Dubai Aluminium Company (Dubal) won the Team Idea of the Year and Green Idea of the Year in the 68th edition of the USA Employee Involvement Association (EIA) competition.

Two of the three suggestions submitted by Dubal's employees won the awards.

The Employee Involvement Association is an internationally recognised organisation serving professional managers and administrators of employee involvement and suggestion programs for over 68 years by providing quality educational programs, publications, benchmarking and networking opportunities.

Some of the major competitors that participated in the competition were Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Honda of America, US Army and Commercial Bank AG.

The suggestion titled “Environment friendly fume duct damper maintenance” submitted by Satheesh, Robert Sotaso and Ajeeth, won the Green Idea of the Year category, whereas suggestion titled “Fabricate efficient multiple use table pre-heater” submitted by Sadiq Basha, Rao and Abdulla Asi won the Team Idea of the year category.

Besides the above awards Dubal also won the SEER Gold category award (savings per employee ratio).

'The Dubal Suggestion Scheme was introduced in 1981 to engage and empower employees to put forward their ideas for improving the business,' stated Abdulla Kalban, president and chief executive officer, Dubal.-TradeArabia News Service