Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the largest and modern aluminium smelters in the world, today (January 15) held the opening session of its annual ‘Town Hall Meetings’ at its premises laying emphasis on the company’s expectations for the year ahead through presentations and interactive sessions.

The two-week long ‘2017 ‘Town Hall Meetings’ being held at the Alba Oasis Hall are being attended by Alba’s  executive management and directors, managers and employees at all levels along with VIP guests .

Speaking at the meeting, Alba’s chief executive Tim Murray gave an overview of the company's performance in 2016.

"For 2017, Alba’s expectations revolves around four key topics: Safety Tomorrowland - with diligent commitment and one-team spirit, we can make Safety Tomorrowland true where we achieve a zero-accident work environment; Line 6 Transformation - Line 6 Expansion Project will make Alba the largest single-site aluminium smelter in the world upon its completion, creating lots of new opportunities and challenges," he stated.
 
"We, also, must strive to continuously do more in order to defeat all challenges; Titan DNA - Cost Reduction is key for the company’s future growth and sustainability," observed Murray.

Addressing the employees, Murray said: "The Town Hall meetings have become a key annual Alba event which is being attended by each and every employee. We believe that this platform enables us, the top management, to directly present the company’s objectives to our employees and engage them in all our plans."

"Seeing is believing and when our employees know that they are involved in the success of the company, they will have a greater satisfaction level about the workplace," he noted.

"The Town Hall allows us to reflect on 2016 and help us to steer the way forward for further change 2017. We will strive to achieve our expectations for 2017 by continuing to nurture the one-team spirit amongst our people as well as achieve excellence in everything we do," he added.

The ‘Town Hall Meeting’ was a special initiative introduced by Murray in January 2014 as a way of directly communicating with the employees and update them on Alba’s performance and goals.-TradeArabia News Service