Manager
Telephone: (86-21) 6325 3421
Fax: (86-21) 6306 4329
E-mail: zhangw@sq.sh.sgcc.com.cn
Website: www.sh.sgcc.com.cn

Best in Class Award
Small Service Organization

Qian Hu Corporation Limited

A Small Service Organization with a total of 149 employees, 3 Dividsions in home country, 9 Subsidiaries overseas and headquarters located at No. 71, Jalan Lekar, Singapore 698950.

Dr. Kenny Yap
Executive Chairman & Managing Director
Telephone: 65 6766 7087
Fax: 65 6766 3995
E-mail: kenny_yap@qianhu.com
Website: www.qianhu.com

Best in Class Award
Educational Organization

Global Indian International School, Singapore, East Coast Campus

An Educational Organization with 90 Faculties / Staffs and Headquarters Located at 1, Mei Chin Road, Singapore 149253.

Mr. Atul Temurnikar
Chairman
Telephone: (65) 6508 3702
Fax: (65) 6508 3720
E-mail: atul@sg.globalindianschool.org
Website: www.globalindianschool.org

Best in Class Award
Not for Profit Organization

Laboratorio De Pruebas De Equipos Y Materiales (Lapem)
Comisión Federal De Electricidad Mexico

A Not for Profit Organization with 460 employees, 1 site in home country and headquarters located at Av. apaseo Oriente s/n, Cd. Industrial, CP. 36541, Irapuato, Gto. Mexico.

Mr. Luis Javier Freyre Rizo
Gerente del LAPEM
Telephone: +52 462 623 9410
Fax: +52 462 623 9401
E-mail: javier.freyre@cfe.gob.mx
Website: www.cfe.gob.mx

The following organizations have won the
Quest for Excellence Award

Quest for Excellence Award
Large Manufacturing Organization

Minh Long I Company, Ltd.

A Large Manufacturing Organization having 2,200 business employees with 1 site in home country and Headquarters located at 333 BinhDuong Highway, Hung Dinh, Thuan An-Binh Duong, Vietnam.

Mr. Minh Ly Ngoc
Chairman
Telephone: 84 0650 722929
Fax: 84 0650 724173
E-mail: minh@minhlong.com
Website: www.minhlong.com

Quest for Excellence Award
Small Manufacturing Organization

CIC Agri Business (Pvt) Ltd

A Small service Organization having 224 employees with 6 sites in home country and Headquarters located at No. 205, Wijewardana Mawatha, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.

Mr. Keerthi B. Kotagama
Managing Director / CEO
Telephone: +94 77 773 0723
Fax: +94 11 267 8497
E-mail: keerthi@cicagri.com
Website: www.cicagri.com

Quest for Excellence Award
Small Manufacturing Organization

Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt) Limited 

A Small Manufacturing Organization having 227 business employees, 1 site in home country with Headquarters located at No. 36, Bristol Street, Colombo 01, Sri Lanka.

Mr. Imal Fonseka
Managing Director
Telephone: 094 11 4731731
Fax: 0094 11 2437188
E-mail: imalf@hemas.com
Website: www.hemas.com

Quest for Excellence Award
Small Manufacturing Organization

Robot Investment Corporation 

A Small Manufacturing Organization having 241 business employees, 1 site in home country with Headquarters located at 304 B, Dien Bien Phu Street, Ward 4, Districtd 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Mr. Nguyen Phuong Nam
President - General Director
Telephone: + 84 8 3832 6714
Fax: + 84 8 3834 4607
E-mail: phuongnam@robot.com.vn
Website: www.robot.com.vn

Quest for Excellence Award
Educational Organization

Global Indian International School Singapore, Balestier Campus

An Educational Organization with 65 Faculties and Staffs, and Headquarters located at No. 1 Mei Chin Road Singapore 149253.

Mr. Atul Temurnikar
Chairman
Telephone: (65) 6508 3702
Fax: (65) 6508 3720
E-mail: atul@sg.globalindianschool.org
Website: www.globalindianschool.org

The awards will be presented at the 17th APQO/International Conference on Quality in Singapore on October 17-19, 2011. For more information please visit: www.apqo.org or www.begcapqc.com.

This is the eleventh year of the International Asia Pacific Quality Awards Process

About the Global Performance Excellence Award (GPEA)

The GPEA is the only formal international recognition of performance/business excellence. Since 2000, 91 organizations have received the various categories of this award. In 2010, the name of the award was changed from GPEA to reflect the evolution in the field of quality from a focus on product and services to a strategic focus encompassing overall organizational performance termed performance / organizational / business excellence.

GPEA is a strategic enabling tool for global performance excellence. It helps to strengthen the strategies and performance of organizations to succeed in the fast evolving global market place. The GPEA process promotes awareness in performance excellence as an increasingly important tool in competitiveness towards global business success and sustainability. For more information about GEPA visit www.apqo.org

About the Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO)

The APQO was founded and organized by National Quality Organizations in Asian and Pacific Rim countries including the American Society for Quality and was incorporated in the Philippines in 1985. It is a non-profit organization formed to be a primary mover for quality and continuous improvement for goods and services and quality of life in the Asia Pacific Region, APQO has several hundred National Quality Organizations (Core Members), Corporate Members, Life Members and Individual Members. For more information about APQO visit www.apqo.org