"Osec Export Award": Geneveys-sur-Coffrane - FELCO finished second in the "Osec Export Awards 2009", a competition organized each year by the Office suisse d'expansion commerciale (Swiss Office for Commercial Expansion - OSEC). The award was presented in Zurich at the beginning of April at the Swiss Foreign Trade Forum in the presence of the head of the Federal Department of Public Economy, Doris Leuthard and the main leaders in the Swiss export economy, including the managing director of Nestlé, Paul Bulcke.

Held each year, the "Osec Export Awards" are presented to Swiss companies that succeeded in positioning themselves in international markets in an exemplary fashion. The decisions are taken by a jury of five professionals. The main criteria for this award are the quality of the market approach, the objective difficulties in the target market and the sustainability of the expansion.

FELCO was recognized for its exemplary approach to the Brazilian market. The jury particularly appreciated the quality of its marketing approach and the results obtained in a highly dynamic market with a difficult reputation. FELCO finished second out of three finalists for 2009, the first prize going to the company K-Team (Yverdon) for its very original jockey-robot project intended for dromedary races in countries in the Middle East. The third prize was awarded to the company Lista which produces office furniture and industrial storage systems.

The jury was composed of five personalities from the business world, academia and the media:

- Pascal Ihle, Deputy Editor in Chief at the Handelszeitung;
- Peter E. Naegeli, Director/Chairman of the Board of Directors at Abegglen Management Partners AG;
- Martin Naville, CEO of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce;
- Hubertus Schmid, Chairman of the Chambres de commerce et d'industrie suisses (Swiss Chambers of Commerce and Industry - CCIS);
- Thierry Volery, Director of KMU-HSG (Institut suisse pour les PME - Swiss Institute for Small and Medium Businesses) and professor at the University of Saint-Gall.


For further information, please contact:

Mr Stéphane Poggi, Sales and Marketing Director
T: +41 328 581 466 or e-mail: spoggi@felco.com

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