MABATINEWSNew Employees.. WelcomeManesh ChavdaChief OperatingOfficerUrbanus MbithiTrainee EngineerPeter MajangoStores ExecutiveGrace OgalManager, HumanResources & CorporateGovernanceSatish SawhneyGeneral ManagerFinance... And those who have moved to other<strong>Safal</strong> <strong>Group</strong> CompaniesK V KamathExecutive Director, SPG,Kenya becomes CEO,SAFAL, Southern AfricanregionColins NgenoTrainee EngineerJoshua MutieTrainee EngineerAshok RupareliaGeneral Manager,Projects off to SafintraSouth Africa as <strong>Group</strong>Technical ManagerPaul WereTrainee EngineerSolomon OliechChief Security OfficerN. R. NarayananGeneral Manager, Financemoves to ALAF Tanzaniaas CFO. He also becomesthe CFO, SAFAL <strong>Group</strong>... And those who have retiredAfter serving as the Managing Director of Kifaru Trading, SouthAfrica (a SAFAL <strong>Group</strong> company), for 10 years, Roy Jones retired inDecember 2005. We wish him the very best in his future. A manof many achievements, Roy has great experience in the iron & steelbusiness, loves classic cars, cycling, wine, gourmet food, photography,church choirs and mountainering among other things. He is married toJanet, has a daughter and a granddaughter.George MathewManager Industrial Sales &Business Development, ina new position at InsteelLtd, a SAFAL companyA2005 was a year ofaccomplishments and awardsfor MRM. We brought homea Warrior Award, an EnergyAward and the Kenya RevenueAuthority feted MRM as one of the top100 taxpayers.It was the clean sweep of fourprestigious awards at the COYA(<strong>Company</strong> of the Year Award), whichfeatured as our cover story in theOctober issue. Hot on their heelswere three more, equally prestigiousawards!MRM bagged the Gold categoryof the Marketing Society of Kenya(MSK) Warrior Awards for the BestNew Product/Service launch for our“Versatile” profile, beating suchprestigious companies as KenyaAirways for its Boeing 777 launch,Standard Chartered for its Home Loanlaunch and Mumias Sugar for it’s halfkilo and quarter kilo pack launch.MRM’s entry satisfied the judgesthat its launch campaign was effectivein generating awareness, trial andadoption for the Versatile profile.As Chief judge, Jane Deloire ofResearch Solutions said during theceremony: “We need you to give usthe business results. What gap hasyour company identified, and howhas it been filled? What growth hasbeen achieved since the launch of theproduct?”Versatile’s performance wasforecasted, planned and executedto the last detail. What is importantwas that MRM was able to providethe MSK with detailed informationon market situation leading up to thedevelopment and launch of Versatile.The target market was clearlydefined, product positioning mappedwithin its category and its relativemarket share relative to its primarycompetitors within six months tolaunch spelled out. Other factorssuch as competitive advantage andMRM News | 4
Season of awardsENERGY MANAGEMENTAWARD 2005COVER STORYAt a Gala Nite held in September2005, to celebrate EnergyEfficiency and Conservationsuccess organised by GEF-KAM Energy Project, MRM wasnominated as the winner for‘Innovation’ Category of the EnergyManagement Award 2005.distribution were also planned and executed to plan.Marketing goals were highlighted, awareness levels, trialand adoption levels delineated.Our communication strategy was innovative andeffective promotional materials and mediums were used.All the months of careful planning and a successfulmarketing campaign resulted in winning the WarriorAward.Congratulations to the Versatile team!The truest ‘warriors’ are the consumers out there,who trust in our product and buy it. Thank you consumer.Thank you MSK!The Managing Director of Kenya Bureau of Standards, EngineerJohn Masila, (left) presents the Energy Innovation Award toMr Peter Kilonzi, Chief Engineer, MRM (centre) and Mr SanjayTerdal, Chief Engineer, MRM (right).KENYAREVENUEAUTHORITYAWARD<strong>Mabati</strong> <strong>Rolling</strong> Milllswas honoured asone of the top 100taxpayers in Kenya forthe year 2005.MRM News | 5