Chennai: Ramco Cements, the flagship company of Ramco Group, has won the award for ‘Excellent Corporate Governance’ at an event held recently.
The manufacturer’s Ariyalur unit won the gold medal in ‘Indian Green Manufacturing Challenge’ organised by International Research Institute for Manufacturing.
The unit is only one in whole of South India to receive gold with a green manufacturing barometer score of 691.7 on a scale of 200 to 800, stated a release.
Ramco Cements units at RR Nagar, Jayanthipuram and Alathiyur won the Silver Awards with scores of 667.3, 662.5 and 656.4 respectively, the release said and added that out of 300 applications received, only 58 units were selected for assessment, of which 30 awards were given.
The awards were presented in city recently to the above mentioned manufacturing unit heads, by former executive chairman of Murugappa Group, A Vellayan and former ISRO Director, Mylswamy Annadurai.