held on 8 Ιανουαρίου 2010 an exchange greetings night for the New Year on the occasion of cutting the New Year cake Chamber of Kozani in honor of the members and the productive classes of the county, the Enterprise Awards ceremony of CCI organized for the first time this year with the ambition to become an institution and for years.
They awarded five prizes at renowned for their successful business operations veteran entrepreneurs of the county, which are emulated by younger who "teach" values entrepreneurship.
Introducing the event the President of the Chamber of Kozani, K. Christos Savvas, he said:
"Starting tonight exchange greetings night for the New Year, the management of our Chamber aims to establish an annual event awards business awards for entrepreneurs and enterprises, set an example, but the moral incentive for even greater investment and export achievements. This year's first award on the prestigious award, both in our Prefecture and throughout the country -and abroad- veterans entrepreneurs of our district that for more than half a century with their business activity, vision and initiatives offered and offer tirelessly to date, which their successors are families and children in the development of the economic life of the country and the community. The prizes will be awarded are symbolic.
We honor the initiative, the ability, efficiency, the provision of supply to society.
We honor the offer of "our" entrepreneurs who based in their place dared to make the beginning to turn their vision into ideas, their skills in values.
We reward excellence, to highlight the modern values of entrepreneurship, to bring entrepreneurship close to young people and suggest it as a positive choice for their lives and careers.
The awards we award tonight are a minimum honorary recognition from our Chamber and the Productive Classes of the Prefecture, which it institutionally represents, to the people, to entrepreneurs who have made supporting entrepreneurship a top priority in their lives, generating income for their employees producing wealth for the local and national economy, the contribution to society as a whole.
These entrepreneurs, who honor us tonight with their presence and the presence of their families are the honorable gentlemen- Nikolaos Papageorgiou, Athanasios Koukoutaris, Adam Ioannidis, Agamemnon Piteni Ioannis Christidis »
On hearing the names of the awarded businessmen, for all the reasons mentioned by Mr.. Savvas in his preface the reception hall "B0RA" filled by the guests of the Chamber- B0RA "was shaken by the applause and applause of those present.
Then, The members of the Board of Directors presented CVs for each of the winners with reference to the beginning and the development of the business activity of each. The result was to create an intense atmosphere of nightly emotion in the room, as everyone focused on the summary, but comprehensive, telling the "story" of honorable businessmen and presenting snapshots from their lives and business activities by showing photographic material from their lives and businesses on the screen that was in the middle of the stage.
ΑΓΑΜΕΜΩΝ ΠΙΤΕΝΗΣ
The Financial Supervisor of the Chamber, K. Antonis Siambanopoulos. spoke about "Menios" the insightful and ruthless father and head of the family business«ΑΦΟΙ Α. PITENI SA »which also started from "zero", with the help of his beloved late wife Theodora, to create together with his four sons today one of the most famous in Greece, but also outside the borders of the country, salad and other delicacies industry. The reference to the difficult years of the beginning, in "one life" races and points – stations of Mr.'s business activity. Piteni created a strong emotional atmosphere and distanced the warm applause of those present at the event, especially at the time when the Member of Parliament and former Mayor of Kozani, K. Paris Koukoulopoulos personal friend of the winner, awarded him the prize on behalf of the Chamber, referring to the personality and action of Mr.. Piteni with warmth that perfectly rendered the human dimension of the militant businessman and family man who with his "attitude of life" won the appreciation and acceptance of all.
NIKOLAOS PAPAGEORGIOU
0 President of EBE Christos Savvas made the beginning by saying: "Personally, I have the great honor and pleasure to say a few words about Mr.. Nikos Papageorgiou and to make a brief presentation of some biographical points of his life concerning his business start-up and the subsequent development of his business activity, but also his richest and to all Greeks known social contribution. For this social contribution, the Papageorgiou brothers were named the 1990 by the then Prime Minister of Greece National Benefactors and worthy of the homeland ".
0 K. Nikolaos Papageorgiou as it is known, started his professional career from his hometown of Siatista, dealing from a very young age with the processing and trade of furs to achieve within a few years with his brothers his businesses to be first in Greek time and gradually, centered in Frankfurt, Germany, to win the first place in the world.
0 K. Nikolaos Papageorgiou with strong emotions, caused by the report of Mr.. Savva at the beginning and in the subsequent course and development of the renowned p’ all over the country and not only its business activity, -successors of which are today the two sons- warmly thanked the Chamber and the President and received the honorary plaque – Award, presented to him by the Secretary General of the Region of Western Macedonia, K. George Kirkos. 0 K. Circus, taking the floor he referred to his old acquaintance -because of his capacity as a doctor- with Mr.. Papageorgiou who is currently the President of the "Papageorgiou" Foundation and remains an honorary member of the Board of the homonymous Hospital of Thessaloniki, emphasizing that he feels honored and excited for the award.
ATHANASIOS KOUKOUTARIS
The life and work of Mr.. Athanasios Koukoutaris was prefaced by the General Secretary of the Chamber, who undertook the coordination of the whole event, K. Konstantinos Kyriakidis referring to the beginning of "Kyr Thanasis" in the middle of it 1950. When starting with meager capital, literally from scratch the family business of handmade pie production and sale managed to gradually create a company with a leading position in Greece that simultaneously exports its products to the ends of the world. This company is known to everyone today "ALPHA (alfa)»" Pastry creations "with delicious delicacies and traditional Kozani pies that have reached markets around the world.
The award to Mr.. Ath. Koukoutari was awarded by the Prefect of Kozani, K. George Dakis who added that from a young age he knows the man who with his passion and business vision "took" Kozani from its borders by "marrying" the traditional "Kozani values" with entrepreneurship.
ADAM IOANNΙΔΗΣ
For the tireless and energetic businessman who despite his many years of business activity, continues to work daily to this day, spoke the President of the Chamber, K. Christos Savvas, referring to the difficult conditions he faced, when orphaned by father, as a child still with his brother engaged in agriculture and gradually in trade, opening a neighborhood grocery store. A few years later he opened the first IZOLA electrical appliance store in Haravgi and at the same time he was engaged in the trade of combine harvesters.. His transfer to Kozani was the beginning of his upward course in the field of trade of electrical appliances and furniture, which resulted in the establishment together with his son Filippos of the company of the same name., which was extended to sales activities of Volkswagen and Audi cars in the well-known p’ the whole Prefecture and not only their own building 3500 sqm. Today, a store of SA IOANNIDIS also operates in Ptolemaida.
Mr. Adam Ioannidis awarded by the Member of Parliament of the ruling party of Kozani, K. Alexandros Athanasiadis, who with obvious emotion referred to man, family man and businessman Ioannidis whose whole life is a role model.
ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΧΡISTIDIS
For Mr.. Giannis Christidis the continuation of the family of eighty-five years of business activity of the family that started from its stone mill 1926 of Ptolemaida to develop into a well-organized group of companies trading in agricultural supplies, flour industry feed production, marketing of cereals and production of bread and pastries, spoke B.’ Vice President of the Chamber, Mrs. Maria Asmanidou.
Ms. Asmanidou referred to the business capacity of the successor of the family tradition that with the right handling and business vision managed to be today the "CHRISTIDIS" group in the first positions of the companies of Western Macedonia.
The EBE award was given to Mr.. Giannis Christidis, Member of Parliament for Kozani, K. George Kasapidis, who warmly congratulated the winner, which with its successful business course honors the place by strengthening the local economy and highlighting the timeless value of local products in the daily habits of consumers.