Computer Storage Services Africa (CSS) won the overall technology excellence award for small enterprises at the 11th Technology Top 100 (TT100) awards, while Bell Equipment won the overall award for a large enterprise.
Carol Vargos, TT100 administrator, says the companies were chosen from the top 100 technology companies in SA, with over 300 entering the competition.
"Over 300 companies entered the competition through our Web site. If they qualified as technology companies, they were then evaluated by our adjudication panel, which comprised 50 individuals from government, academia, the private sector and non-profit organisations.
"From there the top 100 companies were selected. Finalists were then chosen for the 10 sub-categories and an overall SMME winner and large enterprise winner were then chosen," she says.
Winners were chosen for demonstrating technology excellence and acting as role models for other companies. Their technology, strategy and management, human resources management, quality and productivity issues, knowledge management and financial success were evaluated by the panel to gain a comprehensive view of the company, she says.
The panel also awarded gold status to 16 enterprises which have won the TT100 emblem of excellence for at least five of the last ten years, and platinum status was conferred on five enterprises which have maintained the TT100 emblem of excellence for the last five consecutive years.
Dr Ben Ngubane, minister of arts, culture, science and technology, presented the awards at a banquet at Gallagher Estate last week.
The winners
Overall technology excellence:
Large enterprise: Bell Equipment SA
Small enterprise: Computer Storage Services Africa
Category winners:
Outstanding intellectual capital management: e.com institute
Social and environmental responsibility, large enterprise: BMW (South Africa)
Social and environmental responsibility, small enterprise: Sparkle Glass
Most promising small start-up company: Uri Vehicle Manufacturing
Outstanding entrepreneurial effort: MMR Gas Technologies
Excellence in technology management: Eskom Research, Development and Demonstration
Most outstanding technological innovation: Afrox Self-Rescue Division
Excellence in R&D: Laser Measurement
Most outstanding community-based technology enterprise: Omnipack
Most outstanding women`s technology company: National Enquiry Services Centre
Gold: Five years in last ten years (1994 - 2003)
Advanced Technology & Engineering
Bateman
Bell Equipment Company SA
Boart Longyear
CSIR M&Mtek
Image Recognition Technologies
ISIS
Plessey
Rotek Engineering
Salchain
SAMES
Sasol
Smith Capital Equipment
SRK Consulting
UEC Technologies
Platinum: Five year consecutive (1999 - 2003)
ABB South Africa
Allied Technologies
De Beers Consolidated Mines - TSS Technology
Eskom Research, Development and Demonstration
Netstar
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