Sweden became the only Nordic country to make it to 2010 exclusive list of Hong Kong’s Most Valuable Companies, thanks to commendable strides made by one of its biggest companies, transport specialist SCANIA.
The prestigious list is announced in Hong Kong every year through the publication of Hong Kong’s most respected English-language business annual titled Hong Kong’s Most Valuable Companies (HKMVC).
Winners are selected by Mediazone Publishing, after shortlisted companies are rigorously screened and vetted, in Hong Kong and abroad. Each year hundreds of local and foreign companies apply for the Award and less than 50 are finally picked.
Applicants are required to furnish industry/sector specific information on their progress and details of their accomplishments for study by the judging panel, comprising the Publisher’s Board of Editors and the Mediazone Asia-Pacific Research Dept. Winners are chosen based purely on the VALUE their accomplishments are deemed to bring to the consumer. Size, financial strength, and global footprint do not figure as criteria as much as the Quality of the winner’s products and services.
Presenting the Trophy of Excellence to Mattias Lundholm, Scania’s Managing Director in Hong Kong, Mediazone Publishing’s Associate Publisher Glenn Rogers said, “Scania’s pioneering work in the field of Green Technology is a beacon to the global transport industry as it struggles to reduce emissions thereby curbing global warming. Scania’s Uptime Management Programme is central to this effort as it achieves greater productivity with notably less impact on the environment. That’s what the market wants and needs and Scania seems to be the only company clearly able to supply smart, proactive companies in Hong Kong, with green transport solutions they can feel good to profit by. Scania is most certainly, Hong Kong’s #1 Transport Partner.”
“I accept this trophy with humility, on behalf of each and every employee of Scania because it is recognition of every daily endeavour my colleagues make across every Scania office that results in what we have today – vehicles that are easy on our customer’s wallets and conscience. There is a growing demand for Scania’s quality in the Greater China region and this Award is a clear indication that Scania is on the right track to meet this demand,” Lundholm said.
“We focus on methods rather than results. A Scania customer obtains the best total operating economy in the industry while reducing the environmental impact. We achieve this by working with both the customer’s operating costs, such as fuel economy and repair and maintenance, and with revenue-related factors such as load carrying capacity and uptime all linked to the latest technological advances. A successful combination of products, services and financial services – an integrated business – is what makes this possible,” added Lundholm.
