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Acheivement & Recognition



Safety
  2008
May 20

General Motors and Chevrolet were again presented with the “Outstanding Award for Safety, Occupational Health and Working Environment” at the 22nd National Work Safety Week ceremony. This marks the eighth consecutive year that the company has been recognized for its safety performance and work environment initiatives by the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare.

  2007
May 28

Praised with Outstanding Award for Safety, Occupational Health and Working Environment Award for the seventh consecutive year.

  2006
May 22

Received Outstanding Award for Safety, Occupational Health and Working Environment Award for the sixth consecutive year at the 20th National Work Safety Week

  2005
July 11

Reach 40 million work related hours without lost time injury.

May 19

GM receives Outstanding Award For Safety, Occupational Health and Working Environment for the fifth consecutive year.

  2004
August 13

Outstanding Award for Safety, Health and Work Environment at Eastern Safety Week 2004 for the fourth consecutive year.

July 26

Set benchmark for automotive industry with 30 million hours worked without a single day lost.

May 17

Received Outstanding Award for Safety, Occupational Health and Working Environment at National Safety Week for the 4th consecutive year.

  2003
October 3

Praised as an honorary speaker delivering safety best practice talk at Siam Cement’s Total Quality Day.

May 20

2003 Award for Best Employee for Safety, Health and Work Environment, marking the third year running GM has won National Week Awards.

February 21

Set world record of 20 million hours working related without any accident or Injuries leading to lost working days.

  2002
May 9

First in Thailand’s automotive industry and among GM manufacturing facilities worldwide to achieve a new statistic of 15 million working hours without a stoppage of operations.

Quality
  2008
April 28

The team of General Motors Thailand employees was selected as a recipient of GM Corp’s Chairman’s Honors Award. The GM Thailand team succeeded in ramping up and delivering on the plan to manufacture and export the Thailand-made Captiva SUV to GM Holden for Australia and New Zealand, two of the most quality-conscious markets in the world where only vehicles of the highest standards are acceptable.

  2006
January 25

ISO/TS 16949:2002 Quality Management System certification from TUV-NORD (Thailand) Ltd.

  2004
September 10

2004 AusCham Thailand Business Award for Best Manufacturer.


April 17

Prime Minister’s Industry Award 2004 for Quality Management.


  2002
July 17

2002 Industry Award for Quality Management

Environmental Awards
  2008
November 6

Environmentally-friendly Chevrolet Captiva earned prestigious “Green Label” status by the Thailand Environmental Institute (TEI) and the Thailand Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) for its minimum impact on the environment, making Chevrolet the only automobile brand in Thailand to have won the award three times in a row.

February 1

Environmentally-friendly AVEO earned Chevrolet Second Consecutive Green Label Award by the Thailand Environmental Institute and the Thailand Industrial Standards Institute.

  2007
April 24

ISO/IEC 17025: 2005 Testing and Calibration Laboratories certification From TLAS, Thai Industrial Standards Institute.

  2006
March 17

Chevrolet Optra Estate was Thailand’s first car to receive the well-regarded “Green Label” certification from the TEI and TISI, Ministry of Industry.

  2005
May 23

2005 Prime Minister’s Industry Award for Environment Management.

Customer Satisfaction
  2003
December 29

Number 1 in Sales satisfaction – JD Power.

  2002
June 12

Thailand Automotive Quality Award for Sales Satisfaction in Passenger Cars.

Social Responsibility and Welfare
  2008
April 1

General Motors Thailand and Chevrolet Sales Thailand received an honorary pin and plaque of recognition from the Ministry of Education (MOE) for the company’s contribution towards the development of local education through their Automotive Service Education Program (ASEP) in Thailand. The presentation was made during the ministry’s 116th anniversary celebration.

  2007
May 24

ASO Certified for four consecutive years by Thailand Business Coalition on AIDS (TBCA) for its continuous efficiency in workplace management concerning AIDS precaution.

  2005
May 16

2005 Golden Award of Standard Certification from the AIDS Response Standard Organization (ASO Thailand) for efforts to build awareness and understanding of AIDS/HIV for the third consecutive year.


  2004
September 10

Received Certificate of Appreciation from the AIDS Response Standards Organization (ASO Thailand) for efforts to build awareness and understanding of AIDS/HIV and those effected by the disease.

  2003
July 16

Outstanding Employee Relations Award 2003 presented by Minister of Labor.

  2002
April 30

2002 Award for Outstanding Employee Relations at the Thai Labor Goes International Week.

Car
  2008
April 1

Chevrolet Collects 3 ‘Car of the Year 2008’ Awards for Colorado, Captiva SUV and Optra CNG from Grand Prix International:
- The Colorado 3.0L, Z71 CTi Maxx - The Best Performing 4x4 Pickup Truck
- The Captiva 2.0L – The Best Diesel SUV
- The Optra CNG – The Most Eco-friendly Sedan and the Best Value for Money

  2007
April 2

Three models honored “Car of the Year 2007” awards from Grand Prix International :
- The Chevrolet Colorado CTi Maxx 3.0 Litres Z71 – ‘Best Pick-up 4WD under 3200cc’.
- The Chevrolet AVEO 1.4 LT – ‘Best Sub-Compact Sedan’.
- The Chevrolet Optra Estate – ‘Best Station Wagon Petrol Engine’ for 2 consecutive years.

  2006
March 24

The Chevrolet Colorado G80 Diff-Lock pickup and Chevrolet Optra Estate wagon awarded the “Car of the Year 2006” from Grand Prix International:
- The G80 Diff-Lock Colorado named ‘Best Pick-up Class X-Cab 2WD
- The Optra Estate named ‘Best Estate under 1,600 cc

  2005
March 31

Chevrolet Colorado Commonrail 3.0L has received a “Car of The Year 2005” award – being named as “Best Pickup Truck: 2WD Class: Cab.

  2004
March 31

Chevrolet Optra 1.8 LT named Car of the Year Award 2004 for Best Sedan 1800 cc

  2003
March 28

Chevrolet Zafira voted as Car of the Year – The Best MPV for the third Consecutive Year at 24rd Bangkok International Motor Show.

  2002
April 3

Chevrolet Zafira voted as Car of the Year – The Best MPV for the second Consecutive Year at 23rd Bangkok International Motor Show.