Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation Federation Singapore Manufacturers’ Annual Report 2010 ANNUAL REPORT 2010 Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation 2 Bukit Merah Central #03-00 SPRING Singapore Building Singapore 159835 Tel: (65) 6826 3000 Fax: (65) 6826 3008 Email:
[email protected] Website: www.sma.sg SSMaMa ccoverdesignFAoverdesignFA KHL.inddKHL.indd 1 55/19/11/19/11 55:53:53 PMPM Strength • Leadership • Resilience 1 Contents Our Vision and Mission Statement 02 Our Profile 03 President’s Message 04 Leadership 06 Function Committees 16 Industry Groups 32 International Business 51 Centres of Excellence 56 Our Committees 69 Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation Our Profile 2 Annual Report 2010 Strength • Leadership • Resilience 3 Our Vision The Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation (SMa) is the To be a world-recognised largest national organisation representing the interests of manufacturing federation creating manufacturing and manufacturing-related industries. value for its members The federation was established in 1932 by 17 founding members that were engaged in manufacturing. Currently, SMa has more than 2,800 member companies comprising local SMEs as well as leading MNCs. To better address each industry’s unique and specific needs and interest, member companies are categorised into 11 industry groupings. Mission Statement SMa provides key services, such as representation of members’ views in formal dialogues with the government; To represent the Singapore increasing business opportunities through local and manufacturing community