The Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry honoured the winners of the 5th round of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award 2010 with HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, presenting the trophies to the winners in various categories of the highly acclaimed nation-wide award programme.
Organised under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the award ceremony which was held at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai earlier today (Sunday), was also attended by heads of Government departments, dignitaries, Board members of Dubai Chamber, representatives of business councils, groups and trade centers, a large number of businessmen and members of the media.
In the Manufacturing category, Unibeton Ready Mix and Dubai Oil Mills LLC were announced winners whereas Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries-Julphar received the Best Business Performance award. The National Bank of Abu Dhabi received the Best Business Performance award in the Finance/and DIFC registered financial institutions category as Bank Sarasin-Alpen (ME) Limited, Sharjah Islamic Bank and Standard Chartered Bank were also announced winners. National Petroleum Construction grabbed the Best Business Performance award in the Construction Category, and Vopak Horizon Fujairah Ltd received the Best Business Performance award in the Supply Chain & Logistics category whereas Federal Express International Inc won the accolade in the same category.
For companies operating in the Free Zones, Mars GCC FZE took the Best Business Performance award of the UAE Free Zones Manufacturing category with National Fire Fighting Manufacturing FZCO (NAFFCO) and KEF Holdings winning in this category. Landmark Group bagged the UAE Free Zones Re-Export Category Best Performance Award and Danube Building Materials FZCO also emerged winner in this category.
In an endeavor to encourage overall business performance excellence and to boost competitiveness, Dubai Chamber introduced new accolades to recognize the company with the ‘Most Outstanding Performance for the year’. This went to the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, who demonstrated exceptional business performance in addition to its valuable contribution to the economic development of the country. Additionally, the Business Performance in each category was also acknowledged.
