7 Clark firms get excellence awards

CLARK FREEPORT – Seven Clark firms received awards from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during the Clark Freeport Recognition 2009 spearheaded by the state-owned Clark Development Corporation (CDC) held Monday, July 13, at the Stotsenberg Hotel here.

CDC President Benigno N. Ricafort said Ms. Arroyo was the guest of honor during the recognition rites where she bestowed various awards to top performing Clark investors.

Ms. Arroyo, who was in Porac, Pampanga on Monday to inspect various infrastructure projects, proceeded to Clark to personally give the awards the following investors: Clark Water Corp., Smart Shirts Philippines, Inc., Poongsan Microtech Philippines, Inc., L&T International Group Philippines, Nanox Philippines, Inc., Yokohama Tire Philippines, Inc., and Texas Instruments Philippines.

Ricafort said Clark Water Corp. received the special recognition for “Outstanding Environment and Health Management” while Poongsan was cited for “Outstanding Investment Performance.”

He added that Smart Shirts received the “Outstanding Employment Performance and Human Resource Management” award while Texas Instruments was cited as “Outstanding New Investor.”

Meanwhile, the CDC bestowed the “Outstanding Recognition for Overall Performance” awards to the following locators: L&T, Nanox, and Yokohama.

Also, Ms. Arroyo gave special recognition awards to “Outstanding Clark Freeport Partners to the following: Bureau of Customs – Clark, Bureau of Immigration – Clark, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, Department of Labor and Employment Region III, National Power Corp., National Transmission Corp., Philippine Air Force 600th Air Base Wing, Philippine Economic Zone Authority, and the Clark Investors and Locators Association (CILA).

Ricafort said the CDC has launched the Clark Freeport Recognition 2009 “to recognize the valuable economic, social, development contributions as well as the notable business and people management practices and successes of Clark Freeport locators.”

“The awards program aims to recognize distinct enterprises inside the Clark Freeport which have objectively displayed management and leadership excellence in relevant areas or categories consistent and supportive of CDC’s vision and mission for Clark,” Ricafort said.

“The program also intends to encourage Clark investors to pursue such areas of excellence while serving as models of best practices for developing enterprises,” he added.