Premio Panda d`Oro 2010 Edition

Premio Panda d`Oro 2010 Edition

Shanghai, 14^th June - Saturday 12^th of June, at the Hotel Peninsula in Shanghai, the award ceremony of "Premio Panda d'Oro, 2010 Edition" was held. The initiative was organized by the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce (CICC) in partnership with Fondazione Italia Cina, under the auspices of the Embassy of Italy in Beijing, the Commission of Italy for World Expo 2010, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Ministry of Economic Development.
The initiative aimed at awarding Italian and Chinese companies, which contributed to reinforce the economical relations between Italy and China. During the ceremony - presented by CICC Secretary General Elena Tosana - 9 awards were assigned, in 7 categories. The two "Panda d'Oro" awards, dedicated to the company which achieved a steady growth in the Chinese and Italian markets was assigned to UFI SOFIMA Automotive Filter Group (Shanghai) Co.Ltd and to Huawei Italia.
UFI SOFIMA Filter Group' s President Giorgio Girondi reported some milestones of the firm history when interviewed by AgiChina24, stating that:" During a negotiation with FIAT TRATTORI a Chinese delegation showed a great interest in our filters production. That was the first time that we came in contact with China, back in 1983. Following the first meeting, as above mentioned, UFI SOFIMA had other six meeting in which the firm committed to offer its very own know-how, experience in the field and own machinery to start-up the production in China. Later on, we had the opportunity to establish a joint-venture with the Ministry of Aviation (1994) and WOFEs (Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise) in Shanghai and Changchun. Today we are proud to affirm that China represents 75% of our work-force, with about 2200 workers/staff, and the highest investment flow of the Group. A reason of these efforts is that we believe that China will be the world first producer of vehicles".
Besides, Haier Europe has been awarded for "The China for ItalyExpo Panda Award", Expo 2010 Shanghai category, thanks to the contribution given to the Italian pavilion. FIAT Automotive Finance Co., Ltd and Manuli Hydraulics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd respectively received "The Pioneer Panda Award" - awarded to a company who consolidating its China presence by pioneering a specific field - and "The Visionary Panda Award" in the LEADERS Category. After receiving the award, Mr. Carlo Nizia, FIAT Automotive Finance Co., Ltd General Manager, affirmed:" The firm is proud of the award, because it is a recognition for the employees daily efforts trying to make their services useful to clients. We operate in the financial service branch dedicated to the dealers/retailers network and to FIAT Group clients. In this way we support the Group being at the end of the value chain for the clients, from the production to the sales, to final clients and network".
For the COMMUNICATION category, Bulgari Commercial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd was awarded with "The IseeChina Panda Award", qualifying it for its effective and powerful communication campaign in China.
"The Best Project Panda Award", in the MADE IN ITALY category, was assigned to Project CMR (Beijing) Architectural Design Consultants Co., Ltd, for the best project to promote the "Made in Italy".
FAAM GROUP was awarded with the EcoPanda Award, in the GoGREEN category. Ermanno Vitali, General Manager of FAAM Asia, affirmed:" The company produces battery accumulators for industrial and ecological vehicles. I think that "EcoPanda Award" has been bestowed on us because of our long term efforts on eco-sustainable projects, mainly in the automotive sector. It has been already 20 years that FAAM develops and produces ecological vehicles, such as "Smile", an electric car which is already used in the Forbidden City to monitor pollution".
Finally, DISCOVER ITALY category, was awarded to Costa Crociere S.p.a. with "the Voyager Panda Award", for helping Chinese tourists discover Italy. Leo Liu, Costa Crociere S.p.a Cina General Manager, said: "I'm glad to receive this award, because it is a recognition of Costa Crociere efforts to improve in China market. A success that other international firms couldn't reach and that our company reached first place in just four years." Liu also said that " from 2006 to 2010, Costa Crociere moved from 0 to 100 thousand clients, reaching the 70% of the total China cruise market".
At the end of the ceremony the Italian Ambassador Riccardo Sessa expressed his personal opinion regarding "China Awards" and “Premio Panda d'Oro": "I do hope that the cooperation between the Chamber of Commerce and Fondazione Italiana Cina will lead to a unique award initiative, to be held once in Italy and once in China".

Giulia Ziggiotti 

AgiChina24

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