KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan honoured and recognized Malaysia's best at the 2013 Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Excellence Awards banquet held on Thursday, 9 May 2013 from 7.30pm at the Hilton Hotel Kuala Lumpur.
Now in its ninth consecutive year, the 2013 Malaysia Excellence Awards aims to recognize Malaysian companies for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service and strategic product development.
"The Malaysia Excellence Awards play an important role in providing deserved recognition to those who are driving innovation and achieving best practices across various industries in the Malaysian market," said Hazmi Yusof, Country Head, Frost & Sullivan Malaysia.
"We are extremely proud and happy to host the annual awards in Malaysia to celebrate best practices in Malaysian companies. We hope this awards program will continue to spur these industries forward by highlighting leading companies and individuals who inspire and influence the industry's performance," he added.
The 2013 Malaysia Excellence Awards recognized best practices and outstanding performance by Malaysian companies in different sectors such as automation & electronics, automotive, chemicals, energy, environment & building, food, healthcare, logistics, technology, and telecoms.
Award recipients were identified based on an in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research conducted by Frost & Sullivan's analysts. Companies are typically studied on their revenues, market share, capabilities, and overall contribution to the industry in order to identify best practices.
The findings of the detailed evaluation will then be presented to a panel of independent judges comprising influential personalities and leaders in Malaysia, to decide the recipient for each category. The list of judges can be found at http://malaysia-awards.com/pastjudges.shtml
For more details on the 2013 Malaysia Excellence Awards log-in to http://www.malaysia-awards.com/. You can also connect with Frost & Sullivan on social media, including Twitter, Facebook, SlideShare, and LinkedIn, for the latest news and updates. We also invite you to join the conversation using #FSMYAwards.
Media partners for the awards banquet include Business Today, Computerworld Malaysia, Digital News Asia, Infinity 21, Redberry Group, The Malaysian Reserve, The Malay Mail, Unreserved, Top 10 of Malaysia and Top 10 of Asia. Multimedia Development Corporation is a Partner Sponsor.
The banquet was officiated by YABhg Tun Ahmad Sarji bin Abdul Hamid, Chairman of Permodalan Nasional Berhad.
Saluting Malaysia's Best
Frost & Sullivan congratulates all the recipients of the 2013 Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Excellence Awards.
2013 Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Excellence Awards Recipients
| Category | Award Recipient |
| HEALTHCARE | |
| Pharmaceutical Company of the Year -- Generics Drug Category | CCM Pharmaceuticals Division |
| Entrepreneurial Biotech Company of the Year | Alpha Biologics |
| Health Screening Company of the Year | BP Healthcare Group |
| Healthcare Service Provider of the Year | KPJ Healthcare Berhad |
| Excellence in EMR Implementation | Sime Darby Healthcare |
| Private Health Insurance Provider of the Year | Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad |
| AUTOMATION & ELECTRONICS | |
| Automation & Controls Solutions Company of the Year -- Upstream Oil & Gas Sector | Yokogawa Electric Malaysia |
| CHEMICALS, MATERIALS & FOOD | |
| Home-Grown Packaged Food Company of the Year | Mamee Double Decker Food Specialities Sdn Bhd. |
| Non-Alcoholic Beverage Company of the Year | F&N Beverages Marketing Bhd |
| Palm Oil Plantation Company of the Year | Felda Global Ventures Holdings Sdn Bhd |
| Oleochemicals Company of the Year | KLK OLEO |
| ENVIRONMENT & BUILDING | |
| Integrated Facilities Management Company of the Year | ISS Facility Services Sdn Bhd |
| ENERGY | |
| Entrepreneurial Company of the Year -- Solar PV Market | Gading Kencana Sdn Bhd |
| LOGISTICS | |
| Domestic Road Transportation Service provider of the Year | Tiong Nam Logistics Solutions Sdn Bhd |
| HALAL Logistics Service Provider of the Year | MISC Integrated Logistics Sdn Bhd |
| Emerging Logistics Service Provider of the Year | Integrated Logistics Solutions Sdn Bhd |
| Domestic Logistics Service Provider of the Year | Kontena Nasional Berhad |
| Domestic Express Service Provider of the Year -- Private Sector | GD Express Sdn Bhd |
| Domestic Express Service Provider of the Year | PosLaju National Courier |
| AUTOMOTIVE | |
| Luxury Car of the Year | BMW Group Malaysia for BMW 5-Series |
| Commercial Vehicle Company of the Year | Isuzu Malaysia Sdn Bhd |
| Automotive Finance Company of the Year | Public Bank Berhad |
| Pick-up Truck of the Year | UMW Toyota Motor for Toyota Hilux |
| Value-for-Money Car of the Year (1.3l and Above) | Proton for Proton Preve |
| Value-for-Money Car of the Year (1.3l and Below) | Perodua for Perodua Viva |
| Debut Model of the Year | Proton for Proton Preve |
| Best Model of the Year | Perodua for Perodua Myvi 1.3L |
| ICT | |
| Enterprise Telephony Vendor of the Year | Avaya |
| Contact Center Applications Vendor of the Year | Aspect Software |
| Unified Communications Vendor of the Year | Microsoft |
| Network Security Vendor of the Year | Check Point Software Technologies |
| Telecoms Equipment Vendor of the Year | Huawei |
| BPO Service Provider of the Year | Scicom (MSC) Berhad |
| Data Center Service Provider of the Year | CSF Group |
| Managed Security Service Provider of the Year | E-Cop Surveillance Sdn Bhd |
| Managed Service Provider of the Year | Strateq Data Centre Sdn Bhd |
| Telecommunication Wholesale Service Provider of the Year | Celcom Axiata Berhad |
| Data Communications Service Provider of the Year | Jointly presented to: - TIME dotCom Bhd - Telekom Malaysia Berhad |
| Most Promising Telecom Service Provider of the Year | YTL Communications |
| Broadband Service Provider of the Year | Celcom Axiata Berhad |
| MVNO Service Provider of the Year | Tune Talk |
| Mobile Service Provider of the Year | Celcom Axiata Berhad |
| Telecom Service Provider of the Year | Telekom Malaysia Berhad |
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