TPM Excellence Award for Unilever
Staff correspondent
The Unilever Bangladesh Ltd factory at Kalurghat in the port city has got the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Excellence Award of Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM).
JIPM is a subsidiary of the Japan Management Association and promotes the efficiency techniques in manufacturing.
Sources at the Unilever Bangladesh said the JIPM confers the awards to the companies across the globe, which have made outstanding progress in implementing TPM to enhance plant efficiency.
Unilever's General Factory Manager Hasan Jafar Chowdhury and Employees Union President Shahidul Alam received the award on behalf of the company at the '2006 TPM Awards Presentation Ceremony' at Yokohama in Japan on February 15. The award was officially handed over to the Unilever Chairman and Managing Director Sanjib Mehta at a function on the factory premises on February 19.
Unilever's Supply Chain Manager Kamran Bakr, TPM Coordinator Inam Ahmed, Personnel Services Manager Md Shahabuddin and senior officials were present in the function.
Terming the TPM award a matter of pride for both the factory and the country, Mehta said the Unilever business in Bangladesh has grown by 15 percent annually, which is three times the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of the country.
"Our business has grown to Tk 1,000 crore now from Tk 400 crore in 1998 and this has been possible because of our mindset to achieve excellence in every facet of manufacturing and our unflinching motto to productivity, efficiency, quality, reliability and flexibility," Mehta added.
Kamran Bakr said Unilever always tries to ensure cent percent quality with affordable prices for its products and the company doesn't compromise in this regard.
