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Activplant To Be Honoured At Province's Premiere Business Awards

London, Ontario – Activplant, recipient of the Innovation Award at the 2007 London Business Achievement Awards, will be receiving the Ontario Chamber’s Innovation Technology Award at the twenty-fifth annual Ontario Business Achievement Awards (OBAA) gala later this year.

Activplant Corporation, a leader in enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI), is singularly focused on providing the best applications software and plant-wide solutions to high-volume manufacturers.
The London Chamber is pleased to learn a London company will be recognized and feted at the Ontario Chamber’s business awards event.

“News like this is certainly a great way to start off another Chamber year, it’s even more exciting for Activplant and its many fine employees who will be sharing the spoils of their collective efforts”, said Chirag Shah, 07/08 President of the Board of Directors of the London Chamber. “I’m a big believer in innovation and to have a London company receive these kind of accolades speaks volumes for the kind of innovators we have right here in London.”

About Activplant: The architects of the Activplant platform have built dozens of custom factory information systems and proprietary manufacturing intelligence applications. Based on the frustrations inherent in building custom systems, they developed the Universal Factory Data Model and built Activplant from the ground up to solve the problem of successfully implementing MI across the entire manufacturing enterprise.
Current customers include Toyota, Ford, Daimler Chrysler, Gillette, Weyerhaeuser, Bosch, Avery Dennison to name a few.

About the OBAA: The Ontario Business Achievement Awards (OBAA) event will to be attended by approximately 1,000 business and political leaders at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on October 23rd, beginning with a keynote address by Ontario’s Premier.

Awards will be presented in eight categories: the Business Excellence Small Business award, the Desjardins Business Excellence Large Business award, the Ontario Global Traders Award Innovation – Exports, the Ontario Global Traders Award – Market Expansion (Product or Service), the Corporate Governance Award, the Innovation Technology Award, the Skills Development Award, and the Accessibility Award. OGTA categories have gold, silver and bronze sub-category winners.

Judging was completed by an independent panel comprised of business media.

Contacts:

About the OBAA: Amy Terrill, Director Media Relations and Communications, Ontario Chamber of Commerce at Tel: (416) 482-5222, ext. 241

About Activplant: Kathryn Clark at (519) 668-7336 x378

About London Chamber or the London Business Achievement Awards: Gerry Macartney, CEO & General Manager, London Chamber of Commerce, Tel: 519-432-7551 Ex. 30

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