Malaysia's Best Recognized at 2012 Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Excellence Awards

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

~ Celcom,  Perodua, Telekom Malaysia, and U Mobile among companies honoured ~

Frost & Sullivan today honoured and recognized Malaysia's best at the 2012 Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Excellence Awards banquet.

Mr. Manoj Menon, Partner & Asia Pacific Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan said the company honours and recognizes companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development.

"We are extremely proud and happy to host the annual awards in Malaysia to celebrate best practices in Malaysian companies. I am confident that this awards banquet will continue to be the most anticipated event of the year by the Malaysian business community," he added.

Mr. Gopal R, Country Head, Frost & Sullivan Malaysia said that the Awards seek to recognize best practices and outstanding performance by Malaysian companies in different sectors such as automotive, energy, environment & building, healthcare, logistics, technology, and telecoms.

He added that award recipients for the 2012 Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Excellence Awards 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.

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.

"The recipients of the Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Excellence Awards have clearly demonstrated outstanding performances, rising above the competition in Malaysia," Mr. Gopal said.

The banquet was officiated by the office on the Malaysian Ministry of International Trade & Industry, represented by YB Dato' Jacob Dungau Sagan, Deputy Minister on behalf of YB Dato' Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of the Malaysian International Trade & Industry.

Saluting Malaysia's Best

Frost & Sullivan congratulates all the recipients of the 2012 Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Excellence Awards.

2012 Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Excellence Awards Recipients

    Category                                     Award Recipient
 
    TECHNOLOGY
    New Product Innovation in Wireless Network
    Optimization                                 Aexio Software Sdn Bhd
    Product Innovation in Molecular Screening    INFOVALLEY
 
    HEALTHCARE
    Pharmaceutical Company of the Year -
    Generics Drug Category                       Ranbaxy (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
    Health Supplements Company of the Year       Amway (M) Sdn Bhd
                                                 Great Eastern Life
    Private Health Insurance Provider of the     Assurance (Malaysia)
    Year                                         Berhad
    Healthcare Service Provider of the Year      KPJ Healthcare Bhd
    Healthcare Biotech Company of the Year       StemLife Berhad
 
    ENVIRONMENT & BUILDING
    Integrated Facilities Management Company of  Global Facilities
    the Year                                     Management Sdn Bhd
 
    ENERGY
                                                 TNB Repair and Maintenance
    Power Plant Service Provider of the Year     Sdn Bhd
    Power Transmission and Distribution Company
    of the Year                                  ABB
 
    LOGISTICS
    Domestic Logistics Service Provider of the   Tiong Nam Logistics
    Year                                         Solutions Sdn Bhd
    Domestic Express Service Provider of the
    Year                                         PosLaju
    Logistics Infrastructure Provider of the
    Year                                         MMC Corporation Berhad
    Project Logistics Service Provider of the
    Year                                         Megalift (M) Sdn Bhd
 
    AUTOMOTIVE
                                                 BMW Group Malaysia for BMW
    Luxury Car of the Year                       5-Series
    Automotive Component Manufacturer of the
    Year                                         Delloyd Ventures Berhad
    Automotive Finance Company of the Year       Public Bank Berhad
    Commercial Vehicle Company of the Year       Isuzu Malaysia Sdn Bhd
    Value-for-Money Car of the Year (1.3l and
    Below)                                       Perodua for Perodua Viva
    Value-for-Money Car of the Year (1.3l and    UMW Toyota Motor for
    Above)                                       Toyota Vios
                                                 Honda Malaysia for Honda
    Debut Model of the Year                      Insight
                                                 UMW Toyota Motor for
    Pick-up Truck of the Year                    Toyota Hilux
    Best Model of the Year                       Perodua for Perodua Myvi
 
    ICT
    Contact Center Applications Vendor of the
    Year                                         Aspect Software
                                                 Check Point Software
    Network Security Vendor of the Year          Technologies
                                                 NEC Corporation of
    Enterprise Telephony Vendor of the Year      Malaysia Sdn Bhd
    Unified Communications Vendor of the Year    Cisco Systems
                                                 Joint Recipients: Huawei
    Telecoms Equipment Vendor of the Year        and ZTE Corporation
    BPO Service Provider of the Year             Scicom
    Managed Service Provider of the Year         VADS Berhad
    Managed Security Service Provider of the
    Year                                         e-Cop Surveillance Sdn Bhd
    Data Communications Service Provider of the
    Year                                         Telekom Malaysia Berhad
    Telecommunication Wholesale Service Provider
    of the Year                                  TIME dotCom Bhd
    Broadband Service Provider of the Year       Telekom Malaysia Berhad
    Mobile Service Provider of the Year          Celcom Axiata Berhad
    Most Promising Service Provider of the Year  U Mobile
    Service Provider of the Year                 Telekom Malaysia Berhad

For more details on the 2012 Malaysia Excellence Awards log-in to http://www.malaysia-awards.com.

Media partners for the awards banquet include Business Today, International Investor, Malaysia SME, Media Outreach, Redberry Group, The Malaysian Reserve, The Malay Mail, Unreserved and Top 10 of Malaysia.

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