Awards
The following awards were received during the reporting period:2008
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Altron received a Merit Award for its 2008 Annual Report in the Mid Cap category of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries SA and the JSE Limited Annual Report Awards |
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Altron became the first company in South Africa to be awarded a Gold certificate for corporate governance by Corporate Governance Accreditation (CGA) – having achieved a score in excess of 80% |
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Xerox received the National Medal of Technology, the highest honour awarded by the President of the USA to leading innovators |
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Altech won the award for ‘Best Reporting and Communications’ in the General/Industrial category of the 2008 Investment Analyst Society of South Africa Awards |
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Cables de Comunicaciones Zaragoza (CDC) won the 2008 Aragon Business Excellence Award, criteria for which are based on the European Excellence Model and the Quality Award of the European Foundation of Quality Management (EFQM) |
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The Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services SETA (MerSETA) selected Desta Power Matla and Aberdare Cables as Top 300 training companies in the country |
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Dr Bill Venter, founder and Chairman of the Altron group, received the 2008 Picmet Leadership in Technology Management Award. |
2009
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Altron improved its ranking from “adequate” to “good” in the 2009 Ernst & Young Excellence in Corporate Reporting Survey |
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Bytes Document Solutions was named Xerox ‘Partner of the Year’ and won the ‘Productivity through Partnership’ award |
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Dr Bill Venter received a Lifetime Achiever Award at the Technology Top 100 (TT100) Awards |
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Altech took top honours in the 2008 TT100 Johannesburg Stock Exchange Limited Award for Excellence in the Management of Technology, Innovation and People |
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Altron was ranked the number one company in the General Industrials sector and was ranked number 32 overall in South Africa with a score of 65.30% (up from number 49 in 2008) in the FM/Empowerdex Top 200 Empowerment Companies ratings for 2009. This positions the company as a Level 4 contributor |
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Altron also formed part of the top ten companies and was ranked number six overall in South Africa for Skills Development, with a score for this indicator of 11.9%. |
Dr Venter (left) celebrates his lifetime achiever award with Craig Venter, Minister Mangena and
Robbie Venter at the Technology Top 100 Awards