| Karapakkam |
| The 27th Factory Day of SEC’s Chennai units
was celebrated on 1st July 2003 at Karapakkam. Among the participants
were Vijay Sankar, Director and M N Radhakrishnan, Managing
Director. |
| 850 employees including long service award
winners from branch locations attended the function. |
| In his address, Radhakrishnan, explained the
importance of the performance culture in the changing global
industrial scenario. |
| S Gopal, Chief Executive, spoke on the subject
of on-time delivery and the importance of customer satisfaction. |
| K S Venkiteswaran, President –IR, spoke on
the SEC Incentive Scheme and its importance to the business. |
| Sarada Jagan, President – HR spoke on SEC’s
training initiatives for 2002-2003. |
| Sixty-five employees received awards for “Exceptional
Performance” and forty-eight received the Long Service award.
D Kannappan, an operator from Sensortronics Sanmar, was declared
the outstanding operator of the year for the Chennai units.
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| Sensortronics Sanmar bagged the “Best Housekeeping”
award for the Chennai units for the second year in succession. |
| Winners of an essay competition on the topics
of “On time delivery for a prosperous future” and “Prosperity
of employees is linked to prosperity of the company” were awarded
prizes. |
| Prizes were also given away for winners in
sports and Kaizen. The Grinding Cell of Flowserve Sanmar was
adjudged the best cell of the year among the Chennai units. |
| Viralimalai |
| The Factory Day of SEC’s Viralimalai units
was celebrated on 4th July 2003 at Hotel Sangam, Trichy. |
| 750 employees attended the function. M N Radhakrishnan
presided over the function and spoke at length on the execution
culture. |
| Vijay Sankar commended the performance of
the Viralimalai units in difficult conditions during the year
2002-2003 and stressed the need to maintain a higher compounded
annual growth rate (CAGR). He also highlighted the importance
of quality, cost, on-time delivery and performance orientation. |
| V V Subramaniam, President–Finance highlighted
the SEC units’ financial performance for the year 2002-2003. |
| K Mohan, Vice President–IR, summarized the
proceedings and spoke on the performance of the Viralimalai
units in respect of the incentive scheme and the long-term settlements
implementation. |
| Excellent performers and employees with 10
years and 20 years of service with SEC were recognized on the
occasion. M Kothandaraman of Tyco Sanmar was declared the Outstanding
Operator of the Year. Tyco bagged the Best Housekeeping award
for the location for the second consecutive year based on year-long
audited results. The Tyco Assembly Cell was declared the best
cell of the location for the year. |
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S Gopal handing over the Best Housekeeping trophy
to
K S Ravindran, Assistant Vice President - Operations, Tyco Sanmar. |
