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Ambassador Cain and AmCham Chairman Coleman Speak to Value of AmCham
Rydhave, Ambassador's Residence
October 11, 2005
In eloquent, extemporaneous remarks, U.S. Ambassador to Denmark James P. Cain and AmCham Chairman Paul Coleman, General Manager, Biogen Idec Manufacturing, both recognized the importance and value of AmCham Denmark.
They spoke at the second annual AmCham Denmark Business Award ceremony and Ambassador’s Reception, October 11 at Rydhave, the ambassador’s residence near Copenhagen.
Cain said his first official phone call as Ambassador was to Coleman, to express his desire to work together to promote American-Danish trade and business. Cain added that “AmCham is our best connection to Denmark.” Coleman thanked Cain.
Coleman also talked about AmCham, telling the audience members that he wanted them to know ”why I’m standing here as a businessman. Because it (AmCham) works.” He said that sharing best practices, staking out policy positions, and communicating with policymakers about issues of concern to the business community are vitally important endeavors that AmCham is all about.
The chairman added that are more chamber membership upgrades from corporate to patron (the highest level) than ever before. “If we were a public company, we’d have a very profitable share price.”
Texas Instruments Wins AmCham Business Award
Texas Instruments Denmark A/S, has won the second annual AmCham Denmark Business Award. The award was presented on October 11 by U.S. Ambassador to Denmark James P. Cain at an AmCham reception at Rydhave, the ambassador’s official residence near Copenhagen.
AmCham Chairman Paul Coleman, General Manager, Biogen Idec Manufacturing, said Texas Instruments “represents everything we want to highlight with this award: entrepreneurship, innovation, and globalization.” Texas Instruments Denmark A/S is a subsidiary of Texas Instruments Inc. based in Dallas.
Kim Breum-Christensen, Texas Instruments’ Managing Director, accepted for the company, saying, “We are very, very proud of this award.”
Coleman said that in selecting the winner, the award jury – AmCham’s board of directors – considered “not only traditional growth and revenue figures but also the fundamental product/technology driving these figures.”
About 150 onlookers – representing a cross-section of companies and sectors with American and Danish interests -- watched from Rydhave’s garden patio as Ambassador Cain and AmCham Chairman Coleman presented the award to Breum-Christensen.
The AmCham Denmark Annual Business Award is aimed at highlighting the significance of the Danish-American trade, which is estimated at more than DKK 30 billion annually. Established in 2004, the AmCham Denmark Business Award is presented annually to an AmCham member company. The AmCham Board of Directors is the official Jury. The award recognizes excellence within the private enterprise system in terms of entrepreneurship, innovation, and globalization.