Thirty local companies were last Friday honoured for their consistency in producing premium quality products for the market.

At the third edition of the Made in Ghana Awards held in Accra, Latex Foam prestige pocketed spring mattress was adjudged the Overall product of the year 2015 for its outstanding manufacturing of quality spring mattress.

The mattress is divided into 5 zones,each of a different type of spring, providing total support for body’s pressure points and a layer of high resilient foam is fitted at the surface, enabling the mattress to mold to your body at the highest precision, while Mr.Ashok Ramchand Mohinani ,the Executive Director of Mohinani Group of Companies was adjudged the Industrialist of the Year 2015. As Executive Director of the Group in Ghana he has led the expansion of the Group’s manufacturing operations in the country. The manufacturing companies include Poly Products, Poly Sacks Poly Tanks, Poly Kraft and Sonnex Packaging & Plastics.

The event, which is an initiative of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana (EFG), is being organised under the auspices of the ministries of Trade and Industry and Finance, with support from the Ghana Standards Authority on the theme, “Nationalism, the key to social and economic development”.

Twenty five of the premium quality products and service organizations were inducted into the prestigious “Made in Ghana Hall of Fame”, while another five received awards as “Made in Ghana” Products and Services of the Year’ for their exceptional contribution to the development of the private sector in creating economic and social values.

The ‘Made in Ghana Awards’ is basically to honour locally made products and wholly Ghanaian owned and foreign service industries which have exhibited excellence in premium products and service quality over the years.

“The key objective of the awards is a campaign to provide the platform for Ghanaian consumers to patronise Ghanaian made products and also encourage local service industries to make significant improvements in service quality, service delivery and innovation to meet the challenges of international standards.”


Below are the Made in Ghana Award Winners for 2015


1. Overall Best Product of the Year, 2014

Prestige Pocketed Spring Mattress

Latex Foam Rubber Products Ltd


2. Industrialist of the Year, 2014

Mr. Ashok Ramchand Mohinani

Executive Director

Mohinani Group of Companies


3. Business Group of the Year, 2014

Jospong Group of Companies


4. Life Insurance of the Year, 2014

SIC LIFE Insurance Co.Ltd


5. SPA and Health Service of the Year, 2014

Holy Trinity & Health Services Ltd


6. Retail Departmental Store of the Year, 2014

Melcom Group of Companies


7. Petroleum Company of the Year, 2014

Ghana Oil Co. Ltd


8. Investment Fund of the Year, 2014

EPACK INVESTMENT FUND

Data Bank Group


9. Financial Service of the Year, 2014

FIDELITY SMART ACCOUNT

Fidelity Bank Ghana Ltd


10. Intelligent & Plastic Card of the Year, 2014

INTELLIGENT & PLASTIC CARD

Intelligent Card Production Systems


11. Dairy Food and Beverage of the Year, 2014

FAN ICE CREAM & FAN YOGO

Fan Milk Ltd


12. Welded Mesh of the Year,2014

ULTIMATE WELDED MESH

Wire Weaving Industries Ghana Ltd


13. Steel & Metal Products of the Year, 2014

STEEL & METAL PRODUCTS

B5 Plus Ltd


14. Rubber & Plastic of the Year, 2014

POLY TANK

Poly Tank Ghana Ltd


15. Agro Processing Equipment of the Year, 2014

GRATIS AGRO PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

Gratis Foundation


16. Tile Adhesive of the Year, 2014

PERMAFIX TILE ADHESIVE OF THE YEAR, 2014

Permafix Industries Ghana Ltd


17. UPVC Pipe of the Year,2014

INTERPLAST UPVC PIPESUPVC Pipe

Interplast Ltd


18. Cosmetics of the Year,2014

GHANDOUR PRINCESS COCOA BUTTER & BO-16 HAIR CARE

Ghandour Cosmetics Ltd


19. Food Processed (Pepper Sauce) of the Year,2014

SAMBA SHITO

Processed Food & Spices Ltd


20. Pharmaceutical Product of the Year,2014

M&G ZINTAB 10-20MG

M&G Pharmaceutical Ltd


21. Food Processed (Palm Oil) of the Year,2014

PRAISE PALM OIL

Praise Export Service Ltd


22. Indigenous Beer of the Year,2014

RUUT EXTRA PREMIUM BEER

Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd

23. Toiletries of the Year,2014

DEVA LUX HAND SOAP & DEVA PUREZONE BLEACH

Berrack Manufacturing Co.Ltd


24. Best Labelling &Packaging Company of the Year,2014

Berrack Manufacturing Co.Ltd


25. Paint of the Year,2014

ARTILIN VINYMAT ULTRA INSECTICIDE & ACARICIDE PAINT

Coral Paints Ghana


27. Aluminium Cookware of the Year,2014

EXCEL ALUMINIUM COOKWARE

Excel Industries Ltd


28. Gas Cylinder of the Year,2014

SIGMA GAS CYLINDER

Sojafric Industries Ltd


29. Confectionary of the Year,2014

BONITA PETIT BEURRE BISCUITS & MILK SHORT CAKE

Mass Industries Ltd


30. Best Paper Tissue of the Year,2014

EVERPACK PAPER TISSUE

EVERPACK LTD


31. Saving & Loans Company of the Year,2014

BEIGE CAPITAL SAVINGS & LOANS LTD


32. Business & Finance Magazine of the Year,2014

GHANA BUSINESS & FINANCE MAGAZINE