"The manufacturing sector in Calgary is vibrant and critical to our local economy, it is also one of our cityís best kept secrets," says Brad Donaldson, Dean of SAIT Polytechnicís School of Manufacturing and Automation. "Manufacturing can be an ideal career choice and Calgaryís Best Employer Awards provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the many diverse employment and career opportunities in this field."
The Awards were designed to promote the manufacturing industry as a desirable and viable career choice, provide a forum for sharing best practices and be a mechanism to showcase employers within the manufacturing industry.
The 2008 Calgary Best Employer award recipients are: Net Safety Monitoring, Kudu Industries and Flextronics for Best Manufacturing Employer; Dynamic Source Manufacturing, Optima Manufacturing and Gunnar Manufacturing for Employer of Choice.
Awards were presented to companies based on their company vision, the caliber of their working environment, physical space, work and social atmosphere, the companyís ability to engage and motivate staff, the monetary and non-monetary benefits provided to employees, employee development and training and environmental and social responsibility.