(APQO: Chicago) -- The Asia Pacific Quality Organization has announced the winners of the International Asia Pacific Quality Awards. Record numbers of companies and countries participated in this seventh year of the awards.

The following organizations won the World Class Award:

Large Manufacturing
Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd; Shanghai, China; Yuan Xin, chairman.
PT Indo Liberty Textiles; Karawang, Indonesia; Chand Ratan Dugar, president director.
Tata Chemicals Limited; Noida, India; Kapil Mehan, chief operating officer.

Large Service
BancoEstado Microempresas; Santiago, Chile; Mr. Jaime Pizarro, Chief Executive Officer/ Chairman.
Datamatics Technologies Limited; Mumbai, India; Rahul L. Kanodia, vice chairman and CEO.

Small Manufacturing
Hengyuanxiang (Group) Co. Ltd (Textiles); Shanghai, China; Mr. Liu Ruiqi, chairman of the board of directors and general manager.

Not-For-Profit/Government
Nacional Financiera S.N.C.; Mexico City, Mexico; C.P. Mario Laborin Gomez, CEO.

Education
Centro De Desarrollo Infantil No. 5; Nuevo Leon, Mexico; Maria Guadalupe Rodriguez Martinez.

The following organizations won the Best in Class Award:

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