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

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