Cement for community: (Pierre Semaan - director of a large cement factory in Albania invests in his workforce).Pierre Semaan, Commercial Director of a large cement factory in Albania, believes in investment in his workforce as well as in plant and materials. `It's not just about paying salaries, but also about developing people,' he says. When Seament Albania's factory in Elbasan was forced to close for eight months during the anarchy ANARCHY. The absence of all political government; by extension, it signifies confusion in government. of 1977, the management decided to keep faith with the workforce by continuing to pay their salaries, even though there was no production. And when, in 1999, Kosovar refugees Individuals who leave their native country for social, political, or religious reasons, or who are forced to leave as a result of any type of disaster, including war, political upheaval, and famine. were streaming into Albania, the company seconded six employees to look after 125 refugees throughout the period of the Kosovo war The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts in Kosovo. These conflicts were:
In the town the company runs an English school English school Dominant school in painting in England from the 18th century to c. 1850. From 1730 to 1750 two distinctive British forms of painting were perfected by William Hogarth: genre scenes depicting the “modern moral subject,” and the small-scale which currently has 80 pupils in the first year and 42 in the second year. In addition to this, Semaan says, 48 of their workers have been sent on six-week computer courses to upgrade their personal skills. In cooperation with the Red Cross, the company is running a series of four-day first aid workshops. So far 54 have attended in groups of six. Local sponsorships during 2000 included sporting activities, art exhibitions, cleaning projects with schools, renovation of a main hall for the University of Elbasan, underwriting Underwriting 1. The process by which investment bankers raise investment capital from investors on behalf of corporations and governments that are issuing securities (both equity and debt). 2. The process of issuing insurance policies. a tour to Italy of 26 students from the School of Nursing and providing prizes and gifts for two underprivileged kindergartens. The company has embarked on a programme to clean up the nearby river, which will prevent erosion of the roads that run beside it. It has also opened new roads into isolated villages near two quarries Quarries may refer to:
But perhaps even more important to local people is employment. To create as many jobs as possible, Seament Albania decided on a policy of establishing separate units to provide some of the things the factory uses. Seven people are employed in a sewing sewing: see needlework. factory to make overalls. Six assemble wheelbarrows, eight more produce wooden pallets while 35 are employed at a paper bag factory, which produces 500,000 cement bags per month. |
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