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1932 |
Established as Singapore Manufacturers' Association by 17 founding members to represent the interests of local manufacturers |
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1973 |
Organised first trade mission to China |
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1979 |
Signed up 1000th member |
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1981 |
Staged the first SMa Intenational Trade Fair |
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1987 |
GS1/Global Standards 1 set up to administer EAN/UCC Bar Code System - the first of 5 SMa Centres of Excellence to be established |
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1996 |
Renamed as the Singapore Confederation of Industries and expanded its role to be the umbrella body for all industries, including manufacturing |
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2002 |
eSupply Chain Management (eSCM) Council set up to improve companies' supply chain capabilities - second Centre of Excellence |
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2003 |
Name changed to Singapore Manufacturers' Federation to re-focus on manufacturing and manufacturing-related industries |
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2004 |
The third and fourth Centres of Excellence set up, these are the SMa School of Management and Centre for Corporate Learning |
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2005 |
Enterprise Development Centre@Sma (EDC@SMa) was established - the fifth Centre of Excellence |
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2007 |
SMa's School of Management (SOM) moves to Cosmic Insurance Building located along North Bridge Road which is renamed SMa City Campus |
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2008 |
SMa's SOM is appointed as Murdoch University's International Centre and Centre for Corporate Learning (CCL) is appointed by Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) as WSQ Generic Manufacturing Skills Training Provider |
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2009 |
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SMa's CCL charts new move into Financial Training Programme with premier UK financial education organisation, ifs School of Finance(ifs).
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SMa's SOM obtained Commendation Award from SAFRA National Service Association
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2010 |
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SMa's SOM is renamed to Institute of Higher Learning (IHL)
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SMa, SEC launch Singapore Environment Achievement Award to help SMEs turn green to stay competitive
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SMa, SEC, TP sign Memoradum of Understanding (MOU) to assist student developers of sustainable technology
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2011 |
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SMa is the second association to obtain Eco Ofiice label given out by SEC.
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SMa is the first association to receive the Total Defence Awards given out by MINDEF.
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SMa gave $50,000 over the three years to Temasek Polytechnic through the SMa's Education & Training Fund.
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