THE Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) Ltd will on Wednesday hold its 20th consecutive Annual Presentation of Awards and Dinner (APAD) in the Savannah Suite of the Guyana Pegasus Hotel. As is customary,new and existing companies will be tangibly recognised for the achievements they worked so assiduously throughout this year to attain, the GMSA said in a release. Among the awardees will be Pomeroon Foods, Qualfon, and Farfan & Mendes. Award categories range from Attaining ISO, HACCP and other international Standards certification, International Market Penetration, Breaking new ground in Maritime, Tourism, Fashion Designing and other services, and Introducing new and innovative technologies and methodologies. Several recent member companies have qualified for awards this year.
Minister of Finance Winston Jordan, will be the honoured guest speaker. He is expected to highlight the government’s plans and projections for the business sector in the ensuing five years, the first term of the coalition government. APAD serves as the GMSA’s platform to publicly recognise the sterling performance and contributions to the national economy by individuals and public and private sector companies and agencies. Like the association’s business luncheons and dinners, the annual awards presentation ceremony functions as another means of bringing valuable information to the business community to spur their growth and inform their forward planning. President David Granger and members of his Cabinet as well as the diplomatic community have been invited to attend.